Page-isms and lawn care tips from a county agent
UVM County Extension Agent John C. Page answers common gardening questions. Topics include liming lawns to pH 6.0–7.0, using horse manure and wood ashes, peach and apricot varieties, growing horseradish, weed control limits, redwing blackbirds and turpentine, pruning guidance, sawdust as mulch, and quackgrass removal.
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Dairy prices seen rising this year with modest gain
Vermont dairy outlook shows higher prices but only a few cents above 1976 levels. University of Vermont economist Dr. Fred C. Webster explains government price support increases effective April 1 will cushion prices, potentially adding about $3,000 income to a 40 cow farm, with a projected 1977 blend price average of $10.13 per hundredweight.
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Burlington
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Fred C. Webster
University of Vermont
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Fish farming in Vermont explored at Vermont Plainfield meeting
In Montpelier on a Saturday in April a one day session at Cate Farm Plainfield will discuss farming fish in Vermont. Dr Robert E Huke of Dartmouth College will give the opening address and Goddard College will present on experimental efforts to raise protein in fresh water crustaceans.
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Vermont
Cate Farm
Plainfield
Vermont Department of Agriculture and Goddard College
Robert E. Huke
Dartmouth College
Norwich
James Nolfi
Goddard College
Goddard
Ronald Allbee
Vernon, Vermont Atomic Power Plant
Edward Kehoe
Fish and Game
Kirk Gardner
Vermont Department of Agriculture
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