From the Backroads of Wisconsin's Past

Jason Maloney For Agri-View
Sep 22, 2026
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Wisconsin cheese stands stacked and boxed in cold storage. Harry Russell and Stephen Babcock conducted research at the University of Wisconsin that led to the widespread use of a method to cold-cure cheese.

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Stacks of Wisconsin cheese await shipment in a cold storage room. The discovery of a method to cold-cure cheese revitalized the cheese industry.

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A dairy cow pauses on her way to new green pasture. Harry Russell’s research led to a tuberculosis test for cattle.

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Milk and ice cream produced at a Wisconsin dairy farm are ready to go home with a happy customer. The research of Harry Russell and others at the University of Wisconsin led to safer dairy products, with vitamins added to promote health and prevent disease. Patents from many discoveries at the university are channeled back into scientific research conducted in an environment of academic freedom to ensure discovery of knowledge through empirical evidence for the good of all.

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We have all heard of people with vast fortunes who in old age became philanthropists. As the view of eternity becomes clear with age, being rich as Croesus startes to look like a liability, so they began giving money away – mostly to causes they favor.

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Jason Maloney mug — Jason Maloney and Red

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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.