. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of September 1958 - Vol. 23 No. 5 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham. Massachusetts. Subscription $ per year. Entered as second-class matter January 26, 1943, at the post-office at Wareham, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3, 1871 FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS August Adds to Excessive Rain of Year August was the eighth month of 1958 with excessive rainfall. The total amount of precipitation dur- ing the 31 days was inches. This included the rainfall from the
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Issue of September 1958 - Vol. 23 No. 5 Published monthly at The Courier Print Shop, Main St., Wareham. Massachusetts. Subscription $ per year. Entered as second-class matter January 26, 1943, at the post-office at Wareham, Massachusetts, under the Act of March 3, 1871 FRESH FROM THE FIELDS Compiled by C. J. H. MASSACHUSETTS August Adds to Excessive Rain of Year August was the eighth month of 1958 with excessive rainfall. The total amount of precipitation dur- ing the 31 days was inches. This included the rainfall from the hurricane Effie on the night of August 31 of which the cranberry area received only a token of the disturbance which originated in the tropics. The months during which rain- fall was not excessive were March and July. The total precipitation for the first eight months of the year has been inches. Normal for an entire year is figured as With so much rain a number of growers in Plymouth County and particularly in Barnstable county were obliged to start up pumps or to pull planks to get the water off. Loss of fruit was probably not much. August Temperature Almost Normal Temperatures for the month ran about a degree a day above nor- mal. NEW JERSEY For temperatures, July was fair- ly close to normal with an average temperature ° above the normal of °; August was cool with an average temperature 1,2° below the normal of °. Excessive Rain Rainfall, however, was greatly in excess of normal, being inches in July ( inches above normal) and inches in Au- gust ( inches above normal). As of August 31, Pemberton re- ceived in 1958 a total of inches of rainfall, which is actually inches greater than the aver- age rainfall through this date. It is also inches more than the average year's rainfall. A number of dams suffered washouts and many bogs had standing water for a couple of days. On some properties stand- ing water accumul
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