Agricultural Innovator |
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Biography of Racine-based Jerome Increase Case, one of the leaders in the agricultural revolution. |
Read about the agricultural chemist at the University of Wisconsin whose extensive research led to advances in the dairy industry. |
How a Disaster Made Wisconsin the Dairy State |
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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. |
Learn how the Society became the permanent home for the McCormick-International Harvester Collection. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Babcock butterfat tester set used in Adams County, Wisconsin, c. 1895. (Museum Object #1948.589; donated to WHS by Elsie Schieber Patrick) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Bunk beds used by the Contreras family, Mexican-American migrant workers, in Wautoma, Wisconsin, 1970s-1980s. (Museum object #1999.16.1A-G) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Quilt made of fair prize ribbons won by William H. Milward between 1908 and 1934. (Museum object #2004.12.1) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Sheetmetal bucket with wooden handle. Collected cow manure for University of Wisconsin, Madison, nutrition experiments, 1907-1911.(Museum object #1992.103) |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Parachute used by the University of Wisconsin to deliver fresh bull semen to farmers in rural areas, 1944-1947. (Museum object #1993.7) |
Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
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Brief biography of University of Wisconsin chemistry and natural history professor, Ezra Slocum Carr. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Half gallon milk bottle used by Hoard's Dairyman Farm of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, c. 1934-1944. (Museum Object 1977.354.84) |
How Wisconsin Became the Dairy State |
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Discover how Wisconsin became the Dairy State. |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Ceremonial container made from a gourd, presented to Wisconsin Governor William R. Taylor, 1874. (Museum object #1993.53) |
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