Creating Dairyland [electronic resource] : how caring for cows saved our soil, created our landscape, brought prosperity to our state, and still shapes our way of life in Wisconsin / Edward Janus.

By: Janus, EdwardContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2011Description: xix, 208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)ISBN: 9780870205095 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Dairy farming -- Wisconsin -- History | Dairy farming -- Social aspects -- Wisconsin -- History | Dairy farming -- Environmental aspects -- Wisconsin -- History | Dairy farmers -- Wisconsin -- Interviews | Cheesemakers -- Wisconsin -- Interviews | Farm life -- Wisconsin | Oral history -- Wisconsin | Wisconsin -- Social life and customs | Wisconsin -- Environmental conditions | Wisconsin -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 636.2/14209775 LOC classification: SF232.W6 | J3 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction: Reading Dairyland -- pt. 1. The Wisconsin idea of dairying : a brief history -- pt. 2. In the company of cows : conversations with farmers and cheesemakers -- Finding themselves on the farm : the Saxon Homestead Farm -- The business of progressives : the Crave brothers -- The ages of cheddar : Sam Cook and Sid Cook -- The cow-driven life : Laura Daniels -- Forward to yesterday : Dan Patenaude and Mike Gingrich -- A dairy farm family : the Mayers -- Beauty in the barn : Hannah Iverson and family -- A place where a story ended : William Seely -- Making it pay, again : Bob Molini.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-201) and index.

Introduction: Reading Dairyland -- pt. 1. The Wisconsin idea of dairying : a brief history -- pt. 2. In the company of cows : conversations with farmers and cheesemakers -- Finding themselves on the farm : the Saxon Homestead Farm -- The business of progressives : the Crave brothers -- The ages of cheddar : Sam Cook and Sid Cook -- The cow-driven life : Laura Daniels -- Forward to yesterday : Dan Patenaude and Mike Gingrich -- A dairy farm family : the Mayers -- Beauty in the barn : Hannah Iverson and family -- A place where a story ended : William Seely -- Making it pay, again : Bob Molini.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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