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Show IAN OGDENITE'S OBSERVATIONS IN LOS ANGELCS. Q R. Craft has brought back from Los Angeles his impressions, and In his interview in another column there are two points which suggest a local application Mr. Lukens, former mayor of Pasa-I Pasa-I rlena, calls attention to the possible , prc enf Ion, or lesacning, of severity of frost damage by application of water wa-ter as the temperature begins to drop This does not mean that frost hurts less in a damp than in a dry di-I di-I mate, tor the reverse Is true. It is, instead, the application of the principle princi-ple which led our forefathers to place a tub of water in a cellar the evening j before a freezing niht, to save the: fruit and vegetable?. The brief reference by Mr Craft to asphalt-treated brick may be bet-1 tcr appreciated If it be added that this' 1 treatment consists In thoroughly goak-Ing goak-Ing and Impregnating the brick with! I asphalt at great heat. Not only is the brick made stronger, but if, chipped it does not begin to crumble at the fractured spot, but glazes over! , with friction. |