Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-07-08

faster mOJuGI " CilC COullCI y.
tell why. A check for
s OK BOOST was paid for Badger
nroducts produced during
a' hiring the year Wisconsin
IN az The greatest milk pro-
'De state Of the country, pro-
lr W. one-tanth of Americas milk
She ranked first in the
'uYT, oroduction Of cheese, making
o'@ ,r cent of all the cheese in the
!" XIV, and she also led in the pro-
g1t;on Of condensary products,
al,.ofacturing no less than one
'b Of the supply made in the
r..+oJ States. AS a butter state
g g%~ is placed third among ali
.tates. Is it any wonder that
wv WV nation looks to WisconsinO
n All the frontier states,
,o.t was king in the pioneer days
WISCONSIN, In 1860 the yield was
I,,o.+ 5j00G,000 bushels, and Wis
o.in was second only to Illinois
N n wheat production.
rouard the close of the sixties
H. farmers of Wisconsin were
Grcod by continuous short wheat
A. cnt about developing anoth-
tcpo Of farming which would
no.crvc the fertility Of the soil.
rboo legan what is without doubt
aoo Of the most remarkable agri-
,nl1raI developments in Americas
E.torv the movement which made
wisconsin the foremost dairy state
IN the Union
Sturdy Settlers Important
This was aided largely by four
factors The first was the fact,
t,ot the soil and climate of Wis
,oosi0 were we'll fitted to dairying.
Tbc second factor was the charac-
.r Of the foreign immigration
which had begun to pour into the
state beginning in the fifties and
mnning into the Civil War period.
This was largely German-the orig
NAL impulse to this immigration
lqing the German revolution Of
KB The German knew the value
If land. how to conserve the soil,
and was accustomed to careful
farming. To this element was adj
dcd the Swiss who settled in the
A southern part of the state and were
expert cheese makers. BY this time
also had begun the original influx
Of scandinavian farmers hard-work-
ng. rugged and Industrious. The
third factor was the great work
done by the dairy school, of the
College of Agriculture at the Uni
wrsity Of Wisconsin. The final
clement in developing the great
dairy movement, especially in the
earlier period, was the splendid
type Of personal leadership which
rose to the opportunity.
Leaders BIazed the Trail.
Foremost among these leaders
was William Dempster Hoard, af-
teward governor of the state, to
whose far-sighted vision appeared
the disaster ahead of Wisconsins
agriculture unless new methods
We're pursued, whose sound judg-
ment and wise leadership led the
way in her wonderful development
and achievement as dairy state.
Govnor Hoard has often been
compared to Abraham Lincoln and
in many ways the resemblance was
striking Tall and gaunt he had an
unlimited fund of stories to illus
trate every point he wished I'd
drive home; withal he was grave
and dignifed in manner and gifted
with compelling and trenchant
English style.
The slogan went forth that we
substitute THE COW for the pillow"
The factory system of dairying,
which had revolutionized agricul-
t1re in the great dairy state OF
New York, was introduced into
Wisconsin in 1864 when Chester
Hazon, an immigrant from New
York state, established the first
cheese factory in Wisconsin. AT
the close Of the Civil War there
We're 80 cheese factories in opera
uon m the state. In 1870 the first
creamery in the West was estab-
HShed At Elgin, Illinois, south OF
the Wisconsin border, and soon
cIeameries began to spring up IN
Wisconsin.
Few Markets Open to Wisconsin
Numerous obstacles thwarteo
progress at the beginning. New
YORK was the great dairy state ano
yne East was the dairy market
wisconsin products were regarded
as inferior. In order to open the
market IL yt,oc ,ooocco,.Vy 70 I'M