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Show ljj .mmm 1 si n rnWwijmm.mmxi r.oonrra a farm. It U Celns U 0.1 .lit fl f;""lJ I? I net llf.inir". Frpst is n frequent feature cf oranra grewfrg in CnLfcrcli nnd many de v.ccs for keeping It from harming thJ drcha:d4 havo tecnrtrltd flora .mo ta 1 .ma with only pirllal success. A writer Jltl'tJict San Kranchco Cail loiii of a plan which ictms to bo workinc well nnd to reyay iho esponwg In? reived. E.ujlnc thu d'jy tho csrth and trees teccme warm, but as tho nlgM ccols tLo atmosphere tho process of r. dlatlcn eots In and Iho heat from tho ( ctilh csd thp trees Is carr.dd pit, tho ccld,' fr'oa y almcrrhcio ta'-Ing Jia rlace. Th;s tv.trm air mu:t not be. al-.owed al-.owed to escape, 'iho fact was cvl-Cnnt cvl-Cnnt Utat tho trtco jiuct to covered. A fog would do this effectually, but I fogs cannot 'bo manufpsturcd to order. Iho jden was conceived of coverlnc tho crrhatd with canvrs, which could bo rolled up In thp mornjnj and let out at nlht. Ono aero was covered In this w.iy nn,d It wa3 found to bo cs-jicnslvo cs-jicnslvo and unttable, ns tho canvas would get wet and decay.- Then Mr. Everett thought of a covering of leathering, nnd If, was tr.od, was a cucccs3, end tciljy Is an accompl.thcd fact. A visit to this ranch would remove re-move any doubts pno might havp regarding re-garding tho fjaslbfllty of tho new plsn. dial cct In tho celling of the house at the head of the stalra Indicates tho direction cf tho wind at any tlmo of Iho night or day. At another placo can be seen a system of electric bells. Thc3o ring when tho thermometer has fallen o n dangerous temperature. Tho men are then called up and n process of firing up Is commsnccd. And yet with all these precautions the frost has often been tco quick. Now tho trees aro roofed In with canvas and laths. AlthouEh this sheltor has been used over but fifteen acres tho entire pnch will bo covered as soon as the work can bo dono. Last spring tho fruit which was covered matured perfectly, whllo that uncovorcd wns more or lesa Injured. The operat.on la. porhayi considered nn expensive one, but whoa the value of a crop Is considered It l'l infinitesimal. Tho cost Is about ?10- to tho acre. It has been domonstratid that tho temperature Is somo flvo degrees de-grees higher under the cover than outside, out-side, with no fire nt nil, whllo with n small flro tho tempcraturo can Lo brought up eight degrees higher. Wit a ttils cover tha rancher is absolutely turo of n crop from any citrus prchard. |