REMARKS 



The weather for the month of x-\ug-ust ranged from warm to 

 1-ot, with a heat wave the hist ten days of the month. From the 

 31st to the 30th the daily maximums were all 85 degrees or higher ; 

 from the 25th to the "SSth they were in excess of 95. and the 100- 

 degree temperature recorded on the 36th equals the previous 

 August record on August V. 1918. There w^ere 25 clear and fair 

 days coupled with average relative humidit}. The six cloudy days 

 were the same six which gave some recorded rainfall. Precipita- 

 tion was 0.68 inch below the monthly mean of 4.24 inches, with 

 more than half of the rainfall in the 1.84-inch storm on the 12th. 

 The moisture condition was slightly more favorable than in 194* 

 as this one storm recorded more precipitation than the entire 

 month a year ago. 



The extremely high temperatures late in the month caused 

 severe losses in poultry flocks not protected \vith fan ventilation. 

 Birds on range vacated black-roofed shelters, preferring the heat 

 of direct sunshine to suffocation in the shade, Scald developed 

 in some cranberry bogs which appeared to affect the uprights as 

 well as the fruit. 



W. 11. Thies. Extension Professor of Horticulture, contributes 

 the following: "Weather conditions during August have affected 

 the apple crop in several ways. Extremeh" high temperatures in 

 late August have probably influenced the amount of sun scald on 

 the fruit ranging up to 20 percent or more in some orchards. (A 

 similar condition has also been noted on tomatoes.) Relatively 

 warm nights have not favored color development. An absence of 

 prolonged wet periods has meant freedom from late season scab 

 infections in spite of frequent heavy infections in early summer, 

 but considerable russeting of the fruit is in evidence. This is of 

 common occurrence where the relative humidity is high in contrast 

 to an arid climate. In reaHt\ , the heavy russeting of some va- 

 rieties, including Baldwin, ma}' be due to a combination of spra> 

 materials and humid weather, particularly in early summer. The 

 average size of apples is quite satisfactor}' except on drier soils or 

 where the foliage has suffered severe injury from insects or dis- 

 eases." 



