. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. REGIONAL NEWS NOTES Continued from Page 9 Service that the frost is deeper over the entire State than it was two weeks ago. The greatest increase was in southern Wisconsin where milder temperatures in the two weeks previous to February 9, 1968 limited the frost penetration to only a few inches. The period ending February 23, 1968, increased frost depth in this area anywhere from 4 to 18 inches. In the northernmost counties the frost continued to go down but the everage increase was less as they did have some snow cover. Presently t
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. REGIONAL NEWS NOTES Continued from Page 9 Service that the frost is deeper over the entire State than it was two weeks ago. The greatest increase was in southern Wisconsin where milder temperatures in the two weeks previous to February 9, 1968 limited the frost penetration to only a few inches. The period ending February 23, 1968, increased frost depth in this area anywhere from 4 to 18 inches. In the northernmost counties the frost continued to go down but the everage increase was less as they did have some snow cover. Presently there are two areas of the State where the average frost depth is more than 50 inches. This is under a sod cover, but where the soil is exposed or under roads the penetration may be more than 6 feet. One of the deep areas is in southern Wood and Portage Coun- ties and northern Adams and Wau- shara Counties. The second area is centered around Barron County. Some of the deepest penetrations reported were Spooner, 66 inches; Barron, New Richmond, Superior, Kewaunee and Almond, 60 inches; Westfield, 56 inches; Menomonee, Durand, Chippewa Falls and Coloma, 54 inches; Mauston, 53 inches; and Waupaca and Plainfield, 50 inches. The average depth for the State is 35 inches, a 9 inch increase in the past two weeks and 19 inches more than a year ago. The present frost penetration continues to be deeper than in any year since this report was begun in 1962. Snow cover in the State on February 23, 1968 was limited to the northernmost counties. A year ago the northern half of the State had at least a 20-inch snow cover and the southern half about 10 inches. In contrast to the damp and mild period of late January and early February, the weather since the last survey of February 9 turned very sunny, dry and cold. All areas of the State received nearly 90 percent of the possible sunshine with cold nights and pleasant days. Only the days of February 16-17 were uncomfortably windy and cold. Precipi
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