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Author Janus, Edward

Title Creating Dairyland : 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
Published Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 208 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
Cheesemakers
Dairy farmers
Dairy farming
Dairy farming -- Environmental aspects
Ecology
Farm life
Manners and customs
Oral history
SUBJECT Wisconsin -- Social life and customs
Wisconsin -- Environmental conditions
Wisconsin -- Biography
Subject Wisconsin
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Interviews
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780870205095
0870205099