First-persons memoir of butter-making in their childhoods: Pond from Richford June 11, 1986 (p. 1-5) and photos of equipment 6-7, Warden from Barnet. May 1985 (8-20)
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
First-persons memoir of butter-making in their childhoods: Pond from Richford June 11, 1986 (p. 1-5) and photos of equipment 6-7, Warden from Barnet. May 1985 (8-20)
116-122 - "Adjustment to Frontier Conditions" chapter includes good food/agriculture details of late 1770s settlers/homesteaders. Detail on corn, dariy cows, hogs, venison, bear, plumping mills to grind corn before grist mills, vegetable gardens,…
ch 8 - "Merinos, Morgans, Maple Syrup and Milk" (64-68) covers phases in Vt agriculture from beef to sheep to dairy. Ch 18 "Hunting" (127-131) covers deer, small game, waterfowl. Fishing (132-134) is a brief overview with some notes on best…