Early Central Wisconsin farming, 1984.

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Early Central Wisconsin farming, 1984.

A three-page essay by Peterson about life on the farm of his great-grandparents, Frederick and Wilmina Bartelt, homesteaded in Shawano County, Wisconsin after they immigrated from Germany in 1868. These reminiscences based on childhood summer visits from 1914 through his school years describe a family farm, churning butter, hauling milk to the cheese factory, trips to town to sell and buy goods, and food storage and preparation.

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