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By 1880 wheat farming was failing, and failing badly. Wisconsin farmers were in financial freefall. With the end of wheat growing as Wisconsin’s major agricultural pursuit, farmers began investing in multiple opportunities for income. They began growing corn, oats and hay to take the place of wheat. And the numbers of sheep, poultry, hogs and dairy cows on Wisconsin farms grew to considerable numbers.
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