The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1910 Page: 3 of 10
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Sludging—By J. A. Gr*|iam,
jSec'y. Plainview Com, Cluk"
Now ad ays people consider it
a necessity to carry Fire Insur-
ance against loss of properity by
jftte and it is just as important to
take out insurance against a few
late frosts in the spring in our
orchards and vineyards.
' Orchard heating by means of
011 burning pots has been practic-
ed in- Colorado for four or- five
years, but never with great suc-
cess until the last two years. In
California it has been used for
many years in smudging orange
groves.
It-has been demonstrated that
with 85 jj&ts to the. acre in or-
chards like most of theni I .have
seen on the plains, a temperature
of 21 degrees Farenheit above
zero can be raised sufficiently to
prevent destruction by frosts,
but th-is would be an extreme
case. It is very unusual, even
in the high altitudes of the
Rocky mountain fruit growing
sectionsfor the temperature to
fall to such a point that an ar-
tificial liaise of 6 or 8 degrees
will not be suffcient to save the
fruit.
The number of pots to the
acre necessary to produce a
certain amount of heat depends
largely upon conditions. When
the leaves are far advanced it
requires less pots. With a high
cold wind it requires more heat
than when there is a~light one.
60 or 80 pots per acre will
raise the temperature 5 to 10
degrees, ac?ording to conditions.
If one is prepared to smudge
from the first of March to the
tenth of May between the hours
of two and six a. m. he is practi-
cally sure of saving his crop
from being killed by frosts.
He should have 86, number one
pots, to the acre ready to be lit
at ar.y time during that period.
Frosts during the period of
budding.and early growth of the
fruit is rare, it is the late frosts
that usually kill the fruit and
these late frosts are seldom se-
vere, and can be easily controlled
by the use of the smudge pots.
When we have mild frosts, they
always have a much heavier
frost in the fruit belt of Colo-
rado and the middle states. The
freeze that was supposed to do
the most damage last spring
was on May, the first, between
five and six o'clock a. m. and
the temperature did not fall
much below freezing, whereat,
in Colorado about the same time
the thermometer went down to
12 degrees below freezing and
stayed there for nearly six hours,
with a very strong wind blowing.
At some Colorado points it went
down a low as 15 degrees below
freezing point, yet notwithstand-
ing all this they were able with
the smudge pots to save nearly
all their fruit.
It is safe to say that with 85
pots to the acre properly used
One is sure to save his crop.
But I would suggest that no one
try to use more than enough
pots for five acres of orchard the
first year or until he gets famil-
iar with the use of the pots.
There are many different
kinds of pots manufactured, but
from what I have seen of the
Orchards in this section I be-
lieve that the pots made by Mr.
Troutman of Colorado will be
more satisfactory, considering
the cost of the pots. These pots
are made of sheet iron and hold
five quarts of. srude oil. There
is an air chamber running thru
the ceMer of- tliepot which
gives it .the proper draft for
burning the ofcand Ante: corn-
residue is left after the oil is
burned out A cover goes with
each pot, which protects the oil
when not being used. The pots
'cost about 20 cents each at the
factory.
, Hhe cost of crude oil laid down
at Plain view or this section is
sbout 4 cents per gallon or less
in car loads. The rate from the
Beaumont oil fields is 12J cents
per 100 lbs.
The first cost for an o rchard
of 5 acres is about as follows:
85j)ots'to the acre or 425 pots
for 5 acres at 20 cents each is
$85.00. ../•
1200 galiona of oil at 4c $48.00
but it must be remembered that
this is the maximum amount of
oil, and could be used for three
nights of 6 or 7 hours each. A
gallon of oij will burn for 6 or 7
hours under ordinary conditions,
but the records show that the
danger period of the night is be-
tween the hours of,4 and 6 a. m.
It is verv unlikely that it would
be necessary even in the most
severe years to burn the pots
more than 4 hours, in a nigh \
take it year in and year out I
believe that a gallon and a half
of oil per pot per year or 640
gallons of'oil will save a five
acre tract of fruit, 640 gal'ons of
oil costs about $25.00 for five
acres or $5.00 per acre, reducing
it..to trees, with 100 trees to the
acre, would be a cost of 5 cents
per tree for the insurance of a
full crop against being killed by
frosts.
Of course this is counting the
cost after you have the pots.
The pots will last for ten or fif-
teen years, if taken care of.
Two men can light Uie pots for
5 acres in a half hour. In Colo-
rado last year everybody, men
women and children, turned out
to help light the pots, knowing
what the safety of the crop
meant to them in the way of
money and to the state as an
advertisement, when they could
say, that Colorado had millions
of dollars worth of apples, which
they had saved from ihe frost
when other apple growing coun-
tries had none.
To light the pots, take a strip
of old woolen cloth or waste,
and dip in the oil and hang over
the edge of the pot or take a
piece of waste and saturate it in
crude oil and bind with a piece
of wire to an iron rod of any
kind, and go from one pot to the
other and dip it in to the top of
the pot igniting the oil in the
pot. But the rag or waste on
the edge of each pot is the best
and quuickest.
In the Pecos Valley last year
where the Troutman pot was
used three nights there was a
full crop, and where they did not
use the pots, the crop was a
total failure. —
I have written for catalogue
and prices on a thermometer
which is now largely used for
this. This thermometer is set at
a certain point, say at freezing
or 32 degrees, is hung outside of
the house, and is connected by
wire with a dry cell battery and
a bell, which is in your bed
room. When the temperature
gets down to freezing, then the
bell commences to ring and keeps
it up until you GET up and stop
it. You do not have to set up a
cold night and watch the tem-
perature but can go to bed and
sleep until the bell rings.
