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Dairy farming in Wisconsin became commercially viable in the late 19th century. [4] Since its founding, most dairy enterprises were family-owned farms. [5] Wisconsin dairy farms almost entirely hold dairy cows, typically in herds of over 100. [6] The cows are usually kept in a pasture and milked in the barn, two or three times per day.
English: A few of the 60 or so Holstein dairy cows at the Dunnum Family's Top of the Town dairy farm near Westby in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Date Taken on 2 September 2016
The Hoard's Dairyman Farm, just north of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, was purchased in 1899 by W. D. Hoard, a former governor of Wisconsin. Hoard used the farm as a laboratory for testing ideas for his magazine Hoard's Dairyman, like the use of alfalfa for feeding dairy cattle. [2] This farm was begun in the mid-1800s by Asa Snell.
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Then-progressive farm built by an experienced farmer during the industrial dairy era, [134] including the 1911 Queen Anne/Colonial Revival-style house, [135] a 1911 Wisconsin Dairy Barn, [136] a 1911 poured concrete silo, [137] and miscellaneous outbuildings. 58: Reynolds and Lois Greenman House: Reynolds and Lois Greenman House: August 23, 2016
Jones Dairy Farm is set on 300 acres (120 ha) and encompasses the factory, crop fields, and the original farmhouse where Milo Jones I settled in 1843. On December 27, 1978, the property, except for the modern plant, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This includes the old post and beam barn built around 1839, a greenhouse ...
The 6,000 Wisconsin family dairy farms are already struggling to stay afloat as large corporate farms take over. Many more farms will be forced out of business if Trump deports Wisconsin’s ...
Later owned by William Weis, who ran a wholesale liquor business in Milwaukee, operated the farm as a dairy with Jersey cattle, and added many of the outbuildings around 1910. Woodrow and Gertrude Wilson bought the farm in 1950 and developed their own line of Holsteins there. [73] [74] [75] 33: Main Street Commercial Historic District