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 -- 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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