OCONTO COUNTY, Wis. – Grandpa milked the cows by hand. The warm milk was poured into cans that cooled in a concrete tank filled with cold well water. He harnessed the horses, loaded the cans on the wagon and took them to the factory at the crossroads a couple of miles away. The result was a small milk check that kept the farm from foreclosure, and produced cheese for town folks. In those days everybody knew where the cheese, and the milk in it, came from. Small dairy farms as well as small cheese factories and creameries dotted the countryside all across the state of Wisconsin. But those days are long gone.
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Jason Maloney is an “elderly” farm boy from Marinette County, Wisconsin. He’s a retired educator, a retired soldier and a lifelong Wisconsin resident. He lives on the shore of Lake Superior with his wife, Cindy Dillenschneider, and Red, a sturdy loyal Australian Shepherd.
