Frosts in New York 



531 



When orchard heating is undertaken extensively, tanks, hose, and other 

 apparatus are necessary additional items of expense. But when it is 

 remembered that a single outfit will take care of 15 or 20 acres, the expense 

 per acre is very small. It is believed that the general farmer with only 

 a small orchard, as well as the commercial fruit grower, would do well 

 to consider orchard heating as a means of protecting against frost in the 

 light of a profitable investment. 



Fig. 150. — Minimum temperatures at A ppleton, Niagara county, for May, 1907, 



1902, and 1890 



HOW TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE CLIMATE 



The United States Weather Bureau, in cooperation with the New York 

 State College of Agriculture, has on file the records of temperature, rain- 

 fall, sunshine, frost, and so on, made in nearly all parts of the State. All 

 available information of this character may be obtained on application 

 to The Section Director, Local Office, Weather Bureau, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Similar information has been collected and is available for nearly every 

 locahty in the United States. Those who are contemplating the agricul- 

 ttiral opportunities of any part of the country with whose climate they 

 are not familiar would do well to consult these records. Records of this 

 character are made under the supervision of the Weather Bureau and 

 give the facts as they exist, without bias or color. Requests for infor- 



