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"A checker for the National Farm Organization, Harley Maske, weighed a calf at a stockyard in Monroe (Green County), while a 3 year old boy, Curt Riese, looked on. His mother is also a checker. The farm group is checking weights as well as numbers…

"Brooklyn, Wis. -- In March 1989, Susan Waterman, 42, decided she was tired of toxic chemicals, radioactivity and the pressure of her positions in the botany and plant pathology departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"So she…

"Oakley, Wisconsin: When they tried to pick peas in a garden here, Craig and Timmy Schmidt found they were too “pea-picking” short. The variety they were picking is known as telephone peas because the vines grow seven feet tall."

Haystacks by Automation
Monroe, Wisconsin: "Louis Waelti of Monroe makes instant haystacks with a machine that reduces haying to a one-man operation. Cut hay is blown into a wagon and compressed into layers by a hydraulically-operated top section.…

Advertisement for Iowa corn huskers. This is a device that is worn on the hand to easily remove the husk from corn ears. The corn huskers were being sold at the Hull & Post grocery store in Monroe, WI. The advertisement is dated September 2, 1867.

Farmers in a hay field near Monroe, WI. Photo taken by Ray Barth.

"Other firms copied his design for a heavy duty manure spreader because he failed to patent it, but Stanley Knight saw his ideas for farm equipment carried out at a Brodhead factory employing 18 men."

An ad for the Dari-Kool Bulk Milk Cooler from the February 1955 issue of "Successful Farming". William Tschudy, a dairy farmer from Monroe, WI, is quoted as saying, "By saving a minimum of 13 cents cwt. on milk volume and butterfat, which I formerly…

Cows grazing in a field across from Ludlow Mansion in Monroe, WI.
Photo taken 11/19/1948.
Description on back of photo:
CHI-870340-RO
Wisconsin Cheese (1) of set of eight.
Wisconsin claims to be the only state which has more cows than people…

"Juda, Wisconsin: They may not qualify as skyscrapers, but these storage tanks create somewhat of a skyline in the country. The silos belong to E.J. Kaderly and are used to store food for his dairy cows."