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Item Description

Title

Dairy price supports - Keith Wallace Letter, 1958

Creator

Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984.

Contributors

Stanton, Harker T.

Weaver, Charles

Casso, Henry J.

Simpson, W. Arthur

Published: November 21, 2006,  University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections

Description

Topics include Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson's proposal to reduce dairy price supports; Aiken's response to Benson's proposal; Aiken's response to President Eisenhower's agricultural message to the Congress; letter from Aiken to Keith Wallace, President of the Vermont State Farm Bureau on milk prices; questionnaire sent by Aiken to Vermont farmers and farm organizations; bill proposed by Representative Thomas Abernethy (MS); milk production.

Source Document

George D. Aiken Papers, Crate 8, Carton 1A, Folder 16

Date of Source Document

1958

Digital Format: image/tiff : Text/Grayscale: 8 bits; 300 ppi, Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL.

Subjects/People

• Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984.
• Casso, Henry J.
• Simpson, W. Arthur
• Stanton, Harker T.
• Weaver, Charles

Subjects/Topics

• Agricultural price supports -- United States
• Dairy products
• Milk -- Prices -- United States
• Milk -- Prices -- Vermont

Time period: 1958

Format: text

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