Creating Dairyland: How Caring For Cows Saved Our Soil, Created Our Landscape, Brought Prosperity To Our State, And Still Shapes Our Way Of Life In Wisconsin
- Author: Edward Janus
- Narrator: Kathleen Kline
- Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society P
- Duration: 4:20:02
Synopsis
The story of dairying in Wisconsin is the story of how our very landscape and way of life were created. By making cows the center of our farm life and learning how to care for them, our ancestors launched a revolution that changed much more than the way farmers earned their living — it changed us.
In Creating Dairyland, journalist, oral historian, and former dairyman Ed Janus opens the pages of the fascinating story of Wisconsin dairy farming. He explores the profound idea that led to the remarkable "big bang" of dairying here a century and a half ago. He helps us understand why there are cows in Wisconsin, how farmers became responsible stewards of our resources, and how cows have paid them back for their efforts. And he introduces us to dairy farmers and cheesemakers of today: men and women who want to tell us why they love what they do.
Ed Janus offers a sort of field guide to Dairyland, showing us how to "read" our landscape with fresh eyes, explaining what we see today by describing how and why it came to be. Creating Dairyland pays tribute to the many thousands of Wisconsin farmers who have found a way to stay on their land with their cows. Their remarkable effort of labor, intelligence, and faith is one of the great stories of Wisconsin.
Chapters
-
chapter 01
Duration: 43s -
chapter 02
Duration: 10min -
chapter 03
Duration: 06min -
chapter 04
Duration: 04min -
chapter 05
Duration: 03min -
chapter 06
Duration: 05min -
chapter 07
Duration: 08min -
chapter 08
Duration: 11min -
chapter 09
Duration: 10min -
chapter 10
Duration: 09min -
chapter 11
Duration: 18min -
chapter 12
Duration: 10min -
chapter 13
Duration: 23min -
chapter 14
Duration: 22min -
chapter 15
Duration: 18min -
chapter 16
Duration: 19min -
chapter 17
Duration: 18min -
chapter 18
Duration: 15min -
chapter 19
Duration: 14min -
chapter 20
Duration: 10min