. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 262 The Principles of Fruit-growing mortars each, and near each station was a cabin in which powder was stored. A corps of volunteers consisting of neighbors and owners of small vineyards was trained to proceed to the stations and handle the mortars whenever there was the slightest indication of a storm. Each mortar was loaded with about 43^ ounces of pow- der; the firing was simulta- neous and cony tinuous until the clouds were either scattered or blown away. This also had a tendency to break up the stratum of co
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 262 The Principles of Fruit-growing mortars each, and near each station was a cabin in which powder was stored. A corps of volunteers consisting of neighbors and owners of small vineyards was trained to proceed to the stations and handle the mortars whenever there was the slightest indication of a storm. Each mortar was loaded with about 43^ ounces of pow- der; the firing was simulta- neous and cony tinuous until the clouds were either scattered or blown away. This also had a tendency to break up the stratum of cold air and prevent its settling in the lowgrounds. These experiments were practised for some time, and are said to have been successful. (G. B. Brackett, Year- book, U. S. Dept. Agric, 1909.) This principle of applying explosives in the upper air has received considerable attention for the prevention of hail from fruit-growers abroad and it has been introduced in the United States, but meteorologists do not look on it with favor or as being likely to produce the desired results. Fig. 94 is an illustration of one of several hail-guns now employed in New York. When hail is threatened in the vineyard, these guns are fired repeatedly, heavy charges. Hail-gun, installed in a vineyard. The slied is only a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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