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Son of Walter Gaylord putting on snowshoes before going to gather sap from sugar maple trees. The snow was so deep that snowshoes were necessary to get around on. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres.It has been in family three generations. Has about thirty-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

A black and white photo of a man in the snow, possibly related to: Son of Walter Gaylord putting on snowshoes before going to gather sap from sugar maple trees. The snow was so deep that snowshoes were necessary to get around on. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres.It has been in family three generations. Has about thirty-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitesfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitesfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Son of Walter Gaylord gathering sap from sugar maple trees which is to be boiled down into maple syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty-five head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitesfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitesfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitesfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Walter Gaylord and son on sled with vat full of sap from sugar maple trees which is boiled down into syrup. Mad River Valley, Waitesfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres. It has been in family for three generations. Has about thity-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

Son of Walter Gaylord putting on snowshoes before going to gather sap from sugar maple trees. The snow was so deep that snowshoes were necessary to get around on. Mad River Valley, Waitsfield, Vermont. He averages about 150 gallons of syrup annually, this year tapped only 600 out of his 1000 trees, because of unusually deep snow and late spring. He owns several farms; in this particular farm unit there are eighty acres.It has been in family three generations. Has about thirty-five or forty head of cattle, raises poultry and potatoes

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01/01/1940
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Wolcott, Marion Post, 1910-1990, photographer
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Waitsfield (Vt.) ,  44.19000, -72.82472
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