WAUKESHA COUNTY FARM BUREAU MEMBERSHIP,
Scope and Content Note: When Hardiman elected county Farm Bureau president, 283 members; 1,316 when he resigned, a small figure given the number of Waukesha County farmers. Farmer complacency partially responsible for Farm Bureau's limited success, although constraints on president and personal, farm, and family commitments also important factors. Hardiman's successor was difficult to find because preidency financially unrewarding, time-consuming, and molded by Hardiman's domineering character.