Misunderstandings About Organic Gardening Prosperity Pushes Seed Sales
The article notes rising commercial seed sales as organic gardening gains attention. It contrasts organic fertilization beliefs with synthetic options, reviews historical farming without modern chemicals, and critiques current organic growers for ignoring economics and labor. It argues monocrop farming heightens pests and emphasizes the need for practical farming economics. It ends with a call to traditional hand farming methods.
4 H Camp Ondawa Opens for 9 to 14 Year Olds
County Extension Agent William C. Snow announces 4 H Camp Ondawa in Sunderland for youths aged 9 to 14. Weeks run July 11-17 and July 18-24 at 22 dollars per week, with options for one or both weeks. Activities include horseback riding, crafts, recreation, woodworking, nature, archery, rifle safety, and swimming at Manchester Rotary Pool with tribal competition. For info and applications contact Bennington County Extension Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ondawa
Sunderland
John Foster
Manchester
Preventing Power Mower Accidents in Home Use
Burlington urges safer mowing with simple steps from University of Vermont engineer Andrew Tessmann. Read manuals, learn safety devices, inspect grounds, clear debris, and keep children away. Avoid barefoot mowing, never ride on riding mowers, and back carefully on slopes. Disconnect spark plug before maintenance and never refuel a hot engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Andrew Tessmann
University of Vermont
Tessmann
Maple Council urges study of saddled prominent on sugar bush
The Vermont Maple Industry Council meeting in Montpelier urged a study of the saddled prominent insect to control damage to sugar maples without environmental harm or high costs. Vermont faces scarce syrup supplies and a short crop. $1,500 is needed for a minimum study, with funding from the Maple Makers Association and others. Plans include a Mapleorama in Lamoille County August 13–14 and potential agrarian tax discussions.
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Maple Council
Montpelier
Vermont Maple Industry Council
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
Wilson Clark
Wells
Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Association
E. Bradford Walker
State Department of Forests and Parks
University of Vermont
Reginald Muir
Mapleton Corporation
Burlington
Muir
France
England
Germany
Spain
Japan
Australia
Frank Rees
Vermont Development Department
House
Senate
Lamoille County
Nason Adams
Stowe
Paul Percy
Franklin Hooper
Johnson
Wilmer Locke
Waterville
Marshall Hutchins
Cambridge
Proctor Maple
Johnson State College
Boston Common hosts 16th Dairy Festival with new Dairy Festival on Wheels
Boston Common will host the 16th Boston Common June Dairy Festival from June 15 for five days. The event features a mobile milking parlor in a two unit dairy mobile, four daily milking demonstrations led by Dan Hurld, dairy princesses from six states, and activities every day including a milking contest and a parade of industry groups. Calves, barnyard animals, bands, and Willie Whistle will entertain attendees throughout.
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Boston
Mass
Bossy
Boston Common
Dan Hurld
Massachusetts Extension Service
Beacon Hill
Armed Services
Massachusetts
Priscilla Souza
South Westport
Vermont
Elizabeth Shattuck
Monkton
Connecticut
Deborah Stearns
New Hampshire
Kathleen Glines
Canterbury
Maine
JoAnne Hawes
Albion
Rhode Island
Priscilla Dawley
East Greenwich
Willie
Fry
Spring garden notes on termites ants and blossoms
County Agent reports a termite scare with winged carpenter ants at a garage and 4 H camp, notes ants swarm season and do not eat wood. He urges dandelion greens as spring forage, advises frost precautions for tomatoes, comments on late apple blossoms and lilacs, praises corn planting in Pawlet, and offers soil improvement tips from Dr. Norman E. Pellett with manure compost peat moss lime and balanced fertilizers for annual flowers.
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Sunderland
Burlington
Norman E. Pellett
University of Vermont
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Ray Pestle
Brattleboro
Florida
Carolina
O.K
C. Lyman Calahan
UVM
William C. Snow
Betty Bolognani
Readsboro
Ira Whitney
Stamford
The
Bennington County Extension Service
Green Mountain Audubon Society
Huntington
Robert G. Coombs Jr
Jacksonville
Frank M. Reese
Donald McFeeters
St. Albans
Bennington
Camp Y Woods
Council of Churches
P.O
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Asso Ea
Turkeys
Foster
Frankforts
Reynold
Bondwar
Campbell's Pork & Beans
Oxford
HEINZ
Hamburg
Lipton Family
Campbell
Swift's Premium
Suice
Juno's Pizza
Howard Johnson
Asparagus Reese
Bill Corey
Rutland County
Pawlet
Dorset Village
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Granville
N.Y
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