4-H Forest Conservation Camp Set for August in Vermont
Vermont 4 H Forestry and Conservation Camp will be staged at Downer 4 H Camp Sharon on August 21 22 and 23. Leaders Journeymen and junior leaders will receive instruction in forestry soil and wildlife conservation with an outdoor living program. Participants must be Vermonters 12 or older and pay 5 dollars plus fund raising support.
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Downer
Sharon
Vermont
Vermont State 4
Vermont Forest Service
Soil Conservation Service
Fish and Game Department
Vermont Forest and Park Service
Fish and Game Service
Associated Industries of Vermont
State College of Agriculture
County Forest Association Public Field Trip Set for July 12
The Bennington County Forest Association announces its second annual field trip on Friday July 12. Participants depart from Manchester Depot at 10 a.m. visiting Smith Inc South Londonderry to tour a new sawmill a wood using plant and a wood flour mill. The trip ends with a lunch at Hapgood Pond in Peru and a talk by Sidney Davis U S Forest Service ranger.
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Bennington County Forest Association
Manchester
Smith, Inc
South Londonderry
Hapgood Pond
Peru
Sidney Davis
U.S. Forest Service
Congress Orders Secrecy on Farm Agency Enforcement
A congressional committee directed the Agriculture Department to withhold details of its policing of livestock meat and poultry markets from public view. The secrecy does not extend to grain cotton perishable commodities. The directive appears in a House Appropriations Committee report accompanying the department's $6 billion next fiscal year budget.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Colorado Livestock Commission
Colorado
Packers and Stockyards Act
House Appropriations Committee
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
Ice Cream Made Old Fashioned Way Still Delights
Miss Anna Wilson Vermont Extension nutritionist says old fashioned hand freezers remain popular for ice cream in summer while electric gadgets gain traction. Tips include cooling cooked mixtures before refrigerating overnight, not filling freezers two thirds full, and packing with crushed ice and salt after freezing.
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Anna Wilson
Vermont
Miss Wilson
Record 90 Million Expected at U.S. National Parks This Year
About 90 million persons a record number are expected to visit the country's national parks this year says the National Geographic Society. Last year more than 88 million came to camp hike ride swim fish study or sightsee from car windows.
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Washington
Conservation Note on Recreation Farm Ponds and Water Color Issues
Landowners seek guidance as soil and water conditions affect pond projects. Sheridan installs a pond with a dry fire hydrant and weighing options like clay lining. Gordon faces dark water due to high iron and organics. Gypsum and fertilization are discussed. experts offer to help with decisions and problem solving.
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Soil Conservation Service
Robert Sheridan
Dorset
Sheridan
Ernest Edgerton
Jamaica
George Gordon
Gordon
Homemakers Weekend Planned at Camp Ondawa
The 4 H Camp Ondawa hosts a July 25 28 weekend for women with craft programs tours including Mrs Gladys Wiswell home and Leon Orrs travel talk. Registration by July 18 through the County Extension Office or Mrs Jones.
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Women’s Homemakers
Camp Ondawa
Ondawa
Gladys Wiswell
Leon Orr
Bennington
West
Walter Jones
Dorset
Jones
Farmers across the eastern U S share common trends in markets growth
County Agent John C. Page reports a three week, 4000 mile tour from Iowa to Mississippi and Georgia, noting farmers are weather aware growth minded and market aware. Cattle feeders feel shifts in price from prime to lower grades while soybeans rise as cotton retreats.
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Iowa
Mississippi
Georgia
Clinton County
Chicago
South
USDA
Midwest
Fred Schmidt
Iowa Beef Producing Association
John C. Page
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Estelle Best
Route 11
Green Mountains
David C. Barton
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Extension Service Office
Lawrence Pratt
Marion S. Harris
State Council
Dorothy Emerson
Emerson
Windham County
Walter Finney
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Electronics
McGraw-Hill
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Boston
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Miwwrand! Corporation
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Rutland
Cellows Falls
Chester
West Mountain Farm
RCA Victor
Dave
Main ST
Mis Masters
Fienberg
Bennington, VT
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North Bennington Road
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Rosasco
North Adams, Mass
Tobin Blue
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