Show I PROTECT LO LOW GROWING F FRUIT UIT CROPS CR CROPS WITH H HEATERS I Burning fuel oi of oil in lard pa pail pa l heaters has bas proved a successful method or of obtaining a rise ri e 1 in temperature on the cranberry b bags s near the mouth of the Columbia iver fiver iver in Washington Local Weather ure u officials assisted as- as assisted as assisted in makin making a test of of the effi- effi efficiency efficiency effi efficiency of these eaters for the 11 1 pose pu pose The flood ag g of or the bogs for frost protection s a is done in in Wis Wis- Wisconsin Wisconsin and the coast cran- cran cranberry cran- cran cranberry cran cranberry berry sections i not practicable abl in in Washington i metal tri tri- The Thc heaters a e set et on m metal ral into the pods forced sev inches ground so that t tl e e winds strong strong strong winds wind which sometimes blow in this district can cannot cannot cannot not overturn th m Forty 10 quart quert lard pail heater were used on a half halfacre halfacre halfacre acre plot The were e equipped one night with soo soon arresters arresters or spid ers and md used j one night without them r The frost on one on ie e a two nights night of the test caused about about 15 per cent damage in a check plot OO 00 feet distant not equipped with h tors llers There was no damage in the tc tot t plot Both plots were with regard regald to topography a and d atmospheric con con- conditions conditions con conditions The f oil burned cost j f cents a gallon ig barrel lots and the cost of the I lating was 06 96 cents an acre per hour with lith ith the soot arres in place W V hout them the cost was 3 per acre per ier er hour It is is believed b the Weather Bur Bur- Bureau Bur Bur- Bureau Bureau eau men who mat i the test that sim sim- sim- sim similar similar similar ilar good results c n n be secured in pro protecting protecting other low- low rowing crons crops such as strawberries and and pota pota- potatoes pota- pota potatoes potatoes toes |