Maple Sugaring A Tonic for Spring Fever
Maple season nears as teachers take students to sugarhouses and farmers explain sugaring work. Sugarmakers endure hard labor from tapping to boiling and gathering sap, facing weather, gear, and fragile equipment, yet the craft remains a spring tradition and a seasonal tonic for many communities.
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Sugarbush
Labor Department
Seventeen Years Of Conservation In Bennington County
The Bennington County Soil and Water Conservation District reflects on 17 years of progress from 1947 to 1963. Howard Wilcox remains from the original five, with others noted. district equipment costs and SCS assistance are summarized. cooperators increased from 99 to 161 as land use goals broaden beyond farming to include recreation urbanization industry and parks.
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Bennington County
SCS
Jim Woodard
Windham County
Vermont Sugar Maple Draws Global Interest
Vermont Forests and Parks officials note the sugar maple attracts visitors and researchers from the United States and abroad. A Pakistan study lead sparked seed shipments from Vermont to Parachinar, while Burlington genetics work aims to improve sap sweetness and growth. Plastic care guidance from New York Cleanliness Bureau follows.
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Montpelier
Forests and Parks Department
Vermont
United States
Parachinar
West Pakistan
Addison County
Malik Sardar Hussain
Pakistan
Green Mountains
Northeastern Forest Experiment Station
Burlington Unit
Burlington
New York
UPI
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