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A farm in Marquette County. Agriculture is a significant sector in Wisconsin's economy, producing nearly $104 billion in revenue annually. [1] The significance of the state's agricultural production is exemplified by the depiction of a Holstein cow, an ear of corn, and a wheel of cheese on Wisconsin's state quarter design. [2]
Herd test: Starting in 1917 Hoard's farm "was the dominating influence in the founding of the herd test, proved sire, brood cow research program conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture." [3] Single-purpose dairy cow: [3] The farm maintains the oldest continuously registered herd of Guernsey cattle in the country. For over a century, the ...
The Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm is a farm complex in the Town of Hamburg, Marathon County, Wisconsin where four brothers pioneered ginseng farming starting in 1904, and used the profits to develop silver fox farming. By 1929 they were the world's largest producer of both products.
The Land Remembers is the autobiographical account of Ben Logan, first published in 1975 [1] by Viking Press. [2] Logan was raised on his family's farm, Seldom Seen, in the southwest Wisconsin hill country.
Fountain Lake Farm, also known as the Wisconsin Farm Home of John Muir, is a historic farm and National Historic Landmark in rural Montello, Wisconsin, United States. The landmark covers part of the farm that was the home of pioneering conservationist John Muir from 1849 to 1856 and 1860 to 1862. Covering 80 acres (32 ha), the landmarked area ...
The Wisconsin Magazine of History. Vol. 35, no. 1. ISSN 0043-6534. JSTOR 4632334. Trewartha, Glenn Thomas (1924). The Dairy Industry of Wisconsin as a Geographic Adjustment. University of Wisconsin–Madison. Archived from the original on March 31, 2021 – via Google Books. Thompson, John Giffin (1909).
For one of the state’s preeminent experts on ancient Indigenous mounds, it made sense to Kurt Sampson to help write a book about the subject, focusing on a mound-rich region in Wisconsin.
Rural American history is the history from colonial times to the present of rural American society, economy, and politics. [1]According to Robert P. Swierenga, "Rural history centers on the lifestyle and activities of farmers and their family patterns, farming practices, social structures, political ties, and community institutions."