Show FROST IH 0 california ORCHARDS county horticultural inspector receives some Point cra iahn P salt lake county horticultural inspector recently took up he matter of securing concerted action on tho part of the fruit growers of this county in regard to adopting the smudge method of damage by frosts in connection with the work mr addressed a letter to john isaac secretary of the california state board of at sacramento for information on the of the california fruit growers with this method of frost and this morning a reply wag rec elved to his query as follows 1 I am in receipt of yours of april asking in regard to our methods of frost ye have several methods to which we resort in order to raise the temperature pera ture of the orchards when it falls to the freezing poat in some cases alres are built on stone boats or sledges the fire Is first well started and then covered with damp stable manure this makes a very dense smoke and fills in between the trees in the orchards several of these aro kept going another method Is to make alres at intervals in the orchard and to cover these with damp straw or stable manure and then lealh c smoke spread through orchard it Is customary to have everything in readiness the alres laid and everything ready to touch a match to and start the sr nudges go ng as i soon as the temperature drops low enough to cause alarm still another method by walck we fight frost Is to have a number of heavy wire baskera placed at intervals all through th er chard n emch kindling Is laid all to alro and these are started and the alre covered to make a smoke ju aa boon aau aa U gets any beanway jn some cabes we make coal krcs in this manner depending upon the heat to dalae the tempera iture jn such cases where plenty of water Is available la stream of water ie turned between the trees and the temperature Is raised by thy steam from the water which Is always above atho freezing point these are among our principal methods of fighting frosts and 1 trust this information may be of service to you |