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reading. If this comes above thirty-two degrees there Is no 

 danger of a frost, but if below there is danger, although frost 

 may not occur owing to wind, clouds or other phenomena. 



DEW-POINT TABLE. 



First Example. 

 Dry bulb thermometer .................... , ....... 60 degrees 



Wet bulb thermometer ...................... . ..... 47 degrees 



Difference .............................. . ..... 13 degrees 



Dew point from table ............................ 32 degrees 



Probably no frost. 



Second Example. 

 Dry bulb thermometer ............................ 47 degrees 



Wet bulb thermometer ............................ 39 degrees 



Difference .................................... 8 degrees 



Dew point from table, between 24 and 31 or 27 degrees 

 Probably a severe frost. 



Protection from injurious spring and autumn frosts may be 

 given in various ways according to circumstances: 



(a) By covering up the whole plant and thus retarding its 

 period of bloom until danger of frost is past, as may be done 

 with strawberries and other small fruit. For this purpose they 

 may be covered with earth or mulch. Peach trees are some- 

 times covered with corn stalks or hay to retard flowering. They 



