New Ball Game Ahead for Agricultural Research in 1972
Burlington report quotes Dr. Gerald A. Donovan of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station forecasting expanded U S food production to feed 100 million more people by 2000. He cites corn leaf blight lessons and four future focus areas: protecting food supply, nutrition, rural development, and environment.
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Burlington
Gerald A. Donovan
University of Vermont
U.S. Agriculture
United States
Donovan
Vermont Experiment Station
Vermont
UVM Extension Service
Congress
New options in VASC feed grains program 1972
Vermont officials announce signup runs January 17 to February 25 for the 1972 feed grain program. New options include two set aside choices beyond the base 25 percent, soybeans planted to protect bases, and barley included. County ASCS offices will provide full details as training sessions proceed.
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Burlington
John W. Clark
Vermont Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Washington
Clark
ASCS
Before buying a horse consider zoning and space needs
County Extension Agent William C Snow outlines key questions for parents. Check zoning, land for a horse, fencing, and safe riding space. Assess if the interest is lasting by trying 4 H or riding lessons, and budget ongoing costs like feed, equipment, and veterinary fees before purchase.
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William C
Snow County Extension Agent
AVM
Colonial Soup Classics From Old Cook Books
Homemaker shares colonial inspired soup recipes from Williamsburg era. Cream of Peanut Soup uses peanut butter and bacon with celery and cream. quick Brunswick Stew blends chicken, succotash, okra, tomatoes and pimientos with crackers. Servings noted and instructions concise for home cooks.
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Colonial Williamsburg
Con
Nabisco Inc
County Agent’s Report on Farm Records and Bookkeeping
County Extension Agent John C. Page argues that modern farming requires careful recordkeeping, with emphasis on timely, organized books. He notes variations among farmers, the shift to farm accounting systems, and the need to separate farm from nonfarm expenses while maintaining usable ledgers for tax and decision making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Milk producers told to anticipate changes in decade
ANDOVER Massachusetts in a year end statement John S Adams general manager of the New England Milk Producers Association said that through the 1970s farms will shrink in number but grow larger federal orders will merge into fewer entities the number of handlers will decline and cooperatives will unite to gain scale and market power as the decade progresses the NEMPA official noted that handlers plants processing farmers milk
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Andover
Mass
John S. Adams
New England Milk Producers’ Association
NEMPA
Adams
Minnesota-Wisconsin
National Milk Producers Federation
Gypsy moth quarantine extended to nine more states
Washington officials announced a plan to extend the federal gypsy moth quarantine beyond the Northeast to nine additional states from Florida to Wisconsin. Hearing set for Feb. 8 in Baltimore to consider adding the District of Columbia and several Southern and Mid Atlantic states to the controls on wood and timber products carrying the pest.
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Washington
UPI
Florida
Wisconsin
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Agriculture Department
Baltimore
District of Columbia
Alabama
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
Ohio
South Carolina
Virginia
Resolutions Then and Now in a New Year Notebook
A reflective column recaps quirky store and cafe scenes about pricing, misheard specials, and shelf space. It links canned peaches, 99 cent deals, and a Vermont storekeeper to argue that resolutions fail when people fail to act, ending with a hopeful but unresolved wish for the year.
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Burlington
Henry
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Everett Lillie
Grand Union
Manchester
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Bob
Hawaii
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
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Vernon West
Everett
Vern
Hunt ST
Bennington
Blue Benn
IST
Bennington, Vermont
DIAL
AVM Extension Family
Charlotte
Sealy Mattresses
JRE Inc
Dair Rylea
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