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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1970
Page
6
Burlington health educator Loretta Dow warns that ornamental red berries from yew shrubs and bittersweet can harm children. Squeeze tests reveal slimy sap. ingestion may cause nausea, vomiting, and breathing difficulty. Remove berries to protect kids. learn plant identification and seek medical care if ingestion occurs.
Burlington residents warned that cluster flies millipedes and crickets seek shelter indoors as cool weather begins. Expert Dr. Gordon Nielsen of the University of Vermont notes most invaders are temporary and harmless, but crickets can damage fabrics and food. Use a 1-2 percent spray around rooms doors and windows, ensure ventilation, and keep children and pets away during treatment.
New York dairy payments for September set a uniform farm price of 6.37 per hundredweight for milk delivered to pool handlers in the New York New Jersey shed. Butterfat differential set at 8.2 cents per tenth of a pound above or below 3.5 percent.
Burlington guidance from Dr. Norman Pellett urges bringing plants indoors before frost and repotting. Match pot size to plant, ensure drainage, and use porous soil blends with garden soil peat moss and coarse sand plus manure or compost or vermiculite perlite as alternatives.
BENNINGTON COUNTY 4 H round up last Saturday evening awarded pins and seals to members based on years in 4H. Medals honored Mary Shea Susan Cole Peter Pratt Glory Humphreys and others in Achievement Agriculture Clothing Dress Revue Dairy and Food and Nutrition. Cider and doughnuts were served. Wilmington Delaware a would be bandit robbed a gas station and fled after finding only $2.35.
Vermont dairy groups praise the federal grain storage program as a stabilizer amid corn blight shortages in the Midwest and rising prices. Officials warn about silo fires and advise moisture checks, ventilation, and keeping a fire department nearby to protect silage and silos. Over 440 million bushels of corn and about 670 million bushels of other grains are held under price support loans, totaling roughly 2.5 billion bushels held over to meet domestic and export needs.
County Agent John C. Page details Mount Anthony Dairy Herd Improvement Assn results from Vermont dairies. DHIA testing compares regular and owner sample records, tracks herd averages, and shows progress since 1950, noting higher milk yields, lower prices due to improved genetics, and potential child nutrition gains from increased milk supply. A San Francisco note mentions Ramu II the killer whale shipping to Brisbane on Qantas jet cargo service.
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