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Show fall than they did in 1906, and prac-' tically. non of them aro as badly off as were the general run of the ranchmen ranch-men last year. This state of affairs of courso Is largely duo to the fact that' these ranchmen wero benefited to a degTee by the fact smudging was going go-ing on all around them. One of tho greatest benefits derived from tho smudging campaign of the last week is the mass of data based on. "under actual fro6t conditions" that was secured se-cured concerning the action of the pots when In service. The ranchmen have found out their early mistakes and know how to rectify them. They are smudge pot experts now and next year "will be able to do much moro with their healers, if the occasion arises than they did this year, satisfactory satis-factory as wore tho general results. SMUDGE POTS RECEIVE ATTEN-TION. ATTEN-TION. The Colorado Junction News has this to say of tho smudge pot victory of last week: The smudge pot Is apparently going to be a big factor in makfing the Grand Valley famous. The story of the wonderful won-derful fight the ranchmen of Mesa county made against the frost last week with their batteries of pots has been telegraphed and printed all over the United Slates. Tho attention of tho entire fruit world has been attracted attract-ed to tho system by our recent success suc-cess and during the next twelve month the local manufacturers of fire pota rhould reap a comfortable harvest In other fruit growing communities besides be-sides that of Colorado. The recent storms have affected the fruit growing districts all over tho United States. Hood River, for tho first time lu years, is reported to bo badly nipped. Utah reports that they will not harvest 50 per cent of their crop of last year. Texas is declared to be damaged and Tennessee, through a combination of frost and windstorm, will be off the fruit producing map, and Delaware Is In a similar position. It Is significant to note the wld3 general interest that was expressed In the progress of the Grand Valley's struggle against the frost. Not only did the Denver' papers carry long articles ar-ticles detailing every phase of the situation sit-uation about Grand Junction, but tho Associated Press, tho Uulted Press and the Hearst Service picked up the story at that point and sent it out to their hundreds of clients. It is gratifying to note that the ranchmen owning unsmudged orchards are finding out that they were not as badly lilt as they first believed. Many will harvest a larger crop next |