Extension Agent Reports Hay Surplus Amid Wet Weather Blues
University of Vermont agent John C. Page notes plentiful hay but rain-damaged forage, with corn promising in Rupert and East Pownal, and farmers testing pipeline milking. Stroh brothers process 2,300 bales in a day while others salvage wet hay. muskmelons on Walloomsac flats hint at late frost risk. tractor choices spark debate about learning curves and upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairdale Farms
Keith Watkin
Bennington
Henry Steel
North Rupert
Frank Read
East Dorset
Brad West
Wilcox Brothers
Manchester
Pownal
Strohmater
Sonny
Carl Fuller
Shaftsbury
Larry Watkin
West Bennington
Walloomsac
Plastic Lined Ponds A Conservation Note From Vermont
Lawrence H Pratt describes recent soil conservation efforts in Bennington County Vermont. Larry Hamel arrives to assist landowners while ponds at Gould Manchester and Glenn Thompson East Dorset are completed. He explains the process of lining gravely sites with plastic liners, including sand layers and joint sealing, to create watertight ponds amid challenging soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Hamel
Orleans
Bennington
Larry
Soil Conservation Service
Essex Junction
Middlebury
Jim Woodard
Gould
Manchester
Glenn Thompson
Dorset
Heinz Pond
Bennington County
Larrys
Johns
County Youth Notes In India Wedding Traditions Detailed
Pat McFadden explains arranged marriages in India through a personal account from an International Farm Youth Exchange delegate. The piece recounts dowry discussions horoscopes and the detailed wedding rite with turmeric baths a pink sari and seven circuits around a sacred fire led by the groom Rajendra with prayers for life wealth happiness offspring and longevity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat McFadden
India
Miss McFadden
UVM
Springfield
International Farm
Rajendra
Committee OKays Main Power Project
Washington UPI The House Appropriations Public Works Subcommittee gave near routine approval to a 1968 budget request of 1.676 million for the Dickey Lincoln School Power Project in Maine. The project on the St John River remains controversial with private utilities opposed but muted support due to a favorable staff study.
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Washington
UPI
Maine
House Appropriations Public Works Subcommittee
House
Senate
St. John River
William D. Hathaway
Dmaine
90Th Congress
Dickey
Albert Cree
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Electric Coordinating Council of
New England
Cree
Bennington Garden Club hears talks and poems at meeting
Bennington Garden Club hosted a Tuesday gathering at Miss Stell Andersen’s North Bennington home. New members co led by Mrs. E H Cumpston and Mrs Whitney Dickey introduced speakers on soil improvement tools poetry and garden lore.
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Bennington
Monument Road
Reinhoud van der Linde
North Bennington
Vermont
Donald MceKee
Apple Tree Lane
William Jay Smith
Pownal
Morells
Theodore Roethke
Bennington College
Haydn
Cumpston
Keep
Montpelier
Washington
Garden Club of America
Dallas
Texas
McKee
Walter Hard
Southern Vermont Art Center
Kelley Cole
Old Bennington
Bennington Water Board Tests Watershed Plan with Scotts
The Bennington Water Board eyes a two year old watershed agreement with William R Scott and his wife of New York to oversee Bolles Brook Bickford Hollow drainage. A timbering plan near Bolles Brook prompts board to open discussion and possible adjustments.
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Bennington Water Board
William R. Scott
New York
Bolles Brook
Bickford Hollow
Glastonbury
Woodford
Scotts
Scott
Charles Dollard
Bennington
Water Board
John H. Williams II
Dollard
Williams
Alfred W. Ellett
Seymour Shultz
Edward Ransom
Fred Butler
Henry Hansen
Vermont Officials Undergo Defensive Driving Course
Twenty state department heads attended a two day defensive driving course at the Vermont capitol urged by Gov. Philip H. Hoff. The National Safety Council led the sessions as Hoff said state leaders must set an example to reduce accidents and costs from incidents, premiums, and time.
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Vermont
HUD Okays New England Projects
HUD announced several grants and advances for New England urban renewal and sewer projects. Castletown Island Castleton VI receives $61,000 for sewage facilities planning. Colebrook NH gets $5,300 for sanitary sewer planning. Caribou ME secures $133,505 for Sweden Street Urban Renewal survey and planning. Presque Isle ME receives $107,309 to begin survey and planning for the downtown renewal project.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Castleton
Colebrook
N.H
Sweden Street
Caribou
Maine
Pres‘que Isle
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John C. Page
University of Vermont Extension Agent
Bob Graf
Mettawee
Rupert
Bill Leach
Gladys Wiswell
East Arlington
Howard Leach
Howard
Lawrence H. Pratt
Neil Conservationist
Arlington
Carol Sorensen
Oneida
Main Street
Bennington Garden Club
Chris Christie
Oak St
Mike Lyons
North Bennington Road
YMCA
Tom Moore
Franklin Pierce College
Rindge
Gillmore
Haynes Realty Corp
U.S. 7
Robert Wilson
Pippin Knoll
HUD
Ington Banner
Business Newsroom
Xeevuz
Bennington Banner
Main St
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
U.S
Noveck-Shultz
Noveck-Shultz Inc
Dial
Philco
Gon
Philco Chest Freezers
Economy Auto Stores, Inc
Bennington, VT
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