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41.10 State song, state dance and state symbols. The Wisconsin state song
5is "On, Wisconsin", music written by W. T. Purdy, the words to which are as follows:
6"On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Grand old badger state! We, thy loyal sons and
7daughters, Hail thee, good and great. On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin Champion of the
8right, `Forward', our motto — God will give thee might!". The Wisconsin state dance
9is the polka. The state symbols are as follows: The mourning dove (zenaidura
10macroura corolinensis linnaus) is the symbol of peace;
Wisconsin cheese is the
11symbol of food; the Wisconsin state beverage is milk; the Wisconsin state tree is the
12sugar maple (acer saccharum); the Wisconsin state grain is corn (Zea mays); the
1Wisconsin state flower is the wood violet (viola papilionacea); the Wisconsin state
2bird is the robin (turdus migratorius); the Wisconsin state fish is the muskellunge
3(Esox masquinongy masquinongy Mitchell); the Wisconsin state animal is the
4badger (taxidea taxus); the Wisconsin domestic animal is the dairy cow (bos taurus);
5the Wisconsin wildlife animal is the white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus); the
6Wisconsin state dog is the American water spaniel; the Wisconsin state insect is the
7honey bee (apis mellifera); the Wisconsin state fossil is the trilobite (calymene
8celebra); the Wisconsin state mineral is the galena (lead sulfide); the Wisconsin state
9rock is the red granite; and the Wisconsin state soil is the Antigo silt loam (typic
10glossoboralf). The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in
11this section concerning the state song, dance, beverage,
cheese, tree, grain, flower,
12bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil, mineral, rock
13and soil.
For each Wisconsin Blue Book, the secretary of agriculture shall designate
14the cheese information about which shall be included.
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(1) Notwithstanding section 1.10 of the statutes, as affected by this act,
17information about colby cheese shall be included in the 1999-2000 Wisconsin Blue
18Book.
