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The legacy of the farm magazine, Hoard's Dairyman (1935)

An Editor Whose Cow Philosophy Made Wisconsin the Leading Dairy State

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William Dempster Hoard began publishing Hoard's Dairyman as a separate publication in 1885. Focusing primarily on dairy and farm information, Hoard used his magazine to campaign for the expansion of dairy farming and to advocate for agricultural reform. On the fiftieth anniversary of the magazine, the Milwaukee Journal reviewed Hoard's life and legacy to the dairy industry in Wisconsin.

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"An Editor Whose Cow Philosophy Made Wisconsin the Leading Dairy State." Milwaukee Journal (7 February 1935);