ACWUCl'LTrUAL Ari'l»)iMllATl()N HIM,, I'.KlA. 83 



jnrtMl, follow iiij; tin- fit'<'/,r of .Iiimiiuv T' to -J-i, \'.i'2'J. 'l'\\v othrr wais 

 just across fioiii tlu'iv. No. 11; ito fniit was pickrd from tin* ^Tovf 

 on ai'coiint of frost injury. Tlir }.M'o\t' was not iiioircti'd l»y licateiH. 



l>.\MA(iF: to mils hUllM |lhA\\ MIOMTH. 



Mr. .V.NDKK.sox. Ait tin's*' fio.sts heavy t'nouj;li to «laiiia>j:«' tlip trees? 



.Ml'. Smith. Not onlinarily. I»iit cvt'i y few years hard fre<'/,es will 

 destroy a whoU- <rrove <»f trees. However, tlie majority of times they 

 only dama^i* the fruit. 



No. 2*J shows a ^reat deal of frost dama^'e. .Many hMn<lreds of 

 acres of oran<:es were in tills condition. No. 24 slunvh the elfect of 

 freeze. 



Nos. 20 and 27 sho^v the oran<res damajied near Ontario, Calif. 

 The team at the U-ft in duni|)in^ a fresh load. This cull fruit is 

 from a relatively small peicenta^^e of <rroves in this section where 

 any pickin*; whate\er was done. In most of the ^rroves no fruit was 

 picked, as an e.xamination showed the loss at 100 por cent. 



Mr. .Vndkhson. This picture, I take it, means the fruit that was 

 spoiled out of that j)icked from the tives? 



Ml-. S.Mrni. No. They <ratlu'red it off the "iround and hauled it 

 off, hecau.se they iliil not want to leave it on the ^roun<l for the effect 

 it would have upon the soil. 



Nds. ."U and •V2: No. 81 shows the slittinjx of hark i)ecause of the 

 frost ihuna^e, and .'J2 is a «jrove across the road clo.se to the other 

 where it was protected hy heaters and was in <rood condition. 



I'U.MTU Al, CSKfS UK UKATIMi STACK. 



Mr. BiciiANAN. This is not the heatiuir stack up there, is it? 



Ml". S.MiTii. Yes. Those ph()to^rai)hs show conclusively that heat- 

 in«r is practical and w ill save the fruit, and the value of i\\e Weather 

 Bureau's work comes in in temperature surveys which can he made, 

 showing the <j()od that heatinj;: can do under these conditions. 



Mr. Andkkson. How much territory can you cover with $12,000? 



Mr. Smith. Do you mean in acreaiie or heatinp:^' 



Mr. Andkhsox. I mean in your general way. How expensive is 

 the protection you wouM get? 



AMOT'NT OF TKRKITORY COVKRKP. 



Mr. Smith. In the particular territory last year there was some- 

 thing like 7,000 acres equip]>ed and ])rotected with heaters. Some- 

 thing like 9,000 were not e(iuipped. Of course, all those that were 

 e(|ui|)ped with heaters got the warning from the AVeather Bureau. 

 We nad in there last year three special field agents, who had special 

 instruments foi- surveying temperature and who were ahlc to ad\ise 

 the growers, and we only had sj^O.OOO a[)proprinted last year. In addi- 

 tion to those three men there, they went up to Oregon and Wash- 

 ington in the si)ring .season, and we had several others in smaller 

 sections of the country. T do not have in mind how much money 

 was spent in California to ct)ver those 7.000 acres. l)ut it was not any 

 considerahle part of $9,000. 



