. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. REGIONAL NEWS NOTES Contintwd from Fa^,e 17 of January 1932 when the maximum daily temperature was above 50 degrees for thirteen days in a row. It came close to a record in the number of seventy degree days. The three such days this past January are second only to January 1950, when there were four. The warm- est January day recorded at New Lisbon was 75 degrees on January 26, 1950. The average temperature for the month was 36-8 de- grees, or about degrees above normal. It was the warmest January since 1950 but it was only the
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. REGIONAL NEWS NOTES Contintwd from Fa^,e 17 of January 1932 when the maximum daily temperature was above 50 degrees for thirteen days in a row. It came close to a record in the number of seventy degree days. The three such days this past January are second only to January 1950, when there were four. The warm- est January day recorded at New Lisbon was 75 degrees on January 26, 1950. The average temperature for the month was 36-8 de- grees, or about degrees above normal. It was the warmest January since 1950 but it was only the eighth warmest in the past 38 years in New Lisbon. Rainfall was deficient during the month, totaling only , or about inches below normal. There was only 7/10 of an inch total snowfall during January, Flood water on cranberry bogs remained largely open most of^ the month. Under these conditions there could be no danger of oxygen defi- ciency developing in the water. The cranberry growers of New Jersey were saddened to hear of the recent deaths of Fred Chandler and Clar- ence Hall. Their contribu- tions to the cranberry indus- try of this nation are signifi- cant and are appreciated by all growers. Fertile Furrow — 50 Years Long is an interesting pub- lication authored by Gerald E. Zich, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the New Jersey Department of Agri- culture. The American Cranberry Growers Association is twice prominently mentioned in this publication. On page 28 is this interesting fact: (€sso) Kerosene So/venf ESSOTANE PROPANE GAS PROPANE CARBURETION Spraying Equipment ||||| installed - serviced BULK and CYLINDER GAS SERVICE funad&t^^. INC. Telephones 585-4541 — 585-2604 JOSEPH BALBONI& SONS 62 MAIN STREET KINGSTON, MASS. "The first recorded example of a farm product promotion by a group of farmers, in America is that of the New Jersey Cranberry Growers Association. Starting in 1862, that organization not only sold members' ' crops, but stan
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