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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1973

Page

3

Frederick visits Vermont Grange meetings and discusses farming policy

National Grange leader Frederick tours Addison County and Burlington engaging New York and Vermont Grangers on the food crisis price controls and environmental laws. He meets with state officials in Montpelier and Oxbow High School Bradford and closes with a capital city open meeting.

Norwich Vermont New York Robert M. Frederick Wall Grange Addison County C.J. Bell Pomona Grange Burlington Jack Berry New York State WCAX Alfred Franklin State Grange Agriculture Committee Orange County Oxbow High School Bradford Connecticut Valley Capital City Grange Montpelier Kermit W. Richardson Agriculture Allan Wilson Environment Leo O'Brien Vermont Commission of Agriculture R.P. Davison Vermont Extension Keith Wallace State Farm Bureau Capital City Grange Mem Bers Frederick Pomona Grange Europe Nixon O'Brien Grange Information National Grange Washington, D.C Secretary of Agriculture

Normal everyday occurrences in county farming life

County Agent John C. Page explains that many observed plant and pest events are normal. He notes evergreen needle shed, blossom and fruit drop, plant shape and light needs, lower leaf shedding after transplant, multi variety apple expectations, cross pollination outcomes, and common bark aging in trees, all as routine agricultural phenomena.

John C. Page UVM County Extension Speson

Wood supply safe and bark mulch helps tree survival

University of Vermont experts say wood is renewable and not in danger of running out. Bark residue from lumber production, used as mulch, improved survival of mulched trees in Vergennes in 1971 72, especially on clay soils. About 77 percent of mulched trees survived versus 57 percent unmulched, with bark mulch aiding moisture retention.

Burlington Monte Harold University of Vermont UVM Harold Vergennes Addison County Myere

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