. The fruit-growers guide-book. oaked in oil and placed in the bottom ofthe heater, and on top of it a generous amount of kindling,with the coal on top of that. Egg or small lump coal isthe best and should be handled with a fork so as to avoidthe slack and small pieces that clog the fire and make itburn too slowly. The coal should be piled in the heaterso as to leave the center open and afford a draft, and alsoto allow some of the coal to remain on the side of theheater, where it will be in reserve. With coal burning heaters it is the general experienceihat fifty per acre will generally suffic
. The fruit-growers guide-book. oaked in oil and placed in the bottom ofthe heater, and on top of it a generous amount of kindling,with the coal on top of that. Egg or small lump coal isthe best and should be handled with a fork so as to avoidthe slack and small pieces that clog the fire and make itburn too slowly. The coal should be piled in the heaterso as to leave the center open and afford a draft, and alsoto allow some of the coal to remain on the side of theheater, where it will be in reserve. With coal burning heaters it is the general experienceihat fifty per acre will generally suffice to hold the tem- Oil and Coal for Fuel 57 up about 10 degrees above the minimum duringthe frosty period. The greater number of the heatersshould go around the outer rows of the orchard with asmaller proportionate number through the middle. Thisarrangement protects the outside rows, which in turn keepthe middles from low temperatures, and also enables theworkmen to handle the heaters with the smallest amountof A Cement Tank used for Storing- Oil. Heaters need not be distributed until about the timethe buds are beginning to open, and should remain in theorchard until well after the last frost has passed. Thefires need not be lighted until the temperature has reachedthe freezing point, and if it is well past midnight, onlyabout half of the heaters need be lighted on the start, soas to hold the remainder in reserve, and to economize oncoal. Where the work has been arranged for in advance,and has been systematized, many growers have found thattwo men can look after the heaters on three acres. ns The Fruit-Growers Guide-Book In using- oil as a fuel the largest item of expense, afterthe purchase of the fire pots and the oil, is the storagetank for the oil. Enough oil should be on hand at thebeginning of the season to last through any possible coldsnap that might come. This will mean that all of the oilwill hardly be used in any one season, and perhaps goodfortune w
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