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BULLETIN 984, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
In live-stock affairs the community has contributed by furnishing 
national presidents for various breeders' associations, and many 
famous breeders of hogs, cows, and horses. For example, the Benton 
Wilkes horses and the Cheshire hogs originated in this community. 
Belleville farmers were among the first, too, to make use of the Bab- 
cock test, and to see the value of cooperative marketing. For many 
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Fig. 22. — Map showing farm homes of the community connected with one another by marriage of students 
of the academy, and farm homes connected with village homes by such marriages. The academy has 
proved to be an instrument for weaving family lines into a close co m munity texture, and for providing 
social contentment by bringing about acquaintanceship between congenial young people. 
years their cooperative cheese factory, located in the village of Belle- 
ville, was one of the largest in the world. 
What is called the original "cow census" in the United States was 
made in the town of Ellisburg by a resident of Belleville, in 1888, 
under the direction of Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin. At this time 
Ellisburg was said to have more cows per capita than any other 
township in the United States. 
