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.
Publication details: Madison, Wis. : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2011.Description: xix, 208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)ISBN:- 9780870204630 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780870205095 (e-book)
- 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 -- Biography
- 636.2/14209775 22
- SF232.W6 J3 2011eb
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.