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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1971
Page
6
Dr. Glen M. Wood outlines summer lawn stress and advises higher mowing heights of 2 to 2.25 inches to boost leaf area and deep roots. Water deeply if possible, use 1 inch weekly when dry, avoid light sprinkling, and delay fertilization. Address weed control with 2 4 D, avoid hot spells, and prefer fall reseeding or summer ryegrass with high mowing until fall.
Homemakers' Corner prescribes a fruit and cream mold using vanilla ice cream, sour cream, pineapple tidbits, blueberries, maraschino cherries and halved green grapes. The mixture is folded, frozen in a foil lined leaf pan, then unmolded onto a greens platter for serving making eight servings. Horatio the Snail retains Britain’s world champion title by finishing a 24 inch glass course in four minutes fifty five seconds in Folkes tone England.
Dr H W Vogelmann of the University of Vermont studies fog drip to bring moisture to arid regions. Using oilcans aluminum screen and wooden posts, he set gauges on Camels Hump to measure fog drip. Over eight weeks fog drip fed nearly 70 percent more water than open gauges, drawing attention from the Conservation and Research Foundation.
Partnership with a foundation and Vogelmann’s field work near Veracruz, Mexico, tested fog drip to moisten arid highland flats. Moisture readings at 12 stations showed 29 and 22 percent yearly gains, with January to March dry-season increases of 266 and 166 percent at fringe sites.
County Agent recalls selecting ten promising heifers from a 60 head pasture, likening it to judging ten pretty girls. He explains how breeders and judges shape today’s dairy cattle, noting European Holstein blockiness, American dairy and beef types, and the ongoing pursuit of the ideal cow through generations of judging.
County Extension Agent William C. Snow discusses a vandalism incident at Camp Ondawa where teens damaged doors sinks and screening. He notes the camp hosts many groups yearly and relies on volunteer labor, urging constructive energy and continued community support.
A forestry tour is scheduled for Saturday July 10 starting at 9 30 a m from the U S Forest Service Office Manchester Center. The first stop is John McCormick tree farm Pawlet with land use changes and harvest details followed by Merck Forest Rupert Mountain at noon.
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