Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors

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Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 1 of 14 Total pages: 14 Checklist summary: 104 objects Photographs and labels attatched to panels Dimensions given in inches, height preceding width preceding depth All works Collection Chippewa Valley Museum (A) Milking Night & Morning

Labels
A Fair Way to Have Fun label 24 x 22
A Family Business label 24 x 22
Calf pen label 24 x 22 Feed the Calf and Get Her
Ready for the Fair label 24 x 22
Go Big, Stay Small, Get Out
label 24 x 22 Learning to Farm label 24 x 22 Milk House to Your House
label 24 x 22 Milking Night and Morning
label 72 x 36
Power of Place label 24 x 22
Rules and Regulations label 24 x 22
Photographs
Augusta Dairy club at the the
Eau Claire County Fair
photograph 18 x 36 Bob Donaldson drinking milk
photograph 11 x 12
Carlee, Sammie, and Kayle
Nyre sitting on the barnyard
fence photograph 40 x 60 Clinton Hatch by his milk
delivery truck photograph 13 1/2 x 20 Cole Hillert feeding calves
photograph 14 x 20 Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 2 of 14
"Days Work" document 11 x 24 Donaldson Dairy hired hand,
Louis Bjerke, standing in front
of the delivery truck
photograph 13 1/2 x 20 Doug Mueller milking
photograph 20 x 30 Elk farmer Allen Moss
photograph 7 x 10 Empty stanchions in Doug and
Harold Graff's barn
photograph 15 x 24
Evans CVTC 8 x 12 Five Star Dairy freestall barn
photograph 30 x 48 Jane and Steven Mueller
feeding calves photograph 9 x 14 Joe Tomesh scraping manure
photograph 13 1/2 x 20 Land owned by siblings
Audrey and Carl Erickson
photograph 11 x 24 Mary Ann Schanen with
ribbons and the heifers
photograph 7 1/2 x 14 Milk cans and tanker truck
photograph 24 x 30 Mother and daughter, Marie
and Rose Kubista, after they
finished straining milk
photograph 16 x 24 Students at an on-farm
demonstration photograph 18 x 24 Ten-year-old Luke Anderson
spreading lime photograph 11 x 14
Trade halls photograph 10 1/4 x 14 "Training For Farming in the
Short Course" photo display 18 x 20 Wagon rides at Cabin Ridge
Rides photograph 7 x 10 Williard Black and his son
Roger milking photograph 20 x 30 Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 3 of 14
Objects
1. Animal brush Plastic and nylon 3 1/8 x 8 1/2 x 3 3/4
2. Barn broom 1980-2000
Plastic, metal, and wood 64 x 24 x 5 1/2
3. Calf bottle 1980-2000
Plastic and rubber 13 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4
4. Calf pail 1970-1979
Plastic
8 3/4 x 10 3/16 x 10 3/16
5. Calf sculpture Fiberglass and paint 31 1/4 x 41 1/2 x 19 6. Capri Family Shampoo
bottle Plastic and paper 9 1/4 x 4 3/16 x 2 7/16
7. Cheese box 1935-1950
Wood and metal 10 1/8 x 11 1/5 x 11 5/8
8. Child's barn coat Denim, metal, and plastic 24 x 47 1/2 x 1 1/2
9. Divider Metal
66 1/8 x 82 5/8 x 43 1/4
10. Donaldson Dairy bottle Glass
9 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4
11. Feed pail holder 1957-1983
Steel
2 3/4 x 10 3/4 x 12
12. Feed scoop Plastic
11 x 6 x 7
13. Feeding Calves booklet Paper
7 x 4 3/4
14. FFA jacket 1990-1995
Corduroy, metal, and nylon 27 7/8 x 31 2/3 x 1 1/2 15. Getting the Calf Ready for
the Fair booklet Paper
9 x 6
16. Halter 1975-1995
Nylon
113 x 14 x 9 Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 4 of 14 17. Hoards Dairyman
magazine Paper
Mounted: 15 5/8 x 11 1/4 x 0 1/4
18. Leather halter Leather and metal 87 x 6 x 5
19. Manure fork (4-prong) Wood and metal 58 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/2
20. Milk bottle carrier 1950-1965
Metal
11 1/4 x 18 7/8 x 14 5/16
21. Milking machine 1960-1979
Metal and rubber Tub: 12 3/4 x 16 x 16 7/8 Lid: 3 5/8 x 18 3/8 x 17 3/4 Overall: 12 3/4 x 16 x 20 1/4
22. Morningcrest Dairy bottle Glass and metal 9 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2
23. Packaging for butter 1968-1995
Cardboard
x x
24. Paper milk carton 1970
Cardboard
9 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 13/16
25. Ribbons (4) Nylon
Mounted: 13 1/2 x 11 3/16
26. Stanchions (2) Metal and wood 50 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 3 each
27. Strap-on milking stool 1970-1990
Plastic, metal, and cloth 20 1/2 x 11 5/8 x 7 7/8
28. Water cup Metal
6 x 9 3/4 x 15
29. White shirt Cotton
24 1/4 x 25
30. Winnie the Pooh boots 1980-1990
Plastic and metal 7 3/8 x 3 1/4 x 8 1/2





Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 5 of 14

(B) Managing Farm & Family
Labels
Bring Cash to the Farm label 24 x 22
The Home Economy label 24 x 22
Farm Fresh label 24 x 22
Making Do label 24 x 22 Managing Farm and Family
label 72 x 36 Photographs
1950 newspaper 15 3/4 x 20
1957 Calendar 14 x 20 Anna Kysilko and daughter
June standing in their
vegetable garden photograph 24 x 40
Bjork Eggs document 9 1/2 x 14 Bob Donaldson with a 4-H
prize pig photograph 16 x 20
Butchering a hog photograph 17 1/2 x 30 Farm woman holding canned
goods photograph 17 1/2 x 24 Gary Hayden playing in his
father's work boots
photograph 11 x 14 General Mills employee
moving printed feedsacks of
flour photograph 5 x 7 Gyda Fossum preparing
chicken mash photograph 16 x 24 Husking sweet corn for
canning photograph 18 x 30
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 6 of 14 Income record sheet 9 x 14 Jean Kannel feeding a calf
photograph 13 1/2 x 20 John Vodacek holding chickens
on his family farm photograph 17 x 30 Ole Wald and Leon Erickson
shoveling coal photograph 11 x 14 Recipe for Bohemian liver
sausage 5 x 8 1/2
Record of pies 5 5/8 x 10 They always found a job for
you 11 x 24 Three generations of the
Stahlbusch family around the
kitchen table photograph 24 x 40
Objects
31. The Ball Blue Book
cookbook Paper
9 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 1/8
32. Barn boots 1940-1945
Leather, rubber, metal, and laces 9 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 13 3/8
33. Basket with six rag balls Reeds and cloth Overall: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 34. Brick (with MBC
impression) A1839-9-92 1895-1910
Fired clay composite 3 9/16 x 8 x 2 1/8 35. Brick (with MBC
impression) A2124-1-92 1895-1910
Fired clay composite 3 3/4 x 8 x 2 1/8
36. Butchering knife Wood and metal 10 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 3/8
37. Child's coveralls Cotton and metal 35 x 12 1/2
38. Cupboard Wood and metal 68 x 31 x 12
39. DeKalb seed cap 1980-2000
Cloth, foam, nylon, and plastic 4 1/2 x 8 x 9 3/4
40. Egg shipping crate 1920-1929
Wood and cardboard 10 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 12 3/4 Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 7 of 14
41. Egg swiping basket 1890-1910
Metal
5 1/4 x 9 3/8 x 9 3/8
42. Flour sifter Metal and wood 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 5
43. FS Seed cap 1980-2000
Cloth, foam, metal, and plastic 5 x 7 1/2 x 9
44. Gathering basket 1930-1939
Wood
6 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 11
45. Hatchet Wood and metal 15 x 4 7/8 x 1 1/2
46. Man's work overalls 1980-2000
Cotton and metal 57 3/4 x 20 1/2
47. Meat grinder 1888
Metal and wood 10 3/4 x 3 5/16 x 9 1/2
48. NFO cap Cloth, nylon, and plastic 4 1/2 x 9 x 8 3/4 49. Our Family Recipes
cookbook Paper
8 1/2 x 6 x 1/2 50. Pie pan (not burnt) Aluminum
1 1/2 x 10 x 10
51. Portable sewing machine Metal and rubber 9 3/4 x 15 1/4 x 7 1/4
52. Potato pail 1950-1970
Steel and wood 13 13/16 x 9 7/8 x 9 1/2
53. Potato-digging fork 1950-1970
Wood and metal 43 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 2 1/2
54. Potholder Cotton
8 1/4 x 7 1/8 x 1/4 55. Remnants of printed
feedsack fabric Cotton
white, pink, and blue flowers:
44 1/2 x 37 white with green flowers:
43 1/4 x 36 3/4 white with orange flowers:
44 x 36 1/4 turquoise with white flowers:
44 1/4 x 37 yellow with blue pattern:
43 1/4 x 36 1/2
56. Rosette iron Cast iron 11 x 2 1/2 x 3 3/4
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 8 of 14 57. Rug 2003
Plastic
26 x 26 x 1/2
58. Seed sorter 1940-1960
Wood, metal, and wire 12 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 2 5/8
59. Smock Cotton
26 1/4 x 18 1/4 60. Toddler-sized boots Rubber
7 5/8 x 3 x 7 1/4 each 61. Wisconsin Farm Account &
Record Book Paper
11 1/2 x 9 1/4 62. Wisconsin Farm Progress
Days cap 1993
Cloth, foam, and nylon 5 x 8 1/2 x 9 1/2
(C) Working the Land
Labels
Exchange of Labor label 24 x 22
Family in the Fields label 24 x 22 Horse Power to Horsepower
label 24 x 22
Occupational Hazards label 24 x 22
Risky Business label 24 x 22 Use What You Have, Fix What
You Can label 24 x 22
Working the Land label 72 x 36
Photographs
Aftermath of a tornado
photograph 12 x 20 Anna Kysilko cutting pies for a
threshing dinner photograph 13 x 20
Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 9 of 14 Auction poster 17 3/4 x 24
Barn fire photograph 8 3/4 x 14 Family taking a break after
filling a wagon with timothy
hay photograph 13 x 20 Farm equipment advertisement 12 1/2 x 22
Fields of corn shocks
photograph 24 x 60 George Hayden fixing a
chopper box photograph 16 x 20 George Topper with new
welder photograph 19 x 24 Loren Parkhurst plowing with
a four-horse team photograph 16 x 20 Louis Holfacker harvesting
oats photograph 32 x 40 Lunch break for a threshing
crew photograph 10 x 14 McCormick Farmall C
advertising poster 22 x 30 Rose and Frieda Ockowski on
the tractor photograph 16 x 24 Schrier family gathering oat
bundles to make into shocks
photograph 20 x 30 Steven Mueller helping his
father stack straw bales
photograph 13 x 20 Terry Kohnhepp the day he
was released from the hospital
photograph 19 1/2 x 40
Threshing crew photograph 40 x 60 Threshing on John Winter's
farm photograph 9 1/2 x 14 Typical threshing jobs
document 11 x 24


Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 10 of 14
Objects
63. Apron 1925-1935
Cotton
33 1/2 x 26 3/4 x
64. Chisel Metal
9 x 1 x 0 3/4 65. "Caution: Bull in Pasture"
sign 2003
Cardboard
13 1/8 x 15 1/8 x 1/4
66. Coffee pot 1890-1930
Metal and wood 13 1/2 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/2
67. Combination pliers Metal
9 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1 1/16
68. Corn husking glove 1910
Iron, leather, and cloth 6 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/4
69. Corn husking peg 1920-1930
Metal and leather 4 7/8 x 1 x 1
70. Feedbag 1905-1919
Canvass, metal, and leather 37 x 10 x 11
71. Grain sack Canvas
41 3/4 x 19 7/8 x 1/2
72. Horse collar Leather, wood, and metal 30 x 22 x 5 3/4
73. Insect sprayer Metal and wood 3 3/8 x 21 1/4 x 2 7/8 74. Jacques Seed styrofoam
thermos
Styrofoam, plastic, paper, and
metal 12 1/4 x 6 x 6 1/8
75. Lanco coffee can 1940-1960
Metal
3 1/4 x 5 x 5
76. Meat hook Metal
13 3/8 x 14 13/16 x 4 1/4
77. Oil can 1930-1960
Metal
9 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/2
78. Overalls Cloth
62 x 44
79. Pie pan (burnt) 1960-1980
Aluminum
1 1/2 x 10 x 10 Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 11 of 14

