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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1967
Page
8
Vermont extension agent Gordon R. Nielsen explains scale insects feed on plant juices using piercing mouthparts. Armored scales wear a protective wax shield, while soft scales are larger and often woolly with egg masses. Adults are wingless and crawl ers move to new growth before settling. crawlers resemble small aphids before molting.
Harold and Donald Harrington of North Bennington bought three registered Ayrshire cows from Fairdale Farms, with records filed at the national Ayrshire Breeders Association. The article also discusses scale insect types on trees and practical control methods including dormant oil, dinitro sprays, and timed summer crawlers with malathion.
Lawrence H Pratt writes from Arlington about taking a vacation, missing a state directors and staff camp meeting in Shaftsbury to explore conservation in summer programs. He notes Bennington County planning actions, a silver wedding anniversary for district supervisors, and his own high school reunion. He assigns duties to Bob McGreevey of SCS Poultney and jokes about family and weather at his Cape destination.
University of Vermont extension agent John C. Page reports new milk price estimates for the year amid higher Class I pricing and the Louisville plan aimed at stabilizing consumer prices. The note covers February through May prices in the Mass RI market zone, projected August and December effects, and potential 12 cent blend-price shifts if nearby differentials are ruled illegal. It also includes farmer-appraised equipment changes in corn planters and gardening tips, urging careful fertilizer use, weed control, and thinning. Dairy Month advice emphasizes protecting milk quality with light, temperature control, closed containers, and using oldest milk first.
A new Extension publication by Dr. George B. Mac Collum outlines safe methods to protect crops from insects without harming people, animals, or plants. It covers low volume spraying, per acre dosing charts, pre treated seed cautions, legume and grass guidance, and general safety. Free copies available from Morrill Hall, UVM, Burlington.
Massachusetts Rhode Island milk producers will be paid 4.70 per hundredweight for 3.5 percent milk received in May at plants in Zone 21. The May blended price is just over 10 cents a quart, up 44 cents per hundredweight from last May. Nearly 55 percent of producer milk went to Class I bottling, versus 53 percent in May 1966. Receipts from producers totaled 304 million pounds in May, down seven million from last year, while Class I sales reached 167 million pounds, up about three million.
County Youth Notes reports 41 of 81 4-H Clothing Day entrants earned top gold seals for 95 percent or more of possible points. Several girls achieved 98 percent and will showcase at State Day in Barre on June 24.
In Hoosick Falls New York the Rensselaer County Dairy Princess contest unfolds this Saturday with a 6 30 p m parade from the Grand Union lot a 7 p m milking contest in Memorial Park and the crowning at 8 p m at Hoosick Falls Central School. Entertainment by the Hoosick Hot Shots and dancing by Johnny Bridgewater follow the ceremony. Refreshments will be served and tickets are sold by Hoosick Grange members or at the door.
Vermont's crop season is several weeks behind with a forecast of a late recovery. Professor Samuel C. Wiggans of UVM cautions that heat units drive growth, and despite a cooler spring many crops will still mature late or not at all. Apple bloom shortens picking season. lilacs arrive late for Memorial Day.
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