The Land Between The Marshes – Part 8 – When Wheat Was King

Rob Bowe Long before Wisconsin became known as the Dairy State, it was known as the Wheat State. In fact, wheat was Wisconsin's first major agricultural crop.Pioneer farmers like Ludwig Ziedler and John Schwarze in the Town of Lomira, plus Friedrich Christian, Heinrich and Michael Budahn in the Town of Theresa, all started out planting small plots of mostly garden vegetables including Indian corn (maize), rye, Irish potatoes, carrots, radishes, turnips and beans to survive, as well as marsh hay, for the livestock, in the early years.