Sunlight and day length drive garden life and eggs
UVM County Extension Agent notes that 12 hours light and dark affect spinach, lettuce, radishes, and eggs in hens. Chickens need 14 hours of light to keep steady egg production as days shorten. Poinsettias rely on controlled light to flower, and day length plus temperature and moisture shape fall foliage and corn timing. Observe Norway maple and degree days to gauge ripening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Wills
Bennington
Vitamin C in frozen versus chilled orange juice
A consumer note compares frozen orange juice concentrate with chilled juice, finding frozen contains 60 mg of vitamin C per four ounces while chilled has 50 mg. Prices average 4.4 cents versus 5.3 cents. Heat processing lowers chilled vitamin C, and consumption trends show chilled sales rising while frozen concentrate falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dianne Lamb
UVM County Extension
Florida Department of Citrus
Wooden pyramid traps curb face flies on cattle farms
At Beltsville Maryland researchers from USDA ARS describe a 20 by 30 inch wooden pyramid trap painted white and coated with plastic and sticky substance to capture face flies. The device reduced fly numbers by up to 70 percent in some pastures and works by reflecting light at specific angles to attract flies before landing on the trap.
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Beltsville
Mad
USDA
Agricultural Research Service
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Maryland
Lawrence G. Pickens
Richard W. Miller
Four Vermont 4-Hers Visit Washington for Citizenship Week
THIRTY-SIX 4H Delegates from Vermont traveled to Washington July 30. Pam Gile Harvey Bevins Kathy Matteson Terri Mason joined leaders Marilyn Gadapee and Robert Townsend. The group toured National 4-H Center and Geological Park, attended committees and state huddles, and explored law through dot and action groups, meeting lobbyists and government speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terri Mason
Vermont
Bennington County
Pam Gile
Harvey Bevins
Kathy
Matteson
Marilyn Gadapee
Robert Townsend
Matt
National Geological Park
Dot
Dorothy Emerson
Old Guard
Army
Alabama program lures youths to farming careers
In Greenville Alabama a foundation financed program brings 11 young people from Atlanta and elsewhere to visit Black farm families in Mississippi and Alabama. They receive room board stipends and transportation support while learning modern farming and agribusiness skills. The effort notes a broader push to counter loss of Black-owned land and expand opportunities in agriculture through hands on exposure and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Goodman Jr
N.Y
Greenville
Ala
Paul Bennett
Charles Gaston
Brenda Johnson
Atlanta
Mississippi
Alabama
Emergency Land Fund
South
Edward Pennick
Pennick
Marice Welch
Bennett Farm
Tuskegee Institute
Bennetts
Miss Welch
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Neville Hunsicker
Hunsicker
Rosenthal
Bennett
Frederick Douglass Bennett
Gaston
Miss Johnson
Paul
Frederick Bennett
Navy
Vermont group meets senators and delegates in national trip
A Vermont delegation toured Washington DC landmarks including the Lincoln Memorial and Kennedy Center atop Arlington National Cemetery and Mt. Vernon. They spoke with Senators Stafford and Leahy and Rep. Jeffords about youth involvement in government. By week’s end participants from many states felt united in H and civic interests.
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Washington, D.C
Washington Memorial
Kennedy Center
Arlington National Cemetery
National Cathedral
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Mt. Vernon
Vermont
Stafford and Leahy
Rep
James M. Jeffords
Also Mentioned on This Page
John C. Page
UVM County Extension Agent
Manchester
Burr & Burton Seminary
Bennington County Extension Homemakers Council
St. Margaret Mary’s Parish Center
Arlington
Mary Coolidge
Dorset
Green Mountain Race Track
Washington
Pownal
Nation
erPabries
Manchester Certter
Gerald T. O’neil
Main St
Mon
N.Y. Times Farm
Iowa
Louisiana
Minnesota
Missouri
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Wisconsin
Vermont Transit Lines
Boloff
Vermont Transit
Boston
Montreal
Burlington
Points
Mass
New Hampshire
Chiltern
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