. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Mass. Cranberry Statiof! and Field Notes by J. RICHARD BEATTIE Extension Cranberry Specialist. Mass. Industry Saddened Massachusetts cranberry grow- ers were saddened by the recent deaths of two outstanding- men and loyal friends of the industry: Franklin E. Smith and Professor Fred J. Sievers. Mr. Smith divided his time between practicing law and i-aising cranberries. He was a charter m'^mber of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growei-s Association and served, as its legal councel for many years. He was a familiar figure at cranberry meetin
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Mass. Cranberry Statiof! and Field Notes by J. RICHARD BEATTIE Extension Cranberry Specialist. Mass. Industry Saddened Massachusetts cranberry grow- ers were saddened by the recent deaths of two outstanding- men and loyal friends of the industry: Franklin E. Smith and Professor Fred J. Sievers. Mr. Smith divided his time between practicing law and i-aising cranberries. He was a charter m'^mber of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growei-s Association and served, as its legal councel for many years. He was a familiar figure at cranberry meetings and maintained a keen interest in the affairs of the industry. Professor Sievers, retired Di- rector of the Massachusetts Ex- periment Station, will long be re- membered for his unusual ability as a public speaker and for his able administration of the Experi- ment Stations in the State. For the past twenty-two years, no meeting of the Cape Cod Cranberry Grow- ers Association was quite complete without an address by Director Sievers. We, at this station, join with the many friends and associ- ates of these two men in extending our deepest sympathy to their re- spective families. Water Supplies Not up to "Snuff" The "nor-easter" in late Decern^ ber brought some relief to our di- minishing water supplies. A total of inches of rain was recorded for that particular storm by George Rounsville here at the Cranberry Station. We had only one other storm during 1952 that brought three inches or more of moisture and that come February 18. How- ever, water supplies are still be- low normal and many bogs were not properly flooded as of Jan. 1. We experienced some low tempera- tures over the Christmas week-end, but in the opinion of Dr. Chester E. Cross, weather conditions were not severe enough to cause damage to exposed vines. If, however, we should have two or three days of low temperatures accompanied by high winds, we could expect some damage. Certain staff
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