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this extends even into the departments of our 

 official government at times. So far as orchard 

 heating is concerned there is no man who has 

 ever investigated the subject with the honest pur- 

 pose of learning the facts in the case but who 

 becomes an enthusiast on the subject. During the 

 spring of 1910 there were approximately one mil- 

 lion heaters in the hands of the growers in many 

 sections of the country, and the testimony of thou- 

 sands of growers who used the heaters with satis- 

 faction cannot well be disputed by any individual. 

 We know of scores of crops that were saved from 

 ruinous frosts or freezes that have netted the 

 growers all the way from six dollars to twelve dol- 

 lars per heater that cost from twenty-five to thirty 

 cents per heater for fuel and labor for the season's 

 operations. I say that, with testimonials and affi- 

 davits from a multitude of growers confirming 

 these figures, that no person with reasonably good 

 sense can say there is nothing in it. It is a sub- 

 ject that should be investigated thoroughly by our 

 government officials at Washington and a vast 

 amount of publicity given all the facts, so that 

 every grower may, as quickly as possible, become 

 acquainted with this very simple operation. As 

 fruit growers and users of orchard heaters we 

 are learning new things about this work every 

 year, and this applies to a better knowledge of 

 temperature conditions as well as equipment. Like 

 all new things, we have to acquire our knowledge 

 largely by experience, by observing vei'y closely 

 every item that enters into and affects the suc- 

 cssful manipulation of the equipment and its best 

 adaptability to the work intended. We are learn- 



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ing much about the natural climatic conditions 

 that may be expected to follow a certain condition 

 that actually exists, also what may be expected 

 of the dreaded condition when it arrives. We are 

 learning how best to meet this condition by the 

 bettering of the equipment and the elimination, so 

 far as possible, of extremely crude features that 

 call for laborious work, all of which make for 

 better protection because of better preparation and 

 the consequent reduction of cost of operation. 

 All are agreed that a sufficient amount of fuel 

 must be consumed to generate a sufficient amount 

 of heat energy to secure the desired results, and 

 this, of course, is true of any system employed. 

 If the temperature shows 10 degrees of frost it 

 is a fact that 10 degrees of frost must be over- 

 come, and also a fact that a sufficient amount of 

 fuel must be consumed to produce sufficient heat 

 energy, which, combined with other natural con- 

 ditions, will overcome 10 degrees of frost. We 

 also know that when the thermometer shows 10 

 degrees of frost in the air that this is the moment 

 that the fires must give sufficient heat energy to 

 overcome the 10 degrees of frost, not two or three 

 hours prior to this critical period, nor two or 

 three hours after the critical period has passed, 

 nor for two or three hours only should this critical 

 period last for four or five hours, but the tem- 

 perature condition must be faithfully met at the 

 exact time and the artificial temperature main- 

 tained constant so long as the frost condition is 

 in evidence, graduating the fire energy with the 

 increasing or declining of the frost intensity. A 

 large number of different devices and systems 

 have been tried out thoroughly in this valley, all 

 of which have served the purpose of giving us the 

 knowledge of what the conditions are that we 

 have to meet and a better idea of what methods 

 and equipments are best adapted to the work. 

 The process of elimination has relegated a large 

 percentage of this equipment, and better devices 

 and equipments are being employed. The greatest 

 thought and concern is for the equipment, regard- 

 less of cost, that affords the best protection to 

 the crop, and. secondly, the elimination of as 

 much of the back-breaking and laborious work 

 during the night hours, and, third, the reduction 

 of the cost to as low a figure as possible, so long 

 as it does not in any manner affect the ultimate 

 result desired — the absolute protection of the 

 crop. There are some individuals who feel they 

 must exert some effort toward saving their crops, 

 but in a half-hearted manner figure what is the 

 cheapest possible system they can secure, acting 

 on the propostion that if they must smudge they 

 will do it just as cheap as they can and trust to 

 luck for results. Altogether too much of this 



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kind of smudging has been done in the valley and 

 elsewhere, with the result that when the extreme 

 weather condition arose they lost their crop, either 

 partially or wholly, and some say they now under- 

 stand where they made their mistake, and are 

 either buying better equipment — the best their 

 money can buy — or are opposed to orchard heat- 

 ing in general because they tried it and failed. 

 I would much rather double my equipment, regard- 

 less of cost, and save a full crop than to skimp 

 the equipment and lose half the crop, or, possibly, 

 all of it. The best signs of the times is the fact 

 that a large number of the best growers in this 

 valley, those that use their brains, are taking just 

 this view of the subject, and are adding extra 

 equipment and using extra precaution in prepara- 

 tion. This is wise, as in the event no fire is used 

 the expense will be slight and in the event an 

 emergency arises they are better prepared to meet 

 it, and the grower will thank himself for his fore- 

 thought. When he walks into his orchard in the 

 summer months and looks at the well filled trees 

 he will forget all about the little extra expense 

 he put on his equipment. 



I appreciate the difficulties the growers are labor- 

 ing under in selecting an equipment. The market 

 is today flooded with orchard heating devices, and 

 all kinds of claims are advanced by each maker. 



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