Maple producers hold county confab here
Maple Sugar Makers of Bennington County held their annual meeting discussing future maple industry trends. Topics included sap sweetness testing with refractometers, thinning sugar bushes to boost sap quality, pre heaters for evaporators, and wood chip fuel trials. Oregon…
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Bennington County
Ray Foulds
UVM
Sap Inlet
Proctor
Northeast Forest Experiment Station
William Gabriel
Burlington
Lentils: a long-known protein staple from the legume family
Dianne E. Hall explains lentils as a versatile meat alternative. Lentils are small flat peas sized, available year round at low cost, rich in vegetable protein, low in fat, and when paired with foods like rice form complete protein. They require no soaking before cooking.
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Palouse Hills
Idaho
Washington
Lentils A Quick Guide For Cooking And Uses
Lentils serve as a quick convenient food with a half hour cook time and can be used in soups gravies or salads. They store indefinitely when kept in a cool dry container and pair with butter sour cream cheese mushrooms herbs and meats for enhanced flavor.
Buying house plants with care in Burlington
The article advises selecting plants with healthy foliage and roots, testing root vitality with scratching, and avoiding drought-damaged plants. It describes checking soil ball freshness, and notes brown root sheaths amid advancing growth as a sign of older roots. Also promoted is a booklet on making slip covers for upholstered furniture with step by step instructions, diagrams, and a mail order offer for 50 cents from the University of Vermont Publications Office.
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Burlington
Morrill Hall
University of Vermont, Burlington
Vermont Farm Show Opens With New Displays in Barre
Vermont's Farm Show debuts January 28 at Municipal Auditorium with expanded contests, livestock displays, and farm equipment exhibits. Over 12,000 attendees expected, admission free. Special attractions for non farmers include consumer displays and films on agriculture. Entries for baked goods and farm products due January 27, with nine association meetings scheduled through January 30 and new Vermont Horsemen's Council.
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Barre
Vermont
Municipal Auditorium
Everett Willard
Vermont Agricultural Associations
Vermont Beekeepers and Maple Sugar Makers Association
Barre Court House
New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association
Vermont Poultrymen
First Presbyterian Church
Montpelier
Salmon
The
Vermont Horsemen’s Council
Growing Bonsai offered by University of Vermont Extension
The Burlington extension service promotes bonsai as an indoor outdoor suitable art. Growing Bonsai explains tree selection, cultivation, shaping, and obtaining plants with photographs and drawings. Free publication H and G No 206 available by mail request to Publications Morrill Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington VT 05401.
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Burlington
Extension Service
University of Vermont
Vermont
Morrill Hall
Learning by Example and the Need for Demonstration
William Snow discusses how instructing with demonstrations rather than commands prevents accidents. He reflects on adults correcting children with "don't" without explanation, urging parents and mentors to model proper behavior and teach through observation to break the cycle of instruction by prohibition.
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William Snow
UVM
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Ray
Foulds
Aiken Maple Lab
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Bill Clark
Wells
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Clark
Maple Country
West Coast
Dianne E. Hall
Norman E. Pellett
Manchester
New England
Willard
China
Japan
Rosasco
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams
Mass
Enterprise
Bennington
Castleton State College
Bennington Area
Burgess L‘heure By
Murray
U&g
U&ag
Morh Self Vice Discount Department Stores
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Capitol
Etvestereos
Main Street
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