Carolina Wrens Visit and Local History Notes
A reader recalls a Carolina Wren nest in a Satan hat at a Sheldrake home kept by Stan Hager. The article describes the bird’s features and behavior, notes wrens’ northern range expansion, and mentions local sightings and the author’s museum ties to Madison County. It also lists upcoming craft history programs at the West Witter Agricultural Museum including Iroquois crafts and log cabin building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Brewer
Stan Hager
Sheldrake
Wren
Hager
Carolina
West
Oldest US agricultural museum offers Bicentennial crafts series
At the New York State Fairgrounds the nation's oldest operating agricultural museum launches a six part program starting November 20. David J Goff director of the Fairgrounds and crafts expert Daniel Parrish will lead Thursday evening sessions at 7 30 p m focusing on traditional American crafts and preservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witter Agricultural Museum
Madison Co Historical Society
Canada
Goff
Nys Fairgrounds
David J Goff
Damiel Parrish
Taughanneck Publications Dates Set for Feb 12 and Feb 26
The notice lists publication dates for Taughanneck Publications with events titled Water Power Grist Mills and Saw Mills scheduled for February 12 and February 26 respectively.
Seneca County Wins Farm Bureau Membership Honors
Seneca County earned membership honors at the NY Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Niagara Falls. County president Peter Shuster and membership chairman Anne Knight said 18 counties met quotas and received a 2 per member refund. Seneca reported 243 paid members for 1976, two over quota as 800 Farm Bureau members from over 16,000 NY farm families attended the three day event. The gathering highlighted NY Farm Bureau perks like Safemark, marketing programs, and farm family insurance plans. Sediment is cited as a prime pollutant of global waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca County
NY Farm Bureau
Niagara Falls
Peter Shuster
Seneca Co Farm Bureau
Anne Knight
Knight
Seneca Co
New Convention Center
Farm Bureau
Finger Lakes Grape Pruning School Scheduled
The Grape Pruning School begins Wednesday November 26 with joint planning by the Cooperative Extension Service and local processors including Taylor Wine Co Pleasant Valley Wine Co Gold Seal Vineyards Widmer's Wine Cellars and Canandaigua Wine Co. Local growers also volunteer pruning instruction time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grape Industry
the &H
Finger Lakes
Cooperative Extension Service
Taylor Wine Co
Pleasant Valley Wine Co
Gold Seal Vineyards, Inc
Widmer’s Wine Cellars, Inc
Canandaigua Wine Co
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Farm and Home News
Jerry Waid
Gilbert Jeweler
Geneva
Alice
Pottery
Fenton Glass
Black’s
Main St
T’burg
The
Three Bears
Main Street
Ovid
B&h Barry Auction House
St.—Geneva
Margaret Day
Bus Mathers
Harold Kesley
Michelin
Semperit
Dunlop, Seiberling
Pirelli
Interlaken
Dirs
F.E.T
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