Milk program urged for Nixon budget
John C. York of Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative Association urged President Nixon to continue the Special Milk Program in the 1971 budget. He warned that dropping it harms 10,000 dairy farmers and deprives children of nutrition, noting likely waste and increased surpluses under price support if cut.
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Syracuse
N.Y
John C. York
Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative Association
Richard M. Nixon
York
Eastern Dairy Farmer
Land Bank and FHA team on long term farm loans
The Farm Credit Administration and Farmers Home Administration announce a formal agreement to coordinate farm real estate lending. Federal Land Banks will hold the first mortgage while FHA subordinates its lien, enabling simultaneous processing of initial ownership loans and long term real estate loans to mutual borrowers.
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Washington, D.C
Farm Credit Administration
Farmers Home _ Administration
FCA
Federal Land Banks
Federal Land Bank Associations
Cooperative Farm Credit System
FHA
US Department of Agriculture
FLB
Federal Land Bank
Agreement to Expand Joint Mortgage Credit for Young Farmers
The loan processing pact aims to deepen ties between the Farm Credit Administration and Farmers Home Administration to boost mortgage credit for worthy applicants, especially young farmers. Governors E A Jaenke and James V. Smith signed the memorandum, noting capital needs in agriculture require new credit avenues and that FHA has broadened policies to allow loans from private or cooperative lenders on the same security. The statement highlighted successful FHA Land Bank cooperation and described the pact as advancing shared goals to serve farmers and ranchers seeking agricultural credit.
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E.A. Jaenke
Farm Credit Administration
James V. Smith
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Federal
Vermont Farm Show Preview Highlights Education And Exhibits
Barre hosts January farm event with expanded educational exhibits and new organizations. Evening hours visited by Legislature Night with lawmakers invited. Free admission, 9 am starts. Prize livestock, latest equipment, and Vermont product contests featured. Contests prize five dollars plus blue ribbon, one outstanding entry earns a silver trophy.
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Barre Auditorium
Shute
Vermont
Control of Lice on Dairy Cattle Advises Prevention
Dr. Gordon R. Nielsen of the University of Vermont warns dairy herds face biting and sucking lice in winter, causing unthriftiness and reduced milk. He recommends Ciodrin spray, two treatments 10 to 14 days apart, and periodic inspections with a flashlight to detect lice and eggs.
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Burlington
Gordon R. Nielsen
University of Vermont
Nielsen
Morrill Hall
Gordon Nielsen
UVM
Seed catalogues and imperfect fruit from a county agent
A county agent salutes seed catalogues and the lure of imperfect fruit. He notes seed houses offer fruit trees and exotics, warns about cross pollination and pests, and recalls 1910s methods like kerosene emulsions and Paris Green. He longs for “good old days” of imperfect apples while acknowledging enduring insect and disease challenges.
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Paris
Thiamin chases away the gloom in Vermont
Burlington nutritionist Aline Coffey of the University of Vermont links gloom to thiamin deficiency and calls it the morale vitamin. She cites sources like yeast pork liver whole grain cereals nuts and dry legumes as rich in thiamin. She urges checking cereal side panels for B vitamin and iron information and explains beriberi, a thiamin deficiency disease, means I cannot I cannot due to leg stiffness.
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Burlington
Aline Coffey
University of Vermont
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