. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. each year since then has been colder than normal. This seems to lend some credence to a theory that New England is changing towards a cycle of colder weather. Rainfall Off Rainfall v/as also off for the cranberry area. There was a total of as recorded at the State Bog with the average be- ing inches. So precipitation remains still critical and is be- coming more so with each pas- sing month. Some portions of New England have had adequate rain, but the dryest portion has been near the coast, which in- cludes the cranberry
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. each year since then has been colder than normal. This seems to lend some credence to a theory that New England is changing towards a cycle of colder weather. Rainfall Off Rainfall v/as also off for the cranberry area. There was a total of as recorded at the State Bog with the average be- ing inches. So precipitation remains still critical and is be- coming more so with each pas- sing month. Some portions of New England have had adequate rain, but the dryest portion has been near the coast, which in- cludes the cranberry bogs. September was also less sunny than normal. Dryest in 147 Years Weathermen in Boston, digging back, came to the conclusion that the first nine month of 1965 were the dryest in 147 years. At the end of September and beginning of October a labor shortage was hampering getting the crop off. NEW J ERSEY Sept. Temperature About Normal During the month of Septem- ber the maximum average tem- perature was degrees, Sal es McCulloch CHAIN SAWS and BRUSH CUTTERS QUEEN B PORTABLE HEATERS MITE-LITE PORTABLE ALTERNATORS SANDVICK SCYTHES and ALUMINUM SNATHES LANCASTER PUMPS Pipe Cut and Threaded up to 4" CARVER SUPPLY CO. CENTER CARVER, MASS. Quality and Service Since 1956. Tel. 866-4480 IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT for /rosf control and irriqation SOLID SET BOG ALL ALUMINUM IRRIGATION SYSTEMS Johns Manville Plastic Pipe and Fittings LARCHMONT ENGINEERING LEXINGTON, MASS. VO 2-2550 above normal; the minimum av- erage was degrees, about 1 below normal. The mean average temperature was degrees, .8 above normal. There were 5 days during the month when the temperature was over 90, and many more days than that with extremely high humidity. On September 25th a cold front came through this region, when the temperature in the uplands dropped to 38 degrees and down to 27 on the coldest cranberry bog. It warmed up a bit the next night but on the 27th it dropped again and ranged fr
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