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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND SECTION CLASSIFIED REAL ESTATE h f tf y FORTY-FIRST YEAR. STRENUOUS BATTLE WITH FROST IS WON BY ORCHARDISTS OF THE ROGUE RIVER By Professor P. J. O'Gara of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, AVho Di rected the Fight Against the Cold "Wave. nh, ajf- X't : "V,,,vs r&v v J i 17 r xjii Panorama of Orchard Showing' ou Pots. Crude (Copy right 1911, Mull Tribune) Tho time Is jicar at hand when front Injury In any of the oichanlH of the Rogue River valley will he a thing of the pnst. During the past three or four seasons there has been such marked progross In orchard heating as well ns progresslveness among tho orchardlsts of tho Rogue Rier valley, that orchard heating and smudging has become one o. thu regular practices when necessary; Just as tho new methods of pinning, cultivating and spinylng, as well as other orchaid practices, have tnken the place of the out-of-date usages of only ft few years ago. The Rogue River fruit growers are probably more pro giesslvo In learning and adapting new methods to their needs than any either district in tno Pacific northwest, If pot In tho Unltod States,- ' The protection of orchards fiom frost Injury Is not an experiment In tho Rogue River valley-,, .There are probably somo who may .ililnk' It Id, but a puruhnl of tho lecoids in tho bffice of the patholo gist and entomologist will si.nw that tho experimental stage in practical oichuid heating has passed, A glance over tho valley will show tho large commeielal oirhatds equipped with fuel pots for burning crude oil, distillate and coal, others protected by means of wood which has proven very successful. Will any one say that n commercial oichardlst who has for tlm past four seasons saved his crop, valued at more than $1000 an acre. Is much In need of advice? If tho cost of saving his crop Ir woll below the maximum It would seem that, for him, hl.s method must bo tho best. Sid Not Experiment. During tho past season of frosts tho Rogue River valley otchurdists did not experiment. In saving tho crops from frost Injury, a safe approximation would put tho number of fires used at BO 000, A large number of these were fuel pots burning crude oil and distillate, but there were also a very large number of wood fifes which, though somewhat clumsier to bundle, were none the less effective In obtaining the desired re sults, namely, saving the ciops from damage. To bo specific, tho Ilurrell or chard used perhaps S000 pots, Rear Creek. 3000; Snowy Rutte. 2000, Flero, 000, Iiutz and Reckwlth, 1000, These i few Instances are given to show what some of the large enchaidlHts nie do ing. Last year, tho total number of or ders for fuel pots, Including those for burning coal approximated 16,000, this year a total of perhaps 20,000 more were ordored, making a grand total of 35,000 pots used In Jackson county Josephine county also ordored quite a largo num ber, and such orchards as the Klmiinn and I'rltchard ure fully equipped and havo been for .(he past two or three sea sons. ,' Types .oi( Patent Pots Used In Valley. Jn a commercial wuy, the types of pots yifsed were the Fresno, Rolton, and Ham ilton, Tho Troutman pot was satisfac torily used only in an experimental plot and was demonstrated by an agent of tho company manufacturing It. Tho Ideal coal pot was In uso during lust sea eon's frost period, so that It has been In tlm valley two seasons. It Is not tho object of this article to discuss tho rela tive merits of tho different tpos of pots. Tho writer, however, has contended that the simplest type, which, of course will be tho least expensive. Is the one which will giow In favor with tho fruit grow ers. As lias been stated In previous articles, tho lard pall tpe Is Just as ef ficient as the Kresno pot, with Its row of holes near tho upper rim. The Rolton pot hns ono disadvantage with respect to tho arrester, or partial cover, which Is placed ovor tho mouth of tho pot. No doubt In burning 28-degreo test distil late, this typo of pot will work ery nlco ly, but with crude oil oi slop distillate the heavy coating of soot will tend to clog tho openings, and In the course of a night's use will have a marked effect In reducing the efficiency of the pot. It may even clog so much as to put out the flame. However, this pot used open and without arrester may be eeiual to tho Freno or lard pall type, and has proven so In actual test: since burned that way It Is practically the same us the other two types The Hamilton heater Is so arranged as to Increase or decrease the burning surfuco no us to ;$ ?$' r& rffc 1 Enmlt ftlWMii fe: $ kaq4, :ik issm W-- rt M v?, vr as Ji " ,'.' 'yjflHlifi &E92X"8 h ' "i & UsuC && m&i mmmmm m W r4 "It f?v- $lt ttsft-tstf .jhn I Night Scene In Orchard Ablaze., With Pots regulate the amount of bent. This pot which Is mndo In tho form of a rectan- gular tiough, Is not so saving of fuel as might be supposed since there Is n ten dency often for tho flame to burn back of the apron which luiugs downward from the sliding civer, and which r gi lates, or is supposed to regulate t " amount of fuol hurnod. The Ideal coal boater Is design! to hold -' to CO pounds of oohI, and is very sntisfarton so far as heating Is concerned, hut the fact that a grent den of time is ririlr ihI to lay the fires, or prepare tl e heat ers, U someHhat against their uh. Many Heater Types. Ther are a Jarga number of heatera on the mar Wet, eoeh one with lt par tlcular uIaIiii for offtelency. but us .t with the fuelx we, imve heie, It 1 a question as to what superiority one tpe may lwv over another. Su far tin re lias bean no reI efflt lenc test made , In any part nf the rwunto wht-r heaters . have been used side by ll under ab- olutaly like conditions Manufacturer , have Imm-ii unwilling to muk. hucli toin petitlve tests and in huine. mwi where I such taats were njjio.