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Field Trip or Tour

Stonefield Field Trip

Stonefield - a historic site
Stonefield is a museum of agricultural history and farm and village life in 1900.
Historical Essay

Farming and Industry

How a Disaster Made Wisconsin the Dairy State
Discover how Wisconsin became the nation's leader in wheat long before it was renowned for dairy, and the disaster that made it all possible.
Historical Essay

Babcock's Revolutionary Dairy Invention

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Babcock butterfat tester set used in Adams County, Wisconsin, c. 1895. (Museum Object #1948.589; donated to WHS by Elsie Schieber Patrick)
Historical Essay

Hoard's Dairyman Farm Milk Bottle

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Half gallon milk bottle used by Hoard's Dairyman Farm of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, c. 1934-1944. (Museum Object 1977.354.84)
Historical Essay

The Rise of Dairy Farming

How Wisconsin Became the Dairy State
Discover how Wisconsin became the Dairy State.
Historical Essay

Dairy Farming in Wisconsin

How Wisconsin Became the Dairy State
Brief history of the dairy industry in Wisconsin.

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