Forestry Facts Trees Planted Today Bennington County
Fifty landowners in Bennington County will plant 167000 tree seedlings on about 175 acres by month end 1962. Growth rates vary by rotation, thinning is needed around year eighteen to twenty, and new markets for thinnings like highway guardrail posts aid income for timber lands.
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Bennington County
Vermont
Bureau of Animal Industry
DHIA
Bennington County Forest Association
Dave Barton
Acre
Identification Advancing with Farm Neck Cows Neck Chains
Articles describe neck chains and numbered tags for cow identification aiding DHIA testing and breeding records. Readers learn tagging codes, costs per cow, and the shift toward a national nine digit system to distinguish origins, tag holders, and individual animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Horst
West Bennington
Robert Graf
William Leach
North Rupert
4-H Demonstration Days Engage 150 Members Districts Hold Events
The 1962 Demonstration Days drew about 150 4-H members and parents at Mt. Equinox Grange Hall Manchester on April 7 with 15 demonstrators. North Bennington hosts April 14 at McCullough Library Hall with 42 participants and 47 ribbons awarded. Awards used the Danish system noting 11 excellent 32 good and 4 fair. Several participants were picked to repeat at the County 4-H Field Day in August across multiple towns. A County Dairy Day will later be held at 4-H Camp Ondawa and Earl Hill Farm in Sunderland with Dick Dodge guiding milking and dairy techniques starting 10 30 a.m. Bring a bag lunch. milk and ice cream provided.
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North District
Mt. Equinox Grange Hall
Manchester
I. N. Bartlett
South District
McCullough Library Hall
North Bennington
Clarence Decker Sr
Anita Parks
Marcia McWayne
Dorset
Ted Day
Sunderland
Sheila Breen
Carlene Fuller
Shaftsbury
Dale Whitman
Anne Fels
Madeline Gratton
John Secor
John Bearden
Arlington
Sue Bolognani
Readsboro
Kathy Torrisi
Bennington
4-H
Ondawa
Earl Hill Farm
Dick Dodge
Vermont Extension Service
Captain Bry Reassigned After Ocs Graduation
Captain William C. Bry of Rumson New Jersey, son of Mr and Mrs N William Bry, is reassigned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base North Carolina after graduating from the U S Air Force and Officer School in Alabama. Bry attended Ennis Montana High School and Middlebury College, is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi, and with his wife Carolyn Markey of Manchester Center Vermont has three children Karen Bruce and Kimberly. The Squadron Officer School trains officers for command and staff roles at squadron and wing levels. Bry was chosen for his growth potential as a leader in the aerospace force.
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Maxwell Afb
Ala
William C. Bry
N. William Bry
Rumson, NJ
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
N.C
U. S Air Force
Ennis Mont
Middlebury College
Alpha Sigma Spi
Carollyn A. Markey
Manchester Center
Karen
Bruce
Kimberly
The
Air University
Bry
How to Raise the Value Of Your Small Woodlot
David C. Barton outlines pruning pine stands to improve future lumber quality. He explains when and how to prune, counts trees per acre, and notes that ACP financial aid covers 80 percent of costs up to $20 per acre after forester approval. Contact John DeVito in Bennington for signup.
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Agricultural Conservation Program
ACP
John DeVito
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Committee
Main St. Bennington
New Hampshire Reaps Big Inheritance Tax Hit
The state received 558609 dollars in inheritance taxes from the estate of Laura Bushnell of Tuftonboro. Attorney Eliot A. Wyman delivered the check to the State House, noting it was the largest such payment on record.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Tuftonboro
Kenneth L. Cowan
Laura Bushnell
Eliot A. Wyman
Wolfeboro
State House
Homemaker Conferences Share New Sewing and Budget Methods
Marion S Harris describes Vermont extension training at the University of Vermont for Bennington County homemakers. The program covers sewing techniques including the Bishop method, cost savings from home construction, time and money management, and guidance for deciding when to buy versus make garments.
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Bennington County
Burlington
Groups Launch Litterbug Drive in Vermont
A joint campaign by Keep Vermont Beautiful and the Vermont Wholesale Beverage Association vows to place over 100 decal wrapped trucks and widespread posters in 1000 retail venues. Carl H. Hopkins announce the effort noting luminous bumper strips and point of sale displays will promote the travel trash message statewide. Frank Napolitano of Twin State Fruit Corp leads VT Wholesale Beverage Association activity in White River Junction.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Keep Vermont Beautiful, Inc
Vermont Wholesale Beverage Association
Carl H. Hopkins
KVB
Hopkins
Frank Napolitano
Twin State Fruit Corp
White River
Brown to Close Its Bermico Pipe Plant in Berlin New Hampshire
Portland AP The Brown Co will close part of its Bermico pipe plant at Berlin New Hampshire cutting employment from 150 to 70 A new Bermico plant employing about 30 will be opened in Mount Holly New Jersey The change is to cut costs Pierce said likely steady pulp and paper industry this year and no price increases in the next two months though some may come later
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Portland, Maine
Brown Co
Berlin
N.H
Leonard A. Pierce
Mount Holly
N.J
Pierce
Brown
Vermont Wholesalers Drive to Keep Vermont Beautiful
The Vermont association and leaders James J. Fayette and Donald T. Lumbra announced the project for the Wholesalers with Burlington firms and Champlain Valley Fruit Co. Hopkins urged other Vermont trucking concerns to join the ongoing Beautification drive.
Also Mentioned on This Page
By David C. Barton
County Forester
International Pulp & Paper Company
Fort Ticonderoga
Eugene Keenan
Rutland
Department of Forests and Parks Forester
Benningtons Municipal Forest
Everett Lillie
Tim
South Stream Road
Windsor
State Highway Department
Stella Mitchell
Federal Extension Service
UVM
Miss Mitchell
James A.“Edgerton
Park Lawn
Farm-Home Newspage
Marion S. Harris
University of Vermont
County Extension Service
Agricultural Extension Service
Mary Laurie
West Rupert
Emma Smalley
Olive Buck
South Shaftsbury
Burt Bros
Connecticut
Garcia
Ted Demarco
Sporting Goods
Beamington Rd
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