Swiss cheese industry in Green County Wisconsin
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Odell, Emery A.
Swiss cheese industry in Green County Wisconsin
Monroe, Wisconsin: Monroe Evening Times, 1936
88 p. illus. 23 cm.
URL to cite for this work: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.SwissCheeseIndustry
Contents
[Cover] Swiss cheese industry in Green County, Wisconsin
[Title page] Swiss cheese industry, pp. [1]-[2]
Foreword, pp. [3]-[4]
Wife of early colonist no doubt first cheesemaker, pp. 5-9
Factory system followed farmers' cheese house, pp. 10-16
Three other leaders closely follow Gerber, pp. 17-28
Depression brings sudden change from golden days, pp. 29-33
Pet Milk survives cheese plants around New Glarus, pp. 34-50
Home control of cheese business thing of past, pp. 51-58
Consolidation of smaller factories present trend, pp. 59-64
Fame smiles on Green County; Switzerland shows jealousy, pp. 65-73
Green County still leader in dairy and farm showing, pp. 74-77
Bacteria gas bubbles make Swiss cheese holes, pp. 78-84
Other players once active in the Swiss cheese drama, pp. 85-88 ff.
[Title page] Eighty years of Swiss cheese in Green County, p. [1]
[Map: Swiss Cheeseland's frontier], p. [2]
Foreword, pp. [3]-4
Swiss Cheeseland no. 1: Gerber's factory launched industry in county in 1869, pp. 5-6
Swiss Cheeseland no. 2: five patrons sold milk to first Swiss factory, pp. 7-9
Swiss Cheeseland no. 3: Bilten settlement paces modern dairy industry, pp. 10-11
Swiss Cheeseland no. 4: Bilten district pioneers cleared heavy timberland, pp. 12-14
Swiss Cheeseland no. 5: Washington township remains truly rural, pp. 15-17
Swiss Cheeseland no. 6: Gerber was casualty of early cheese battle, pp. 18-20
Swiss Cheeseland no. 7: modernization of factories assures future of industry, pp. 21-23
Steinman diary told story of pioneering, pp. 24 ff.
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Copyright 1936 by Emery A. Odell