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Dairying in Vermont in the 70's and 80's

College of Agriculture, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont

ABSTRACT

It is not known, so far as the writer is aware, when cows first came into Vermont. Apparently they entered New England in 1624 at Plymouth, Mass. The State was first permanently settled from the south in 1755. Probably the hardy pioneers who came up the Connecticut Valley brought cows with them. How good they were can not be told, for in the old town records of Hadley, Mass., 30 miles south of the site of Vermont's first permanent settlement, it is stated that the cows gave so little milk, particularly during the winter, that some of the babies had to be brought up on cider. Thanks to the late Governor Hoard and to the present Mr. Volstead "it never can happen again."

The Vermont state seal pictures a cow. It is the only state seal which in any way recognizes the dairy industry. Plows appear on thirteen state seals; sheaves of wheat on nine; sober Connecticut, the land of steady habits, displays upon its seal three grapevines; Utah, a busy beehive; and Tennessee blazons the word "Agriculture" across the middle of its seal.