Historical Information & University of WI Madison Publications

Farms Recognized for:

Award years from 1948 to 2015
Century Farms (4 pages PDF)

Award years from 1999-2015
Sesquicentennial Farms – 150 years  – (1 page PDF)

If you have any questions regarding Agriculture in Crawford County call 608-326-0223.

Historical Publications

All documents below are in PDF format.  Page #’s are based on total pages of document, however, some documents are offered in single page format, others may be in double page format>♦ Annual Report of the County Agricultural Agent in Crawford County WI  1932
♦ Annual Report of County Extension Workers in Crawford County WI  11/1/1931-10/31/1932

Building & Operating an Observation Beehive  – 6 pages PDF

Thank you Leroy Peterson for your generosity in sharing the following bulletins:
Barns for Wisconsin Dairy Farms – Bulletin 266 – April, 1916 32 pages
Butter of course! – Special Circular – March, 1930 16 pages
Convenient Kitchens – Circular 156 – January, 1923 20 pages
Cooperative Butter Marketing in Wisconsin – Bulletin 401 – August, 1928 40 pages
Cost of Filling Silos – Bulletin 386 – October, 1926  12 pages
Experiment Station Work, XI – Farmers’ Bulletin No. 103 – Govt. Printing Office – 1899 32 pages
Facts About Fertilizers – Bulletin 255 – July, 1915  16 pages
Farm Bookkeeping – U.S. Department of Ag – Farmers’ Bulletin No. 511 – June, 1920 30 pages
Farm Building Plans – Circular 104 – April, 1918 8 pages
Food For the Soil – Legumes Circular 107 – July, 1918 12 pages
Silos in Manitowoc County Wisconsin – by Richard Otto Wiegand  8 pages
Good-Fitting Shoes for Every Member of the Family – Circular 191 – (2nd Revision, December 1927) January, 1926 14 pages
Growing Soybeans in Illinois – Circular No. 255 – April, 1922, Revised, March 1923 16 pages
Have You Had Your Soil Analyzed? – Circular 64 – October, 1926 16 pages
How to Rid Our Farms of Weeds – Circular 48 – June, 1914 24 pages
Keep Our Hillsides from Washing – Bulletin 272 – August, 191620 pages
Management of Heavy Clay Soils – Bulletin No 202 – February, 1911  19 pages
Methods of Paying for Milk at Cheese Factories – Bulletin No 197 – July, 1910   25 Pages
Milking Machine Experiments Bulletin No. 173 – February 1909 16 pages
Poultry House Construction – Bulletin No. 215 – August, 1911 32 pages
Poultry Raising in Wisconsin – Bulletin 261 – (5th Revision February, 1928) February, 1918 36 pages
Practical Lessons From the Management of the University Dairy Herd – Bulletin No. 217 – December, 1911 12 pages
Report of the Director – Bulletin 228 – January, 1913  22 pages
Selecting, Curing, and Testing Seed Corn – Circular 58 – Feburary, 1916  20 pages
Sewage Disposal for Rural Homes – Circular of Information 34 – June, 1912
Silos – Questions and Answers – Circular 87 – July, 1917 24 pages
Soy Beans–An Important Wisconsin Crop – Bulletin 236 – April, 1914 21 pages
Soybeans, A Good Legume Crop ~ Borrowed From the Orient – Bulletin 375 – April, 1925 32 pages
Stabilizing the Farm Investment – Circular 236 – February, 1930 48 pages
Success with 80 acres – Circular 216 – November,1927 15 pages
The Development of Marsh Soils – Bulletin No. 205 – February, 1911
The Feeding of Dairy Cows – Farmers’ Bulletin 743 – July, 1916 28 pages
The Marketing of Wisconsin Butter – Bulletin 270 – June 1916 37 pages
The University Dairy Herd 1908-1909 – Bulletin No 187 – December 1909
Turkey Rising – Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1409 – April, 1924 22 pages
Wisconsin Oats 15 pages

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