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Posts/articles by former Vt secretary of agriculture about events/evolutions in Vermont's agricultural history.

Memoir by Green Mountain College prof about homesteading in Vermont including detail on growing/raising/making own food and importance of doing so.

A 1952 advisory bulletin on sheep-farming in Vermont with stats and details on wool market oppty (Boston biggest national market) and a little on lamb meat.

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…

story about Les Hook and Nova Kim, Vermont wildcrafters

Story on Duclos-Thompson Farm where Tom Duclos, who grew up nearby on a dairy farm, and now raises sheep. Includes history of sheep-farming in Vermont.

Story about Ben Gleason, grain farmer of Bridport with sidebar on history of Vermont grain-growing

Nov-Dec 1926 (p. 90-92) - celebration by one farmer of GMP (developed in 1878 in Charlotte) and explanation of logistics of farming it, trying to urge others to farm it.

Jan-Feb 1927 (p. 136-139) - overview of commercial apple culture in VT, which started 15 years before this. Notes first orchard of any size 1819 in South Hero, 1880 Fameuse orchard in East Highgate, etc. all listed. Diff periods of apple cultivation…

Jan-Feb 1927 (p. 139-141): background and advice on sugaring and marketing of maple. Ref to five-year-old Vt Maple Co-op to encourage farmers to make syrup rather than sugar and grades were set.