Dairy and the US Congress
Collection Overview
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.
Time Period Covered: 1941-1975
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Published: November 07, 2006, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections
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Contributor(s)
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 [1]
- Aplin, Richard D. (Richard David) [1]
- Butler, Hugh Alfred, 1878-1954 [1]
- Jones, Edward H. [1]
- Paul, George [1]
- Simpson, W. Arthur [1]
- Young, Milton Ruben, 1897-1983. [1]
Topic(s)
- Dairy cattle -- Feeding and feeds [3]
- Milk trade -- New York (State) [2]
- National Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation [2]
- Agricultural price supports -- United States [1]
- Animal industry -- Law and legislation [1]
- Dairy products industry -- Economic aspects [1]
- Droughts -- Economic aspects -- United States. [1]
- Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 [1]
- Livestock -- Marketing [1]
- Marketing -- Law and legislation -- United States [1]
- Maybank, Burnet R. (Burnet Rhett), 1899-1954 [1]
- Milk -- Grading -- United States [1]
- Milk -- Prices [1]
- Milk -- Prices -- Massachusetts -- Boston. [1]
- Milk -- Prices -- New York (State) [1]
- Milk -- Prices -- United States [1]
- Milk trade -- Massachusetts -- Boston. [1]
- Milk trade -- New Jersey [1]
- Milk trade -- United States [1]
- Price regulation -- United States [1]
- Surplus agricultural commodities [1]
- United States. Agricultural Marketing Administration. [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate -- Appropriations and expenditures [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency [1]
- United States. Division of Dairy Herd Improvement Investigations [1]
- United States. Office of Price Stabilization [1]