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Dairy Farming Graphic

Date: 1931
Description: Graphic pie-chart depicting the important place of dairying in the national farm economy.
Photograph

Man Milking Cow

Date: 04 1924
Description: A man milks a cow inside a barn on Ament farm.
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Woman Working with Milk Cans

Date: 1924
Description: Woman standing at a table with milk cans on it. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. A caption with th...
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Rural Landscape

Date: 05 13 1962
Description: Landscape view up hill of the James R. Lloyd farm. A dairying barn is visible on the top of the hill.
Photograph

Dairy Equipment on Hazen Pettit Farm

Date: 1937
Description: Rooms with bottles, table, canisters and other dairying equipment on the Hazen Pettit farm. Original caption states: "The vat in the foreground is used fo...
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Woman Using Cream Separator

Date: 07 28 1924
Description: Mrs. Frances Lauth operating an engine-driven Primrose Cream Separator on Hinsdale Farm.
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Obey and Day on the Farm

Date: 01 1969
Description: As part of a campaign photo shoot, Laurence Day gives candidate David R. Obey a tour of his dairying operation in Marathon County. Day was both a dairy far...
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Milk Strike at Stanley

Date: 1932
Description: Crowd gathered for the milk strike at Stanley.
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Dairy Herd of S.L. Brewster

Date: 02 14 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of the dairy herd of S.L. Brewster, standing in an enclosure outside a barn.
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The Cow, the Mother of Prosperity

Date: 1921
Description: Cover illustration for a publication by International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department featuring a photograph of a cow chewing hay under the t...
Photograph

Dairy cows on exhibit

Date: 1930
Description: Row of dairy cows on exhibit at the University of Wisconsin.
Photograph

Farmer Milking Cow

Date: 03 1924
Description: Man sitting on a crate milking a cow by hand inside a barn on the farm of Hal Ament.
Photograph

Milking Holsteins

Date: 1932
Description: View inside barn of Holsteins lined up for milking.
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Bossy and Betsy

Date: 1905
Description: Woman milking her cow.
Photograph

Farmer Pouring Milk for Son

Date: 03 1924
Description: Farmer Hal Ament pouring milk from a pail into a glass for his young son as they stand at the gate of their farmhouse.
Photograph

Dairying Equipment

Date: 09 26 1924
Description: View of two stands in a room, one holding a metal container with a spout. Milk pails are sitting along the wall in the background, and the text on the room...
Photograph

Consumer's Co-op Dairy

Date: 01 12 1937
Description: Consumer's Co-op Dairy. Interior view of vats.
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Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Creamery and outbuildings in a rural area.
Photograph

Dairying — Boys Stock Judging

Date: 1915
Description: Langlade County Fair, Wisconsin. By means of these contests the interest of the boys in better stock is intensified. A pure bred registered bull calf was g...
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Engine Powered Cream Separator

Date: 1914
Description: Titan Jr. engine powering a cream separator in a farm building.

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