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Search Term |
agriculture |
Number of Object records |
4 |
Number of Photo records |
2 |
Number of Archive records |
21 |
Number of Library records |
4 |
Related Records
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1/4 barrel wooden box used for shipping fresh cranberries ca 1945-1960s - Eatmor Cranberries was an early marketing brand for fresh fruit. Not included: wooden lids
Box, Storage
Record Type: Object
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Article discussing new cranberry marshes being developed in Manitowish Waters and northern Wisconsin. 1948 - Publisher: Milwaukee Sentinel Farm section
7/5/1948
Record Type: Archive
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A series of monthly livestock and crop reports from the state Agricultural Statistician, including fish hatchery information. 1921-1934
Conservation Collection
Record Type: Library
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Biography of Conrad C. Bakken 1875-1924 - Born in Norway in 1875, Conrad moved to the US in 1904 and Arbor Vitae in 1917. Following in his father's footsteps he was a carpenter and cabinet maker until he moved to northern Wisconsin to farm and run a resort on Wild Rice Lake.
Family/Historical Narratives & images
Record Type: Library
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Biography of Romey Theriault 1886-1921 - Born in Canada in 1886, Theriault moved to the US in 1880 and Manitowish Waters area in 1901. He worked on the construction of the Rest Lake dam, as a logger, then a guide for Buck's resort. He tried his hand at farming on Manitowish Lake and eventually settled as the caretaker for P.D.Durant at Rest Lake Lodge.
Family/Historical Narratives & images
Record Type: Library
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Chamber of Commerce guide listing for Clear Lake Poultry Ranch 1954-56 - Now owned by Edward Jaynes. Previous owner was Gordon Huenink.
Record Type: Archive
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Cranberry barrel labels used for shipping fresh cranberries in wooden boxes. ca 1945-1960s - The labels would be pasted onto a short side of the wooden shipping box. The cranberry grower "packing" or shipping the cranberries would note their packer number on the label. The names on the labels are for the different cultivated varieties of cranberries.
Label, Identification
Record Type: Object
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"Cranberry Ranch is Taking Shape" 9/22/1947 - A newspaper article about the cranberry marshes being built along Little Trout Lake in Manitowish Waters.
9/22/1947
Record Type: Archive
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Cranberry vine planting tool ca 1945-1975 - Specialty hand tool used for spudding or pushing cranberry vine cuttings into the soil to plant a new cranberry bed. This is a "double" planter.
Planter
Record Type: Object
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Cranberry vine planting tool ca 1945-1975 - Specialty hand tool used for spudding or pushing cranberry vine cuttings into the soil to plant a new cranberry bed. This is a "single" planter.
Planter
Record Type: Object
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Dept of Agriculture holds demonstrations on new land clearing practices and machinery to encourage converting logged land to farms. 1917 - Called the "Land Clearing Special" Click on the link to read the full article.
1917
Record Type: Archive
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"Down on the Wild Rice Farm" by Barbara LaPorte Bartling 1971-2005 - Learn about LaRoe Farms commercially growing wild rice in our area. From the MWHS 11/2021 newsletter.
10/2021
Record Type: Archive
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