. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. |l (The following items were taken from the February, 1942 issue of Cranberries.) Little ice for sanding in Mass, War Slowing Up Oregon Most years in Massachu- setts, a good deal of ice sand- ing is done except for the short and sharp cold spell of a few days around January 10, the winter has been far too mild to make ice which •will bear a truck. A few days of sanding were gotten in by a few growers however, who were able to get trucks on their bogs. The month of February and early March may bring enough ice to do a little more sa
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. |l (The following items were taken from the February, 1942 issue of Cranberries.) Little ice for sanding in Mass, War Slowing Up Oregon Most years in Massachu- setts, a good deal of ice sand- ing is done except for the short and sharp cold spell of a few days around January 10, the winter has been far too mild to make ice which •will bear a truck. A few days of sanding were gotten in by a few growers however, who were able to get trucks on their bogs. The month of February and early March may bring enough ice to do a little more sanding. Bog Building Last season (1941) on the West coast in Oregon there was quite a flurry of bog building, but this winter since the declaration of war this has been slowed up. In some portions of Coos county, where the climate is much more mild than in the East or Wisconsin, the growers are facing a considerable prob- lem developing because of dandelions- Washington Growers feel War Tension The Washington cranberry growers are very much war conscious as many of the bogs are located almost with- in a stone's throw of the Pa- cific Ocean- They are in a very vulnerable position for attack. In the meantime, the West Coast cranberry grow- ers are going about their daily business. The growers cf Washington are pruning whenever weather permits. Some cold weather for that cranberry area was reported over the year end, with tem- peratures dropping low once or twice. 14 Below in Jersey on January 10 (1942) In the cold spell of Janu- ary 10th, temperatures of about 14 degrees below zero were recorded. Here again for the present, as in Massa- chusetts, the amount of dam- age done is hard to estimate. Roky's Propane Gas, Inc. CRANBERRY HIGHWAY WEST WAREHAM, MASS. 295-3737 • ALUMINUM PIPE Alcoa — Hunter — Reynolds • DELUXE EXTRA HEAVY PLASTIC PIPE • NYLON FITTINGS • MURPHY SAFETY GAUGES • PRO-TEK PRIMERS and PARTS • SERVICE Two qualified mechanics are ready to serve you
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