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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1970
Page
6
John C. Page offers a practical Vermont approach to home maple syrup making. He covers selecting maple trees, tapping, spouts, buckets, and covers, plus weather timing and simple indoor boiling methods. He notes safety, equipment variety, and that sap runs with freezing thaw cycles, often many gallons per day.
County Youth Notes reports a Harvard sophomore, George Montcastle of Baltimore, visiting Amherst College in western Massachusetts, died after falling 70 feet from a dorm roof on October 11, 1969 following a LSD trip. State police arrested another Amherst student on LSD selling charges. Dean Robert A. Ward expressed personal agony in a October 16, 1969 letter to students, noting the loss of a visitor rather than an Amherst man.
Milo Moore of the University of Vermont explains comfort depends on humidity surface temperature and window treatment. Install humidifiers sized to home with automatic controls to maintain humidity and reduce cold air on dry days. If cold surfaces surround you the air may be warm yet feel chilly. address with proper insulation and warmer surfaces.
Sam Friend, 70, after eight weeks of searching more than 500 houses near Aldershot for his missing cat, finally located the pet perched on the roof of an abandoned house. He said the long quest would end in time.
Burlington Vermont Extension Service University of Vermont will sponsor 11 weekly TV discussions on environmental quality over Channel 3 starting March 17. Topics include Vermont Paradise or Pollution The Story of DDT Living with Pesticides Pesticides and Wildlife Pesticides and Human Health Safety and Regulations. Free study guide Man and Pesticides offered by writing to Publications Morrill Hall Burlington.
Vermont needs government owned grazing herds to preserve open space and pastoral scenery. Agronomist Winston Way argues cows and sheep keep land open as cow numbers fall and pastures shrink. Local towns could manage 250000 acres of open land with cattle grazing.
A Vermont Natural Resources Forum item notes automobiles cause 60 to 80 percent of air pollution nationally in many areas and warns the problem may worsen as car growth outpaces population. The February issue, published by the Extension Service at the University of Vermont, lists other topics including national air standards and septic tank design.
Lawrence Pratt reports Bennington County NRCD honors Mrs. John McCormick of Manchester for dedicating 40 percent of her acres to wildlife. Her property features wildlife trails, brush and tree cover, wildlife watering facilities, native fruit, autumn olive plantings, and extensive conservation practices since 1966. She also serves as director of the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont.
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