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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1971
Page
6
Vermont flood plain policy urged by Lawrence H Pratt argues homes and roads on flood prone areas burden taxpayers and demand nonstructural controls. He explains flood plain delineation, floodways and fringe, plus maps, zoning, and insurance as tools. Public agencies offer free or low cost guidance and support a flood risk approach.
Firestone Tire & Rubber develops a tire to liquid and gas distillation method. A pilot plant in Akron will test continuous operation feeding shredded tires into a closed reactor to produce oils and gas with heating value close to natural gas. The process aims to avoid solid waste water or air pollution during distillation.
The piece argues for practical farming effort over reliance on nature. It recounts weather quirks, moles vs Japanese beetles, and the farmer as keeper of nature’s balance. It urges urbanites to try gardening, warns weeds require effort, and notes the myth of easy abundance while stressing real work.
Bennington County farmers must sign up for the 1971 Feed Grain Program by April 9, says Robert Rudd Jr., executive director of the ASCS Office. Changes include possible downward adjustments to conserving base for corn heavy plantings, hay harvest on set-aside acreage during drought or floods, and grazing on set-aside land after Oct. 1. Farmers should visit the county ASCS office in the Federal Building, Bennington before April 9.
Dr. Henry Atherton of the University of Vermont extols cheese as delicious versatile and nutritious noting 400 varieties and high protein riboflavin and calcium. He advises mild cheeses first then progress to stronger flavors, proper storage refrigeration room temperature serving, and low heat in cooking. Also mentions sending for Home and Garden Bulletin No 112. Animal curiosities conclude the piece.
In Sydney, a sow known for biting and killing piglets after birth was restrained by feeding her 1 pound of bran with a can of beer then beer straight from the can. The method kept her sedated for a day, allowing piglets to nurse while she slept off the binge.
ROBERT SARGENT of Pawlet is among five 4H dairy club members chosen for New Hampshire’s annual Dairy Management Tour. The group will tour Walhowden Farm Lebanon Merrimac Farmers Exchange Concord Green Gold Farm Suncook Green Dream Jersey Farm Dover UNH dairy and nutrition labs Fisherman’s Pier Portsmouth and Meredith Farms Topsfield Mass before returning under supervisor Stewart Gibson of the University of Vermont Extension.
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