Discipline and decisive children in a home approach
A state university extension writer argues discipline is about teaching decisiveness through choices and respect for no. It stresses that well disciplined children develop independent character, with examples of guiding them to say no, make simple choices, and take on challenges, followed by October Extension programs in Bennington and Barre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Williams
Pennsylvania State University
Bobby
Susie
Second Congregational Church
Hillside Street
Bennington
Mount Anthony Union High School
Marty Burt
Mauhs
Wayne Babcock
Granite Mutual Insurance Company
Barre
Soil scientists map Vermont land for conservation and planning
Vermont soil surveys guide Act 250 applications and land use plans. Carl Britt of USDA SCS in Morrisville explains mapping, digging, and recording soil types and slopes from aerial maps to help landowners and planners determine suitable uses. Vermont aims to map counties by 1983, with Ver-shire as a new soil type and towns as origin names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Vermont
Carl Britt
Usda Soil Conservation Service
Morrisville
Colrain
Cabot
Dave Yost
SCS
Britt
Grand Isle
Chittenden
Addison
Orange Counties
Lamoille and
Franklin
Yost
United States
Hinesburg
Pomfret
Stowe
Beech tree blight threatens North American forests
An epidemic of beech bark disease spread from Nova Scotia toward the Midwest and West, now affecting about half of the beech range from Nova Scotia to Texas and Wisconsin. It results from a beech scale insect and a non native fungus, threatening beech populations and potentially impacting New England wood costs.
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Nova Scotia
North America
United States Forest Service
Wayne A. Sinclair
Cornell University
Texas
Wisconsin
Sinclair
United States
Adirondacks
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Smith
Walter Shortle
Forest Service
Durham
N.H
New England
Check for EIA when buying a horse in Vermont
Dr. James Wadsworth of the University of Vermont urges buyers to test for equine infectious anemia before purchase. The Coggins test detects EIA in horse blood samples, with positive rates under one percent from 6100 samples at the state lab. He warns against bringing EIA-free horses to shows without prior negative testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
James Wadsworth
Extension Animal Pathologist
The
University of Vermont
Wadsworth
State Diagnostic Laboratory
Department of Animal Pathology
UVM
Opportunities for Older 4-H Members In Vermont
Teens 15 and older can join major events such as the National 4-H Conference in Washington, D C, and a Chicago conference the week after Thanksgiving. About 20 Vermont delegates attend each year alongside 1,600 peers from across the U S. The citizenship short course in Washington D C lasts a week, with 38 state delegates chosen for the 1976 summer. half the cost is covered. Older members may join the State 4-H Honorary Society, which marked its 50th anniversary this past summer, and county level programs include interstate exchanges with Michigan and Iowa.
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Washington
D.C
National Capitol
Chicago
Vermont
United States
Washington, D.C
Michigan
Iowa
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Dianne E. Hall
Home County Ext
North Carolina
Pueblo
Stratton Mountain
Europe
America
William H. Smith
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
William C. Snow
AVM
North Bennington Road
Bennington, Vermont
Catamount National Bank
F.d.ec
Helen Plante
North Branch
Drummond Cleaners
North ST
Vermont National
the Extraordinary Bank
Vermont National I
FDIC
Brattleboro
Canal Street
Putney Road
Bellows Falls
Berlin
Chester
Fair Haven
Jamaica
Ludlow
Montpelier
Newfane
Rutland Mall
Rutland Plaza
Springfield
Wilmington
Windsor
Woodstock
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