We will in a few days send in
an order for pots you should de-
cide how many you want, and {1
should be done as soon as possi-
ble, or you may not get them in
time. There is no profit in them
, bustion, the greater the heat for' to us as we give them to you for
the amount of oik used 'the less just what they cost us.
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est, truthful and sufficiently bnselfish to be satisfied wrth Reason-
able profits; one Who studies tt e needs of
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This is an important and timely question. Now is the time to
form your business conr\ections for the ensuing year, and we sub-
mit that it is just as important to select the right Merchant as to
have the best physician orMawyer when occasion requires them.
Now what we mean by tpe right merchant/s one that is hon-
Hns
3 r(ie needs of l>ls customers, buys for
cash, in tho best markets, in siich quantities and assortments as
will accommodate all and every ^lass of tyfs trade, especially those
who desire the better grades. \ : /: : : : :
We believe good Merchandise rnajfes good friends, and that
poor Merchandise will injure, if it doj^s not ruin, any <fm%v~which
persists in handling it. We much pVefer No Sale, to one which
does not satisfy. : : y: ' : :
Our business is Merchandising. We ^ have been here nearly
two years. Last year was one of the most satisfactory in our,,
businese career. We are located in the State Bank building
where we have a stock of Dry Goods, Shoes* Ladies and Mens
Suits, Etc, ample for a large trade. Carefully selected, New,
Stylish, Reliable and Right in every way. : \ : : :
Our prices are reasonable, being based upon a good volumn
of trade, and with the aim of making a friend of every reasonable
purchaser. We solicit^ the patronage of the Crosbyton and
Emma people, believing that we can serve you satisfactorily and
in a way to promote oiir mutual interests. A trial may convince
When it Lubbock, give us a call, whether shopping or not.
We shall be felad to get acquainted with you.
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Opportuni'y
By John J. Ingalls
Master of human destines am I;
Fame, love and fortane on my foot-
steps wait;
Cities and fields I walk, I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing
by
Hovel and mart and palace, soon or
late
I knock unbidden once at every gate,
If sleeping wake; if feasting, rise,
before __
I turn away; it is the hour of fate
And those who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire and conquer every foe
Save death; while those who doubt or
hesitate
Seek me in vain, and uselessly implore;
I answer not and I return—no more.
Opportunity-,
By T D. McCall -
A reply to J. J. Ingalls' somber lines.
They do me wrong who say I come no
more
When once I knock and fail to find you
in;
For every day I stand outside your
door,
And bid you wake, and rise to fijjftt
and win.
Wail not for precious chances passed
away; , """"
Weep not for golden ages on the wane.
Eeach night I burn the records of the
day;
At sunrise every soul is born again.
Laugh like a boy at splendors that
have sped;
To vanished joys be blind and deaf and
dumb.
My Judgements seal the dead past with
its dead,
But never bind a moment yet to come.
Though deep in mire, wring not your
hands and weep;
I lend my arm to all who say "I can!"
No shamefaced outcast ever sank so
deep
But yet might rise and be again a man.
Dost thou behold thy lost youth all
aghast? -
Dost reel from righteous retribution's
blow?
Then turn from blotted archives of the
* past -L — • .. —— —
And find the future's
Art thou a mourner? Rouse thee from
thy spell;
Art thou a sinner? Sins may be for-
given;
Each morning gives thee wings to flee
from hell,
Each night a "star to guide thy feet to
heaven
When the president of a very large
coporation read this poem he exclaimed.
"This gives me new courage, new
strength to overcome what have seemed
like so many failures in my life. I am
glad to have found a good true answer
to Ingalls poem."
Will Crosbyton Get It ?
C. E. Ensminger, chief engi-
neer for the Q. A. & P., has re-
ceived orders from headquarters
to get his men together, and run
asurveybeyondPad uca h.
That this southwestern road
will not remain at Paducah long
was a foregone conclusion from
the start. Still, it had been ex-
pected that the terminus would
remain at Paducah for about a
year, but these plans probably
have been affected by so many
other roads trying to capture the
prospective territory of the Q.
A. & P., and will compel! the
latter to build out of Paducah
sooner than intended.
As near as we can learn, Mr.
Ensminger will take his corps
towards Matador, and from there
to Roswell.
This is good news to Quanah,
as it enlarges the territory easily
reached from here, besides in-
creasing travel through this
town greatly.—Quanah Tribune-
Chief.
Will Crosbyton get busy and
land this line of road that -is
bound to pass'Yiear us if it don't
come bv? We say yes! Get in
the game and let's go after this
line nght now, and with that
|100t000 bonus we can swing a
mighty curve. ,
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Professional and Business
....Directory....
$1. per inch per month.
LLOYD A. WICKS ;
.. Attorncy-ot-Law
leneral Practice. ' Abstracting
Land Transfers a Specialty.
Crosby ton,/ -:-
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and
Texas
W. E. CRAWFORD
ATTORNEY*AT-LAW
General Practice '
Land matters a specialty
emma
texas
J. W. BURTON
-LAWYER-—.
General practice. Trial Work a
Specialty. Ten years active
experience in ^)1 courts.
Crosbyton, - - v - / Texas
F. B. Gouldy & Co.
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Real Estate Brokers
Correspondence solicited.
Exchanges
Plainview
specialty.
Texas.
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1)R V. P. STOOPS
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Physician' and Surgeon
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J. H. Oliver broke
for his new
north Crosbyton.
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& HAWKINS
TISTS
Pbtntfcw
Ovar Firs* Mat
Night before the 2nd,
Vwitor* always
welcome.
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White, F. E. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1910, newspaper, January 20, 1910; Crosbyton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242172/m1/3/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.