Home canning workshops set by county extension agent
Dianne Hall Lamb AVM County Extension Agent invites all residents to a four week August workshop in pressure canning boiling water bath canning freezing pickling jellying and drying. Sessions run August 2 9 16 23 in Manchester Center and August 3 10 17 24 in Bennington and August 4 11 18 25 in Stamford from 7 to 9 p.m. The course is free with a $1.50 per session option. open to all. Extension Service offers video tapes on canning freezing and drying available to view in August. Call 447 7582 for details.
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Manchester Center
Zion Episcopal Church
Route 7
Greater Bennington
St. John’s Parish Center
Houghton Street
North Bennington
Greater
Stamford
Stamford Recreation Center
Furniture value over price guides chair choices
The bulletin from the University of Vermont Extension Service advises buyers to assess total value when choosing chairs. It covers construction quality, comfort, style, finishes, fabrics, and workmanship, and suggests measuring spaces, matching colors, and buying from reputable dealers for lasting value.
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Burlington
University of Vermont Extension Service
Vermont beekeepers to meet July 10 at Castleton
The Vermont Beekeepers Association will meet Saturday July 10 at Castleton Elementary School. Dr. Roger A. Morse of Cornell will speak on apiculture and bee culture. Demonstrations on divisions, queen-raising, and swarm control will be led by Charles Mraz. Registration is 9:30 a.m. with a $3 fee. business meeting begins at 10. Lunch at noon includes a honey contest and demonstrations if weather allows. Directions from Rutland: Route 4 west, exit 4, north on Route 30, left after about 100 yards to Castleton Elementary School.
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Castleton
Vermont Beekeepers Association
Roger A. Morse
Cornell University
Charles Mraz
Middlebury
Castleton Elementary School
Rutland
Fire ant threat overplayed, says Audubon Society article
Audubon magazine debunks Newsweek fire ant plague claims as exaggerated. Anthony Wolff argues fatalities are due to anaphylaxis and that ants are not more deadly than bees or hornets. Experts cite studies showing low mortality from ant stings and urge control rather than eradication, criticizing government spraying costs and Mirex concerns.
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Audubon Society
New York
Newsweek
South
News
Audubon
National Audubon Society
Anthony Wolff
Wolff
United States
National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
Murray Blum
University of Georgia
Acre
Blum
Alabama
Vietnam
Hopewell
Cholera panel asks for strong actions to curb disease
New York US Department of Agriculture advisory panel on hog cholera urged the strongest possible measures to prevent new outbreaks. At a June Washington meeting with representatives from the US Animal Health Association and the Livestock Conservation Institute, the panel called for quarantines in New England, a ban on hog cholera vaccines, and a review of garbage feeding to swine. They pressed for resources to finish the state-federal eradication program begun in 1962, noting recent outbreaks in Massachusetts New Hampshire and Rhode Island and warning illegal vaccines could delay eradication and threaten export markets including pork exports to Great Britain and other destinations.
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Washington
U.S. Animal Health Association
Livestock Conservation Institute
New England
USDA
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APHIS
U.S
Great Britain
Texas
Health and 4-H emphasize total fitness
William C. Snow explains renewed 4-H focus on health across Head Heart Hands and Health. Bennington County clubs will dedicate at least one meeting monthly to health topics, covering physical mental emotional social and environmental balance and the role of good health habits in daily life.
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Bennington County
Northeast
4-H Health Committee
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AVM County Extension
Extension Service
Morse
American Bee Journal
South America
US Department of Agriculture
Advisory Committee On Hog
Hamon
Canoi
Main ST
William C. Snow
AVM
Rosasco
Berkshire Plaza
North Adams
Mass
Bennington
Main Street
HAM
BIG Wine Dept
Madkours
Delicatessen
Cole Slaw
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