The Modern Dairy Cow and Its Postwar Progress
An appreciation of dairy cows as selective breeding, diet, and care raise milk output. Holsteins now average about 15,000 pounds yearly, with some exceeding 20,000. a 50,000-pound annual record is noted, with daily yields near 80 quarts. Farmers balance good cows with less productive ones, relying on proven bulls and artificial breeding. Cows receive year round feed, including grain, silage, and hay, and typical lifespans span several lactations before meat use.
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Hamburg
From sawdust to explosives a new wonder product
In Millford New Hampshire Lordan Lumber shifts waste to cash as sawdust sells for five dollars a cord. The piece surveys sawdust's rise as a fuel, filler, and industrial feedstock, noting papermaking uses and alt fuels while questioning long term demand and oil competition.
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Peter Tonge
Lordan Lumber Company
Millford
N.H
Lordan
Yost Named to State Post as Assistant Soil Scientist
Yost named assistant state soil scientist by State Conservationist Craig M. Right. The Brattleboro based SCS soil scientist, a 1969 UConn graduate, joined SCS in 1960 and worked in Connecticut and Pennsylvania before moving to Brattleboro last year. He and his wife Marilyn have two children, Elizabeth and Frederick, and will reside near Burlington.
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Soil Conservation Service
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Brattleboro
Marilyn
Elizabeth
Frederick
Burlington Area
Metric System Shift In US Economic Burden Analyzed
The article argues the United States already uses metric measures in many sectors such as medicine hospitals photography sports and the military while foreign trade often requires both systems. It asserts about 98 percent of the world has gone metric and only a few small nations remain nonindustrial alongside the US.
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United States
Rose Chafer Infestation Warns Gardeners in Vermont
University of Vermont Extension entomologist Dr. Gordon Nielsen warns rose chafers attack roses and many fruit and vegetable plants. Adults emerge in June. larvae feed all summer, overwinter in earthen cells. Chemical sprays are effective but toxic to honey bees. use when bees are absent and follow directions. For more guidance request entomology leaflet No. 39 from Morrill Hall, Burlington.
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Burlington
University of Vermont Extension
Gordon Nielsen
Nielsen
Morrill Hall
University of Vermont
Summer consumer index available
Washington notes that summer is a special season with warm weather and sunshine. The piece mentions consumer sentiment and shifts in spending as people adjust to the season, emphasizing lighter routines and outdoor activities.
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Summer Consumer Index
Washington
Farmers warn on youths operating large farm tractors
Burlington warns that youths 14 or 15 may need a Certificate of Training to operate tractors over 20 PTO horsepower. Extension engineer Grant D. Wells cites Fair Labor Standards Act rules and hazardous occupations classifications. Certificates prove training. file kept by farmer. Some programs run each spring in Vermont counties. not required if youth works for parents. For free information, contact county Extension office or Vermont OSHA in Montpelier.
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Burlington
Extension
Vermont
County Extension Office
Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Montpelier
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John C. Page
UVM County Extension Agent
Lordans
U.S
Joe Lupsha
Maine Forest Products Council
Lincoln Pulp & Paper Corporation
Maine
Wilner Wood Products Company
Norway
Lupsha
Lordan R. Company
Christian Science Publishing Society
Yost
Europe
Haynes & Kane, Inc
Ades
Colonial Shop Warehouse
Bennington
Dunham Furniture Inc
Elm ST
Bennington, VT
Monument Plaza
Grant D. Wells
The
Concord
UPI
U.S. Department of Agriculture Extension Service
Consumer Information Index
Consumer Information
Pueblo
Colorado
Vermont National
FDIC
Catamount National Bank
F.D
Ih. Greenberg Incorporated
Main Street
Cimousewares
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