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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1976
Page
12
The article urges homeowners to regularly use a scythe to control invading brush and trees, arguing the tool is effective and easier to learn than feared. It contrasts scythes with mowers and saws, recalls rural practice, and encourages yearly maintenance to keep boundaries clear and avoid a jungle effect. It notes traditions of clipping around farms and warns neglect leads to a larger workload later.
Extension Poultryman Leonard Mercia advises studying local rules before starting a backyard flock. zoning laws, roosters, odors, and pests can strain neighbors. selling surplus eggs may be hard in a specialized market. Regular feeding, clean coops, and twice daily egg collection are essential. start with 12 to 15 hens, white leghorns or brown-egg types for eggs, meat birds for meat.
The Green Mountain National Forest off forest fire crew led by District Ranger Gil Churchill left Rutland Aug 26 to join the Walsh Ditch Fire in the Seney Wildlife Area Upper Michigan. Twenty men from Manchester Middlebury Rochester and Vermont Department of Forests and Parks joined the White Mountain crew to fly from Manchester NH to Marquette MI, arriving later that day.
A Market Facts survey for Union Carbide finds hot dogs in percent of US homes with dinners as the main meal. Adults, especially women, lead consumption. heavy users include blue collar mothers, urban mothers, and suburban families. Light users span traditional homebodies to low-income homemakers. Popularity peaks in families earning 5k to 24k yearly.
Boston garden column outlines methods to increase plants from cuttings leaves and runners. It covers softwood cuttings rooting in water sand or peat mixtures, best rooting times August to September for geraniums and May June for indoor winter blooms, and techniques like layering division and miniature greenhouses. It lists plants suitable for propagation and practical tips for preventing decay and maintaining damp rooting media.
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