Life in a farming community
By: Lizann Flatt.
Series: Learn about rural life; Learn about rural life
Publisher: Crabtree Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778750840; 9780778750710
Subjects: Farm life -- Wisconsin -- Monticello -- Juvenile literature; Dairying -- Wisconsin -- Monticello -- Juvenile literature; Cheesemakers -- Wisconsin -- Monticello -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature; Farm life -- Wisconsin -- Monticello; Dairying -- Wisconsin -- Monticello; Cheesemakers -- Wisconsin -- Monticello -- Social conditions; Wisconsin
Genres: Juvenile literature
Description: People first domesticated wild animals and plants more than 10,000 years ago. The first peoples of North America quickly learned to farm using hand- and animal-power. As technology developed, farming machines were invented. These helped develop farming in many regions of North America previously too difficult to cultivate. From 1840 to 1880, Wisconsin USA became the breadbasket of America, and crop- and livestock-farming developed quickly. The village of Monticello is famous for its dairy farming and cheese. The community is still largely based on this.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 32) and index.
Table of contents: title: A rural community; title: What is farming?; title: What comes from a farm?; title: Farming in North America; title: Welcome to Monticello; title: Life in Monticello; title: Through the year; title: A farming family; title: On the farm; title: Harvest time; title: At the processing plant; title: Changing lifestyles; title: Farming around the world.