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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | International 15-30 H.P tractor running an International 28 x 46 thresher on a rural farm. The tractor was purchased by Oscar Krueger in 1920. The threshe... |
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| Description: | View of the Van Brunt plant. The Van Brunt Manufacturing Company began in 1860 when brothers George and Daniel Van Brunt patented a design for a combinatio... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | View of what appears to be a water pump powered by an International Harvester stationary engine on the farm of Albert Guenther. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A man stands by a 6 can milk cooler holding a metal basket of milk jars at the Roland Schrap Dairy Farm. To the right of a door is a cream separator. A win... |
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| Description: | After the milk is picked up at the farm, it is stored in tanks that hold up to 25,000 lbs. and is held at temperatures of 38 to 40 degrees. |
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| Description: | The milk is pasteurized for the first step in the cheesemaking process. Milk is heated to 161 degrees, held at that temperature for 15 seconds, and then co... |
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| Description: | There is some cream in the whey, which is extracted by pumping the whey through this cream separator (a Westfalia Centrifuge). |
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| Description: | The slabs of cheese are put through a curd mill, which makes the popular Cheddar Cheese Curds. |
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| Description: | The Retzlaff's own this antique potato planter, which was purchased from Ed Radke, a long time Theresa resident. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | David and Kathy Batterman live at N9248 Sunnyview Rd (Section 7). Son, Scott, and his children, Ryan and Grace, pose with Dave and Kathy. Herb and Linda (... |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | Ronald and Kathleen Steger, who refused to be in the picture, live at W2372 McArthur Rd (Section 18). They lived here 31 years and last milked cows on July... |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | Fred, a college student, son of Ronald and Kathleen Steger, agreed to be in this photo. |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | The Justmans purchased the farm in 1976. They last milked cows in January 1998. They farm previously was in the possession of Ron's parents, Marvin and Van... |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| Description: | This antique corn sheller is still in working condition in the Straub barn. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Van Brunt & Davis Company of Horicon, Wisconsin, manufacturers of agricultural implements, including the Monitor Forge-Feed Seeder and Gr... |
| Date: | 06 16 1949 |
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| Description: | "This crop dusting plane crashed and burned on the Lucy Firk's property on the north end of the village." |
| Date: | 07 04 1949 |
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| Description: | "Hay was being made on the Edwin Schnitzler farm on Doyle Road." |
| Date: | 09 25 1947 |
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| Description: | "Nick Koll and his son pick corn near Bancroft Road." |
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