HISTORIES:  "Potato Growing" in Barron, Barron County, WI

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                            Potato Growing

Growing potatoes is still an important part of the agriculture of Barron 
County. There was a time when far more labor and land were devoted to this 
activity than at present. Three large buildings along the Soo tracks were 
once used as storehouses for the flood of potatoes which poured in from the 
farm areas surrounding Barron every fall.

In those days, horses and wagons were the means by which commodities had 
to be transported from farm to town. From early morning until after dark, 
long lines of heavy loads of potatoes were formed, each driver patiently 
waiting his turn to unload.


--From the Souvenir Historical Album of the Barron Centennial-1960
(used by permission)