Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1896 — A Frost-Fighting Machine. [ARTICLE]

A Frost-Fighting Machine.

A fog-making and front-fighting afciae has been Invented Mid need with ■oeoeea in the orchards about Ban Jose, Oah Fvowt la the orchardlst’s moat dreaded enemy, and heretofore when, one has been expected all available help has keen kept busy maintaining brush ttres about the orchards and vineyards. The machine is a furnace on a sled. Around the side* and on the top of the furnace is $ wire netting. Into which W packed straw and other material that will hold moisture. The sled ni«» earries a water tank, and the packing about the furnace Is very wet. The fire Is fed with brush and the smoke distributed from a number of chimneys. With the smoke and steaxu a fog Is produced which envelopes the orchard, keeping up the temperature and warding off fmat