. Cirtus fruits under irragation. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. 6 CITRUS FRUITS UNDER IRRIGATION § 24 steam pipes in the grove, electric heaters suspended by wires in each tree, the burning of briquets made of sawdust and crude oil, the burning of sacks of fuel, the burning of fuel in sheet- iron stoves, the burning of coal in wire baskets suspended on tripods, and the burning of oil in sheet-iron pots. Only two of these methods of heating are in extensive use today, namely, the biuning of coal in wire baskets suspended on tripods and the burning of oil in oil heaters. Of these two methods, th
. Cirtus fruits under irragation. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. 6 CITRUS FRUITS UNDER IRRIGATION § 24 steam pipes in the grove, electric heaters suspended by wires in each tree, the burning of briquets made of sawdust and crude oil, the burning of sacks of fuel, the burning of fuel in sheet- iron stoves, the burning of coal in wire baskets suspended on tripods, and the burning of oil in sheet-iron pots. Only two of these methods of heating are in extensive use today, namely, the biuning of coal in wire baskets suspended on tripods and the burning of oil in oil heaters. Of these two methods, the latter is by far the most largely used. A few growers still bum coal in wire baskets, because it is claimed for the coal that heat is obtained without a large amount of soot being produced. Soot is produced in abundance when oil is burned, and this results in smutting of the fruit. Notwith- standing the smutting of the fruit that is likely to occur when oil is used as fuel, it is conceded by the great majority of those interested in the heating of groves that the best and most practicable method is the burning of oil in some form of sheet- iron receptacle especially made for the purpose, since the labor and expense is not so great as where coal is burned in wire baskets. 8. Heating tlie Air Witli Oil Heaters.—Many makes of heaters are on the market, and new ones are being designed each year. Some of them are very satisfactory, and others are not so satisfactory. At present there are no reliable compara- tive figures on the efficiency of the different heaters on the mar- ket. Efficient oil heaters should possess the following charac- teristics: (1) They should hold oil enough to bum all night without refilling. (2) They should be capable of regulation, so that a low fire or a high fire can be burned; the regulation should be such that 1 gallon of oil is burned in 3 hours, or 1 gal- lon burned in 1 hour, as desired. (3) The pot should be capable of burning oils that are heav
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