Predictions of a Busy Spring for Vermont Farmers
The County Agent forecasts an active spring with melting snow, early pasture work, and planned planting across Bennington and surrounding towns. Farmers face hay shortages, fertilizer costs, and a push toward agricultural chemicals while urban readers are urged to prep lawns and start seeds from stores and bulletins.
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Don
Harold Harrington
North Bennington
Eddie Eldreds
West Bennington
Bennington
Oldster and Car Claim World’s Oldest Car-Driver Duo
The British Motor Corporation reports a 99-year-old man, Charles Macquckin of Mysore State, Indiana, still drives a 1938 Austin. He requested about half a dozen worn parts, and the firm replied two days later the needed parts were found and being shipped by air. The company said it would underwrite all costs due to the unusual case.
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New York
UPI
British Motor Corporation
Charles Macquckin
Mysore State
Indiana
Birmingham
England
Mysore
Air Express
What Is a Watershed
An explanation of watershed meaning and importance. A watershed is the land area from which water drains to a point, shaping water supply, floods, and soil loss. It notes practices like terraces and crop rotations to slow runoff and protect streams, with contact for the local Soil Conservation Service in Bennington.
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Local
Soil Conservation Service
Main St
Bennington
Home Demonstration Tour Plans West Point Hyde Park Visit
The Bennington County Home Demonstration Council schedules a May 14 bus tour to West Point and Hyde Park with visits to national shrines a dress parade inspection of West Point and a Hotel Thayer dinner for 12. Registration closes May 1 on a first come basis. contact Marjorie Porter or the county extension office for blanks. The article also covers laundering problems with modern washing aids and sewing on mohair, offering practical tips and a free leaflet No. 1074 on laundering. A brief note mentions Kentucky operating 100 bookmobiles for rural reading material.
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Bennington County
Marjorie Porter
Manchester Center
4-H Leaders Prepare for Spring Conferences and Events
Vermont 4-H plans spring leadership schools with guest Dorothy Emerson from the National 4-H Foundation arriving for two days. Southern Vermont leaders meet in Rutland May 8 for an afternoon-evening session. pre-registration letters will go out soon. Bennington and Orleans counties plan junior leader visits, with a three day conference June 25–27. Rotary sponsors fund raising for 4-H poultry projects with 500 birds raised and a banquet.
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Vermont
Dorothy Emerson
National
4-H Foundation
Miss Emerson
Rutland
Orleans County
Bennington County
4-H
Donald Laurie Jr
West Rupert
Kathy Young
Arlington
Montpelier
Manchester
Sunderland
Carol Armstrong
Donald Lewis
Forrest Lewis
Merritt Morey Jr
Rupert
Melvin Rawson
Landgrove
Nancy Baur
Kathleen Stearns
Sharon Clark
West Pawlet
Maria Whitman
Dale Whiteman
Meredith Whitman
North Bennington
Oak Species Dominate Illinois Forest Land
Oak species cover over 60 percent of Illinois forest land with white oak the most common, while black oaks are prevalent in the south and red oaks in the north.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
First white oak tree farm begins in U S history
In Monroe Louisiana a federal rule requiring new charred white oak barrels for Bourbon helps trigger the first white oak tree farm in the United States. Schenly Industries plans to plant over 10 000 seedlings near Monroe as a long term conservation effort to grow trees that take 60 to 100 years to mature.
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Monroe
UPI
U.S
Schenly Industries Inc
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