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Show HOOFINQ A FARM. tl Ii rtelnfj Dona In California to X 'H tet Unin(ti, Frost Is a froquont feature of-orauza jJ Crowing In California and many de-vices de-vices for keeping It from harming tho jH orchards havo been tried from time to 'H Umo with only partial success. A i .H writer Iff tho San Francisco Call tells ' ot a plan which seems to bo working well and to repay tho expenses In- JH voived. During tho day tho earth arid troca become warm, but as the night cools tho atmosphero tho process ot '.H radiation sots In and tho heat from tho yH earth and tho trees Is carried off, tho cold, :froaty ntmcsphoro taking Its place. This warm air .must not be al- jJ lowed to oecapo. Tho fact was ovl- ckl dont that tho trc.es jnwt bo icoyorpd. t A fog would do this effectually, but fogs cannot bo manufactured to order. Tho Idea was conceived ot covering tho orchard with .ennvns, which could be H rolled up In tho morning and let out at night. Ono aero .wug covered 'In -M this way and It .was .found to be ex- ponslvo and unstable, as the .canvas JH would got wet and iliy, Then Mr. Everest thought of vft covering ot H leathering, nnd It wn.s tried, .was, ; 'H success, and today Is an accomplished "mw fact, A visit to this ranch would re -v,'H move any doubts ono might have re- gardlng the feasibility ot tho now plan. . a dial sot In tho colling ot the house. . , jH at tho head ot tho stairs Indicates the direction ot the wind at any tlmo ot .H tho night or day. At anothor place can bo seen a Bj'irtom of electrlo boll?, Theso ring when tho thermometer has " fallen to a dangerous temperature. The men aro thon called up nnd .a .procew 'H ot firing up Is commenced. And yet with all these precautions tho frost has .H often been too .quick, Now tho trees aro roofed In with oanvas ,nnd laths. jH Although this shelter has been used H over but fifteen acres tho entire .ranch will be covorcd as soon as the work can bo dono, Last spring tho fruit .H which was covorod matured perfectly, rH whllo that uncovered was mora or loss Injured, Tho operation Is perhaps tfH considered an oxponslyo ono, but when mm tho value ot a crop Is considered it la J,-mm infinitesimal. Tho cost is about fiOO to tho aero. It has been demonstrated that tho tomperatnro la somo flvo do- grcos higher undor tho cover than out- "H side, with no flro at all, whllo with a JM small flro the temperature cap ,be tH brought up eight degrees higher. With 'H this cover tho rancher Is absolutely sure of a crop from any citrus orchr4--1-lH |