Creating Dairyland
Subtitle: how caring for cows saved our soil, created our landscape, brought prosperity to our state, and still shapes our way of life in Wisconsin
By: Edward Janus
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Madison, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780870204630
Subjects: Social life and customs; Dairy farming; Interviews; Dairy farmers; Environmental conditions; Cheesemakers; Farm life; Oral history; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Reading Dairyland; title: pt. 1. The Wisconsin idea of dairying : a brief history; title: pt. 2. In the company of cows : conversations with farmers and cheesemakers; title: Finding themselves on the farm : the Saxon Homestead Farm; title: The business of progressives : the Crave brothers; title: The ages of cheddar : Sam Cook and Sid Cook; title: The cow-driven life : Laura Daniels; title: Forward to yesterday : Dan Patenaude and Mike Gingrich; title: A dairy farm family : the Mayers; title: Beauty in the barn : Hannah Iverson and family; title: A place where a story ended : William Seely; title: Making it pay, again : Bob Molini.