. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. I. sfOVA SCOTIA July was cold with us and the mean for the month was °F compared with °F, the 50-year average. The early part of August was dry and it has reduced the crop of lowbush blueberries. During the last few days of the month, August 18, 23 and especially the 28th, substantial amounts of rainfall have been recorded. NEW JERSEY The month of August was rainy and seasonably warm. A total of inches of precipitation occur- red on 13 days. The accumulated total for the first eight months of the year is now inch
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. I. sfOVA SCOTIA July was cold with us and the mean for the month was °F compared with °F, the 50-year average. The early part of August was dry and it has reduced the crop of lowbush blueberries. During the last few days of the month, August 18, 23 and especially the 28th, substantial amounts of rainfall have been recorded. NEW JERSEY The month of August was rainy and seasonably warm. A total of inches of precipitation occur- red on 13 days. The accumulated total for the first eight months of the year is now inches, or inch above normal. The short- age of water in cranberry reservoirs has now been replenished and there should be an adequate supply for harvest. In regard to temperature the month was about normal. The average was degrees F, only above the norm. In contrast to last August when 100 degree temperatures caused sunscald of cranberries, the maxi- imum temperature was only 90 I degrees which occurred on five days-14th, 24th, 28th, 29th and 30th. The minimum was 47 degrees on the 12th. WASHINGTON Washington State University named Dr. J. Orville Young as director of WSU's Cooperative Ex- tension Service July 29. Young is currently director of the South Dakota State University Cooper- ative Extension Service at Brook- ings and will begin his duties in Pullman Oct. 1. In announcing the appointment, Dr. John S. Robins, dean of WSU's College of Agriculture, said, 'As director of the Extension Service, Young will be responsible for coordinating the activities of 275 Extension workers throughout the state. The Extension Service is an educational branch of the univer- sity, and because of its organiza- tion, Extension is able to bring the university to the state's people. Extension works in several areas, including agriculture, human re- source development, community resource development and the Ex- panded Food and Nutrition Educa- tion ; Because of the Exte
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