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Show EdKor Ediior Editor Credited with withJVIajor Major Role Ro ] In inJIair Dairy Promotion On the agricultural campus of o1 ofUmvers o1Umvers ofUmvers Umvers ty of Wisconsin Wisconsm at Madl Mad Madlson Madison ! son is a bust of William Wll11am Dempster DempsterHoard DempsterHoard DempsterHoard Hoard A glance at Wisconsin his history history history tory discloses that he was governor governorof of the state from 1889 to 1891 But Butthe Butthe Butthe the story tory of Hoard and his servIce servIceto serviceto serviceto to Wisconsin Wlsconsm and the world goes goesback goesback goesback back a .J J . score of years before he hewas hewas hewas was governor governorIn In U t1 ii c e little I1ttIe town to\vn to vn \ of Fort rort tort Atk n nson nson non son ( about 1870 there was WlS : an ei en ell tor , who noted the soil soU depleting results resultsof resultsof resultsof I of many wheat crops He bebeved believed believedthat believedthat i goodfarms that in 1D time there would be no good farms unlc unle's unles unless ' < s farmers turned from fromwhcat fromwheat fromwheat whcat wheat livestockHe growing growmg to raising ralsmg of livestock livestockHe livestockHe He argued that Wisconsin no longer longercould longercould longercould could depend upon grains grams and that thatthe the futuie future futu ! e prosper ty of the state lay statelay in m dairying dalrymg dairyingAt dalrymgAt At first ha he dovoted devoted a column to toh h s campaign then a page and later latera a separate section Eventually he founded foundcd Hoard s Dairyman a mag magaZIDe magazine magazme aZIDe azine tl tI at circulated w dely even to day today He supplemented hs h s writng writ ng by ngby touring the state stale andspeakmg andspeaking and speakmg speaking ! speakingunt speakingtint unt tint 1 be he hammered hs h s gospel into the intothe intoI I peopleBut peoplcBut consciousness of the people peoplc inclined inelmed indined But the farmers of 1870were 1870 were in elmed dined to resent being tied to a cow acow After Aftcr a while whsle Hoard con vinced convinced a group of German Gcrman farmers farmersto Scandinavians Scandmavlltns to go into mto dairying and many Scan dmavlltns dinavians were to follow Wheat Wheatproduction productIon began to drop as the dairy thedairy output jnereascd mcreased increased _ _ _ |