Garden courses begin in Bennington and two nearby towns
Local organizers announce garden courses starting next week in Bennington Manchester Rupert and Stamford. The piece extols gardening as a cost saver and a source of fresh produce noting postwar boosts in hobby gardens and the pleasure and prestige of tending soil, dawn light, birds and dewy beds. It reflects on why people garden from savings to pastime.
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Bennington
Manchester
Rupert
Stamford
Vermont livestock operator charged with violations
Westminster Commission Sales of Westminster faces an administrative complaint under the Packers and Stockyards Act for delay in prompt payment, trust account shortages, and insufficient funds checks totaling over 3600 dollars to consignors from 1975. The case could lead to a cease and desist order or suspension of its market agency registration. The action is public record under P&S Docket 5266.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Westminster Commission Sales, Inc
Westminster
Packers and Stockyards Act
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Westminster Commission Sales
Vermont
New Hampshire
S’ Packers and Stockyards Administration
Westminster Commission
Packers and Stockyards
P&s
Information Office
Packers and Stockyards Administration
Washington, D.C
Start indoors now for garden plants and early blooms
Dr. Norman Pellett of the University of Vermont urges starting flower and vegetable seeds indoors in mid to late March for transplant after frost danger. Space, light, and temperature matter, with a four foot fluorescent setup and timers to provide 16 hours of light daily. Fill with soil care and regular watering. free guide Brieflet 1210 is available from Morrill Hall for home or school seed starting.
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Burlington
Norman Pellett
University of Vermont
Morrill Hall
Propagating houseplants for a rainy day project
Burlington tips readers on growing more house plants using seeds cuttings runners and air layering. Advice covers avocado and grapefruit seed germination water rooting and soil planting plus humidity and light needs. It explains cuttings rooting media and air layering for rubber trees dieffenbachia and other plants.
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Burlington
Aquaculture to Meet Shrimp Demand Faces Long Road
Murry P. Berger of the National Fisheries Institute says aquaculture will take 5 to 10 years to reach mass production, delaying lower shrimp prices. He notes foreign fishing extends beyond 12 miles after a Senate bill, with imports and quotas shaping prices and consumer costs.
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Murry P. Berger
National Fisheries Institute
Washington, D.C
Berger
Senate
U.S
Farm costs vs prices may slow in 1976
Vermont Extension expert Dwight Eddy says farm cost inflation likely slows to about two to three percent in 1976, with hay costs high, labor up 5 to 8 percent, fertilizer possibly down, and machinery prices still rising though not as sharply. Individual farm results hinge on inputs mix and management.
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Dwight Eddy
University of Vermont
United States
Eddy
Economist
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John C. Page
UVM County Extension Agent
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
UPI
Commissioner of Agriculture
Jon Ford
Atues
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Pellett
America
Japan
Industry Association
Robert H. Wilbur
NFI
Great Vermont Transit
Williamsburg
Mt. Vernon
Yorktown
Jamestown
New York
Radio City
Rockefeller Ctr
United Nations
Manhattan Island
Vermont Transit
Fred Webster
New England
Alcoa Aluminum Products
ALCOA
Aluminum
Heating & Insulation CO
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