80. Pitchfork (3-prong) Wood and metal 59 5/8 x 8 x 4 1/4
81. Prince Albert tin Metal
4 1/2 x 3 x 7/8
82. Rain gauge 1990-2004
Plastic and metal 9 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 7/8
83. Screwdriver Metal and wood 9 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 7/8
84. Silo door Metal, wood, and charcoal 23 3/16 x 22 1/8 x 6 7/16
85. Singletree Wood and metal 7 x 37 x 3 86. Thermometer 1948-1958
Metal and glass 14 3/16 x 4 1/2 x 1/2
87. Toolbox 1930-1960
Wood
5 1/4 x 12 11/16 x 8 3/4
88. Trouble light Metal, wire, and nylon 73 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 3 5/8
89. Welding helmet Plastic, metal, and glass 12 1/4 x 8 3/16 x 7 3/4
90. Wrench Metal
6 x 1 3/16 x 0 15/16 91. Wrench set (nine open-
ended wrenches) Metal
8 x 17 7/8 x 3/4
(D) Gathering Together
Labels
Building a Church label 24 x 22
Community Center label 24 x 22
Gathering Together label 72 x 36
Investing in Each Other label 24 x 22 Joining Hands label 24 x 22
Neighbor to Neighbor label 24 x 22
New Neighbors label 24 x 22
Taking the Bus label 24 x 22 Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 12 of 14
Photographs
Adults gathered on the
Pleasant Hour School porch
during an all-school picnic
photograph 8 x 10 Advertising flyer for the Ole &
Lena dinner 8 x 11 Aerial view of Pleasant Hour
School photograph 32 x 40 Amish buggies near Augusta,
Eau Claire County photograph 11 x 14 Augusta football team
photograph 15 x 24 Baptismal certificate for Lloyd
Anderson 16 x 20 Barn raising at John and
Barbara Schuebel's farm
photograph 27 x 36 Baseball game at the end-of-
the-school-year neighborhood
picnic photograph 13 x 20
Bible school children 13 1/2 x 14 Big Elk Creek Lutheran
Church 85th anniversary
photograph 7 1/4 x 32
Cadott School Bus photograph 25 x 40 Chemistry class at Eau Claire
Senior High School photograph 16 3/4 x 24 Christmas program at Pleasant
Hour School photograph 13 1/4 x 20 Dinner line at St. Joseph's
Catholic Church Fall Festival
photograph 20 x 30 Eau Claire County Co-op grain
elevator photograph 11 x 14
Eau Claire County Map 12 x 20
Elbow School poem 8 x 10 Farm women ironing at an
electrical appliance
demonstration photograph 8 x 10 Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 13 of 14 Housing development
bordering a pasture in the
village of Hallie, Chippewa
County photograph 28 1/2 x 40 Ladies Aide women
photograph 9 x 14 List of individuals who donated
money for the Zion Evangelical
United Brethren Church
cornerstone x x
Prairie Farm document 16 x 20 Roasting marshmallows after
cleaning up at the end of the
school year photograph 17 x 30 School Districts in Wisconsin
chart 7 x 10
Stock certificate 7 1/2 x 10 Voting for the Board of
Directors photograph 18 1/2 x 24 Wedding photo of Lois Freitag
and Clarence Bjork 16 x 24
Objects
92. Five-gallon Co-op
lubricant can 1950-1960
Steel and plastic 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2
93. Baptismal font Wood and paint 39 x 12 x 12
94. Baseball mitt 1961-1962
Leather and metal 8 1/4 x 9 3/4 x 3 1/2
95. Hand bell Metal and wood 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2
96. Lunch box 1895-1910
Metal and plastic 7 x 4 3/8 x 9 97. Midland Feed Co-op fee
bag Cotton
24 1/2 x 25
98. Milk can 1946-1965
Metal
25 x 13 5/16 x 13 5/16
99. Offering basket 1886-1976
Wicker and velvet 9 1/2 x 9 x 2 7/8 Farm Life: A Century of Change for Farm Families and Their Neighbors Final Checklist December 2005 Page 14 of 14
100. Pump shoes Leather
5 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 9 101. "Save Cleghorn School"
sign 2003
Chloroplast
18 x 24 x 1/8
102. Sled Wood and steel 6 5/8 x 32 1/8 x 19 11/16
103. Slow-moving vehicle sign 1980-2000
Plastic
14 3/4 x 1/2 x 16 3/4
104. Wedding dress Cloth and plastic Dress: 39 1/4 x 14 Jacket: 21 1/2 x 16 1/4

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