. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Published monthly at The! Courier Print Shop, Main Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $ per year. Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office. •RESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. AASSACHUSETTS April Starts Warm April began rather warm but with ome cold days, particularly! the th and eth which were preceded by freak gale of winter. First week nded about normal, but with condi- ons very dry with a high woodland urning index up to 130, which aused authorities to urge caution, "here were as ma
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Published monthly at The! Courier Print Shop, Main Wareham, Massachusetts. Subscriptions $ per year. Second Class Postage Paid at Wareham, Massachusetts Post Office. •RESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C J. H. AASSACHUSETTS April Starts Warm April began rather warm but with ome cold days, particularly! the th and eth which were preceded by freak gale of winter. First week nded about normal, but with condi- ons very dry with a high woodland urning index up to 130, which aused authorities to urge caution, "here were as many or more than 00 brush fires burning in the state n a single day. This is unsually arly for such extreme dryness. Residents of the "Cranberry Cor- er" of Massachusetts were startled pon arising on the morning of ipril 8 to find there was a heavy now fl'urring in progress. This ,sted only a short time. "April-Showerless" April The month continued extremely y and generally rather windy, a :ider-box condition developed over 1 parts of New England, with >utheastem Massachusetts no ex- jption. On April 16th Mass Governor eabody issued a decree forbidding ly incinerator and out-door burn- Lg. Acres of brush and woodland ad been burned over, and in the eek preceding the 16 it was esti- lated there were no less than 1000 res in the six-state area. It was lUed the worst spring drought in lany years. Showers Help Slightly On the night of the 17 there was )me general rain the first such nee Marclh 22, not far from a FOR SALE IN CARVER 50 acre cranberry bog in excellent condition. High production record. Good water supply. Screenhouse, all equipment. Favorabl-e? terms can be arranged. Box S, c/, Cranberries Magazine, Wareham, Mass. month, but this totalled only .36th of a inch as measured at Cranberry Station with slightly lesser ,and greater amounts at other places. Rain was accompanied by thunder and lighting. There had been a trace on March 27 and again on Apr
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