Advent of Dairying

| THE LAND BETWEEN THE MARSHES | Advent of Dairying ROB BOWE CONTRIBUTOR By the dawn of the Civil War in 1861, Wisconsin was a top producer of wheat. Annually, millions of bushels were produced in Dodge County alone. During that time, cinch bugs came on the scene and wheat production in Wisconsin was threatened. The nasty cinch bug critters devoured large potions of the crop and production