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Bennington Banner

Location

Bennington, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1975

Page

9

Colorful vegetable varieties invite gardeners to experiment

The piece notes a rainbow of new vegetable colors from yellow corn to purple cauliflower and blue potatoes, plus a yellow fleshed watermelon named Yellow Baby. Plant breeders aim for yield, disease resistance, and flavor, while color variety may offer real benefits. order seeds now to join the spring gardening surge.

Burlington Vermont New Hampshire

Emergency hearing urged on federal milk pricing reforms

Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative asked the US Secretary of Agriculture to convene an emergency hearing to modify Class I fluid milk pricing and manufacturing milk price provisions on federal orders. Howard Merrill, president, argued prices should reflect the basic formula price from the prior month, not the month before, to capture shifts in unregulated manufacturing milk costs after a January 3 parity adjustment. If approved, February Class I prices could rise about 35 cents per hundred pounds and Class II-III by nearly 70 cents.

Syracuse N.Y Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative US Secretary of Agriculture Howard Merrill Eastern Merrill

Soil survey books now available and use cases

Nine new USDA soil survey brochures explain how soil surveys aid land management across farming, construction, development, home buying, recreation planning, and regional land use. They detail county soil maps, data interpretations, and note Vermont and New York updates including 1976 field results and pork safety measures.

Washington Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service United States Information Division USDA D.C Superintendent of Documents Government Printing Office Washington, D.C Vermont Addison Chittenden Grand Isle SCS Orange County P.O Randolph

Log cabins rise again as popular second homes

Washington reports the log cabin once a frontier symbol now emerging as a stylish second home. Do it yourself kits from pre cut logs entice buyers while Alaska Extension Service notes a surge in classes. Historical notes link log homes to presidents from Washington to Harrison, shaping a lasting cultural image.

Washington Department of Agriculture Extension Service

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