Show smudging As tile the days pass they shorten the time between now and next spring when the buds and flowers w will I 1 11 come again and correspondingly increase tile the necessity for sonic some action to be taken relative to coping with blui the frost which has made serious inroads on the fruit during the past few years the time has been when fruit growers did not need to concern themselves over anything much but planting their trees keeping them supplied with moisture and picking the fruit true that was in the long ago when the country was not only new but the fruit gron grover cr was newer As civilization lias has advanced the ills of life have kept apace and the fruit grower has now become educated enough to buce successfully e fully fight worms larvae scale moth and other insect pests which de st roythe fruit t and eventually the tree itself th the e latest foe Is the frost and it is gratifying to note that some growers are waking u up p to trie ane situation and providing themselves with tile the proper means to prevent loss from this source now why not all get the spirit the frost is bound to come and all the wishing and hoping coupled with praying it if you will will avail nothing unless accompanied by intelligent labor to light the evil all the fruit journals and magazines as well as the scientific american are publishing the necessity of united action in this respect quoting freely from the experiences of the grand junction 41 colo fruit growers we have been informed by manager valentine of the fruit growers association that his AIs firm will soon soo n have some smudge pots on exhibition and for sale an opportunity which every grower in this city and vicinity ought to avail himself of to fortify his orchards against tile the ravages of frost fruit growers lot act now we are all interested in your welfare for it you are prosperous we all share in the blessings |