Dairy and the US Congress

This collection documents legislative issues relating to dairy such as milk pricing, subsidies, and oleomargarine. Vermont's congressional delegation has a long and active history in matters relating to Vermont's dairy farmers and the dairy industry. George Aiken, Elbert Brigham, James Jeffords, and Patrick Leahy all served on Agriculture committees and their collections document many of the agricultural issues that faced Congress in the 20th Century.

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Miniature of Dairy -- H.R. 12030 Correspondence, 1960
Dairy -- H.R. 12030 Correspondence, 1960
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    • Creator: Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984.
    • Date Created: 1960
    • Description: Topics include statement of the National Milk Producers Federation before the House Ways and Means Committee at a cooperative tax hearing; text of House bill 12030 for an appropriation for the special milk program for children; quotas on imported cheeses; analysis of quota plans to restrict farm marketing of milk and cream; milk prices; S. 3897, a bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act to provide for judicial review of orders of the Secretary of Agriculture.
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    Miniature of Dairy -- United States Department of Agriculture Amendments, 1960
    Dairy -- United States Department of Agriculture Amendments, 1960
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      • Creator: Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984.
      • Date Created: 1960
      • Description: Topics include United States Department of Agriculture amendments to milk marketing orders in the Greater Boston, Connecticut, Southeastern New England, Springfield, and Worcester marketing areas.
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      Miniature of Dairy -- 2 cent per cwt. Deduction in Boston Milk Orders for Non-Members, 1960
      Dairy -- 2 cent per cwt. Deduction in Boston Milk Orders for Non-Members, 1960
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        • Creator: Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984.
        • Date Created: 1960
        • Description: Topics include proposed amendment to the Boston Milk Order for a two cent per hundred-weight tax on all producers in the Boston pool who are not members of a qualified co-operative association; proposed tax to cover the cost of market information, verification of weights, sampling, and testing of milk; Aiken's responses to constituent letters in opposition to the proposed amendment.
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        Miniature of Dairy -- Milk Sanitation Bill, 1960
        Dairy -- Milk Sanitation Bill, 1960
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          • Creator: Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984.
          • Date Created: 1960
          • Description: Topics include S. 998, Milk Sanitation Bill proposed by Senators Hubert Humphrey and William Proxmire; response from W.J. Emery and Elmer Towne, from the Vermont Department of Agriculture, comparing Vermont and Federal milk codes; status report of the Public Health Service's expanded milk surveillance program.
          • Parent Collections: Dairy and the US Congress