The Old Redhead recalls twenty years farming in Vermont
County agent reflections cover changes in Bennington County agriculture over two decades. From the Green Pastures program boosting year round cow feed to artificial breeding uptake, bulk tanks, shifting land prices, rental patterns, rising farm consolidation, poultry decline, and the rise of businesslike farming. The piece notes generational shifts, debt, and land speculation, urging open communication to prevent loss of farms and echoing a cautious forecast for future farming.
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Johnc
Page County
University of Vermont
Bennington County
Hi Sim
Wests
Nine Strong
Vermont
Chase
Sore Xo
Yankee Milk Inc organized to unify New England dairies
Dr Clarence Jordan of Morgan Center Vermont named secretary and Donald Perron of Glover Vermont named treasurer at Yankee Milk Incs organizational meeting. Howard Foster of Salisbury Vermont joins the executive committee as members and 24 districts planned with about 240 members per district.
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Concord
Clarence Jordan
Morgan Center
Yankee Milk Inc
New Cooperative
New England
Yankee Milk
New England Milk Producers’ Association
United Farmers of
Consolidated Milk Producers Association of Connecticut
Donald Perron
Glover
Howard A. Foster
Salisbury
Yankee Milk, Inc
Sitme
John 5. Adams
Adams
Camp Ondawa Youth Notes A day at Camp Ondawa
County notes describe Camp Ondawa in its second week with daily schedules for campers. Activities include flag, meals, workshops in horseback riding, crafts, nature study, wildlife conservation, swimming, woodworking, music, and recreation. Camp tribes earn points through contests and social projects, with Friday candlelighting and a campfire.
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Ondawa
Mrs. Foster
Manchester
Bonnie Leamy
Mrs. Boyd
Ann Coley
Ira Whitney
Maroni
Arlington Rotary
Grange hails grain sale to Russia breakthrough for agriculture
National Grange leader John W. Scott lauds the 10 million dollar grain sale to the Soviet Union as a major breakthrough for U.S. agriculture and a step toward peace, thanking President Nixon and key secretaries for support. He notes a three year plan to sell at least 750 million dollars in wheat and feed grains, with 200 million to be shipped within a year, boosting cash markets and farm exports amid bumper 1971 crops.
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Washington, D.C
John W. Scott
Naster
The
National Grange
Russia
U.S
Grange
Spott
Nixon
Far Butz
Commerce
Peter Petersen
Scott
Soviet Union
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