NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS 



NHPGA Scholarships 

 Awarded 



This year's New Hampshire Plant 

 Growers' Association scholarships, 

 of $750 each Qarger than usual, 

 thanks to a very successful auction 

 at the summer meeting), were 

 awarded at the association's Winter 

 Meeting on January 13. 



One recipient is from the four- 

 year plant biology program at 

 UNH; the other is from the two- 

 year Thompson School program. 

 This year the Plant Biology recipi- 

 ent was Jobriah Anderson, from 

 Barrington, NH. Jobriah's a junior 

 in the Horticulture/ Agronomy pro- 

 gram "gearing my education toward 

 ornamental plants as I would like to 

 go into that field, either by doing 

 landscape design and implementa- 

 tion or by eventually starting my 

 own nursery and greenhousc.up to 

 this point I have paid my way 

 through school through student 

 loans and paid my student living 

 expenses through a series of part- 

 time jobs. As part-time work in 

 this field is hard to come by in the 

 winter months, this scholarship 

 would be extremely timely and 

 greatly appreciated. Your contribu- 

 tion would help me in achieving my 

 goals and quite possibly add a fu- 

 ture member to your organization." 



The Thompson School recipient 

 is Madeleine Duhamel, also fi-om 

 Barrington. She wrote, "My experi- 

 ence and personal discoveries in 

 the field directed me toward green- 

 house propagation.. .upon comple- 

 tion of the Thompson program, I 

 hope to transfer into the four-year 

 Plant Biology program." Upon fin- 

 ishing there, "I hope to pursue a 

 greenhouse operation of my own fo- 

 cusing primarily on growing cut 

 flowers, perennials and wildflowers. 

 And begin attempts with hybridiz- 

 ing. When financially solvent, I will 

 focus my commitment on the devel- 

 opment of a successful hybridiza- 

 tion operation." 



Congratulations to both recipi- 

 ents and thanks to everyone who 



made this year's auction so 

 successful. 



Pesticide Applicator 

 Tralnlne 



For those of you who wish to ob- 

 tain a private pesticide applicator's 

 permit, UNH Cooperative Extension 

 is holding two training sessions this 

 winter. The first (which may have 

 already been held by the time you 

 receive this) is on February 13 

 from 8:30 to 4 at the UNH campus 

 on Commercial Street in Manches- 

 ter. The second will be held on Sat- 

 urday, March 6 from 8:30 am to 4 

 pm at the new Fish & Game build- 

 ing on Route 3 in Lancaster. 



The cost (including the training 

 manual) is $50. If you already have 

 the manual, the cost is $25. 



These sessions are designed to 

 instruct people who have not been 

 certified to apply pesticides. They 

 can also serve as refreshers for 

 people who have let their permits 

 lapse and need to retake the exam. 



An exam, given by a representa- 

 tive from the New Hampshire Pesti- 

 cide Control Board, will need to be 

 taken following the training session. 

 Passing this exam will allow you to 

 purchase and apply restricted-use 

 pesticides in the state of New 

 Hampshire. Exams will be given at 

 7 pm on February 22 at the Pine Is- 

 land 4-H Outdoor Education Center, 

 2849 Brown Avenue, Manchester, 

 and on February 25 in Durham, 

 March 15 in Lancaster, and March 

 17 in Woodsville. 



For information on registration 

 and the purchase of a manual, 

 contact Faye Cragin, Department 

 of Entomology, UNH, at (603) 

 862-1159. 



An SBA Grant for a 

 Third Tear for the State 

 of New Hampshire 



On December 16, 1992, US SmaU 

 Business Administration (SBA) Dis- 

 trict Director William Phillips an- 

 nounced that a grant totaling 



$68,560 had been awarded by the 

 SBA to the State of New Hamp- 

 shire for the third year of the fed- 

 eral government's national tree 

 planting program. The amount of 

 the grant is based on the state's to- 

 tal population. 



Under the Natural Resources 

 Development Program, an amend- 

 ment to the Small Business Act, 

 federal dollars for tree planting on 

 state or local government land are 

 made available to states which 

 agree to match at least 25% of the 

 federal grant In addition, any state 

 or local government which partici- 

 pates must utilize small businesses 

 as contractors. 



A total of more than $30 million 

 was divided among the fifty states, 

 Puerto Rico, and the District of Co- 

 lumbia during the first two years. 

 New Hampshire received almost 

 $130,000. Alton, Beriin, Concord, 

 Dover, Hampton Falls, Manchester, 

 Mont Vernon, New Ipswich, North 

 Woodstock, Northumberland, 

 Orford, Portsmouth, Rochester, 

 Rumney, Somersworth, Amhersf s 

 Souhegan Valley School District, 

 Wolfijoro, and Woodstock were the 

 communities that applied for and 

 were selected to receive these 

 funds. 



The deadline for fiscal year 1993 

 funds was February 12, 1993. Ques- 

 tions should be directed to Mary 

 Reynolds of the NH Division of 

 Forests & Lands at (603) 271-2214. 



Information Sheets 

 Available 



Two information sheets on on-farm 

 composting are now available from 

 UNH Cooperative Extension. Com- 

 piled by Nancy Adams, Extension 

 Educator, Rockingham County, one 

 is a general fact sheet; the other, a 

 checklist reviewng aspects of the 

 site, local regulations, organic mate- 

 rials, and equipment needed. 

 For further reference, both 

 sheets recommend the On-Farm 

 Composting Handbook, NRAES-54, 

 Northeast Regional Agricultural En- 



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