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1988 interview with Helen Nearing re the Nearings' "The Maple Sugaring Book", sugaring details from when they lived in Vermont, also details on their homesteading life in Vermont

Green Mountain Whittlin's/Green Mountain Folklore Society VOL LII, 48: dad growing up hunting in Windsor county, hunting rituals but never brought one home because Ct. wife couldn't handle a dead deer

Green Mountain Whittlin's VOL LIII 20: tale of growing up on "self-sustaining" farm and eating dandelion greens, marsh marigolds, dandelion wine, lamb's quarters, garden greens.

Green Mountain Whittlin's LIV, 28: fishing with dad on Shelburne Pond for pickerel, northern pike, northern walleye, perch, fried to eat or canned for winter chowder

Green Mountain Whittlin's LV, 18: brief anecdote about picking blackberries with horse and wagon in Springfield

Green Mountain Whittlin's LVII (2006), 37: very detailed description of food on Vermont farm (location not specified) in early 1900s: apples, butchering, baking, foraging

Vermont Life August 1957: Cornwall wheat farmer Justin Brande and whole wheat bread made by baker, Steve Baker

Vermont Life Spring 1957: basic how-to's of backyard sugaring with lots of photos

Jan-Feb 1927 (p. 101) Overview of Vermont turkey business ,which were highly regarded apparently in large cities. Alos encourages farmers to learn from Wisconsin farm using incubators.