-,t ti be inaih- one niamifai Hirer wnubl n it accada fu tit coadlllons liiipoH.-, t. the other Tills has .. ii tli' iik. In i tout which; was to have bfi cuirled out In this. allcy during the post towson A com- petithe tmt inuib- by a dot-n man ufa -' turns would 1 of lunsidirable Inttrcst1 1 77 - r' &, to. '- , m n n 1 twa. ltl m mm:mi M?& t 'r1 Mt mm urn 'Ml: .liKfe. W SSKSS r.--r- . t -i a HP- rf't - r' iw m Ii..- f tAiia '.. 'Uif ' KTA- (. va -Jx IAX Xf tf aajsia tn & 'MM .. r f i 'tfrJH ii m i ! ' ;?T i Official Oovernment Thermograph Beo WiWM W4" Wnwlti Wiv M H mn 1NJ MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1911. & 'ft J .? a, Pfe 5fcr sr ft an &AJr m WVj 'Wit' tm uWt&j fM iTTfi v f m. m fflf. ! R&ll hT ft fOM vt?"T J. H 2i WSBBEmsm ': mh .' l A r.t V Ub .v & lTHZ r m i " r. u. i. p.,t "2"" ' i I t 4 I Wi Iff. lm i --ill A- T i . v t Art A 1f i ' At Z :!!!!; na T' U .I ord During Danger Season Showing Brlf, ger Mark, and It Xapld Recovery. Fruit Growers Raised VfT I 9. yea Ufti V 2 ) J$. ;aa !! VrfAJ 'JlV'V'r-. 39 K &&j & u ' ass ?. WE Wi m& ir '"Ji tfi?y; "' r I' '&mm&&&& t, its Lf-- Ji if -5?" i2gJ&&&. r ?Ss ', :tl a 7V-, Y ? JffiSi K SS I.W 4 - Period Thormotneter Waa Below Dan. l Al iWiVlJ the Temperature hi Their Groves Ten Degrees by Liberal Use of Iuel During Nights. w" w 1 . . .'ft1?. I& '!.i ;twi: L$VY Jy tf ffisf? fWR. ; : W & w saw m :: vO1 Ji, hf ' w I's "i 'bfti - cfri kk :it; lW .V" v- w , . c , a &," ; fa tt Mftj iH&Ws sKLSS- 3? nl 1 w f'-CX' fef-c. i f " tr!" jiT, u. been burned two or thtee times. This n To tho loft la Method of Igniting Crude i ery sorlous defect, and ono that can on by Oaiollne Torch la Center Is not be oerlooked. The crude qll from Shown Uoe of tlgulto Coal Heaters i the wells of tho Pacific co.st, Is unllko j To ttlght Is Photo of Professor O'dara that of the east or middle west, in that at Ills All Might Duty of Warning orciinrdlsts by Telephone That Ther mometer Was Hoarlng Danger Idne. to the fruit growers, and would tend to eliminate such hunters ns piovo to be Inefficient llowevei, wlieie only two types are usee) n ft test whloh was In no way competitive, llttlo interest nut urallly was shown. Purthorinoie, when u so e.illed test Ih nmdo under condi tions where It Is nlmout Imposslblo to Kiao out, llttlo can ho said that would No. 34 VALLEY W?1' 5i I ?. , aJ , jjlWl . -. ' ' jT x it.-!;' ft'j ,Nj w r. .t n HffiKKI nx Doubling Boating Pots Around Exposed Boundaries of Orchards To the Right Is Photo Showing Use of Pence Halls and Oordwood for Keating' Purposes. bo favorable. An orchard with old spreading trees and the fruiting nroa rather high Is very easy to protect un der our conditions, it Is the young or chard, which coierH only a, sma,U part of tho ground and traps little heat, with tho fruiting ami ery low down near tho ground, thut Is difficult to protect from frost Injury. A test In such nn nichaul would really be worth while, ruels Used In the Orchards. Ah hns been stated before, the fuols used nre crude oil, 2S-degree test distil late, slop distillate, coal wood old lulls and cordwood), stiaw, sawdust and manure, the latter being mainly used to produce n dense smudge, One of tho greatest difficulties In tho uso of crude oil and slop distillate Is the presenco of water whlih tends to extinguish tho flnme or cause the pots to boll over. The l.iesonce of wuter In crude oil Is duo to tho fact that wnter Is forcod Into the i If led doll very pipes us a Jacket so that tho oil will flow readily. Crude oil eunnot be f 01 cod through long lines of pipe without this wnter Jacket. Tho watei, though small in amount, goes dl lectlj Into the storugu tank where, If tho teinpernttuo of tho oil rises, tho wa ter will sink (o thu bottom of the) tank. It can then be dinlned off. Often, how ever the water, which ut low tempera tures Is very ne-aily hu specific gravity of tho oil lomalns In pouketH, or small globules, dlsulbuted thiough the oil. Outside of tho fact thut tho crude oil otten contains water, it has a very great I tendency to eleposlt largo amounts of soot on tho trees us well ns tending to clog cortuln types of pots. Resides, a very largq amount of iesiuu;u Is left behind so that a second or a third filling wilt so cuat tho sides and bottom of tho pot that It will hold much less oil In future fillings, and therefore will burn for n much shortor period. Vov In stance, a pot that will hold one gallon 'when clean will not hold more than ( thre-o-fourtlm of u gallon ufter having it luiH an fiHpiiuUuiu bnso. No matter what tho tjpe of pot. ft heavy nsplmltum oil cannot be poifectly burned; that la to say. combustion Is not complete. Tho noavy nsphaltum base requires a much laigcr amount of oxygen than oven tho best typo of pot can furnish, hence tha large amount of carbon residuum left on tho shies of tha pot. The oils of the east have u parnfflno base and hurn m in.li better. At this time, however, It woutd seem Imposelbte to bring thin oil (Continued on page 2.),