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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1965
Page
13
County Agriculture Agent John C. Page details a cow’s lifecycle from birth to productive age, noting feed needs, milk production targets, weight ranges, and the economics of dairy farming. He stresses husbandry, milking efficiency, herd health, and the farmer's role in shaping profits, with a closing forecast from UVM economist Fred Webster on rising milk prices.
Bennington County farmers earned 4.694 million dollars in 1964, up from 4.55 million in 1963, aided by fertilization and acreage reductions. Net income per capita rose to 31 29 dollars from 28 44, with 18 percent from crops and 82 percent from poultry livestock and dairy products. The Department of Agriculture predicts a national net income of 13.5 billion in 1965, a 12 year high.
A Vermont gardener extols hawthorns as ornamental trees ideal for lawns and hedges. He covers varieties from English Crataegus monogyna and oxyacantha to native Arnold and Washington thorns, noting growth, bloom, fruit, spines, soil needs, and pruning to prevent fire blight. Also reports a UPI item on Rep James Scheuer urging a Negro history commission and a Negro History Week.
Burlington resident Ben Franklin's legend aside, Andrew Tessmann, University of Vermont extension engineer, says over 400 Americans die or are injured by lightning yearly and the old saying that lightning never strikes twice is false. He urges indoors during storms and cautions against using outside electrical devices, fireplaces, chimneys, and metal fixtures. Proper grounding of motors and electrical gear can reduce risk, including checking lightning rod systems.
The 44th Vermont Dairy Industry Association conference will be held September 8 and 9 on the University of Vermont campus with over 150 expected attendees. UVM dairy professor Alec Bradfield leads a program stressing new ideas, tests and philosophies in milk marketing and quality. Distinguished speakers from Vermont, New York and Ontario will discuss marketing, milk quality, and dairy technology including plastic tubing demonstrations and an evening banquet at the Hotel Vermont.
A Vermont lawn warning describes melting out, also Hel minthosporium leafspot and crown and root rot, attacking bluegrass and fescue across northern states. It outlines symptoms, spread under wet conditions, and cultural controls plus limited use of fungicides, urging proper mowing, thatch management, fertilization, and watering to curb the disease.
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