This bill designates colby cheese as the state cheese and requires the Wisconsin
Blue Book to include that information.
AB267,2,16
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
1macroura corolinensis linnaus) is the symbol of peace; the Wisconsin state beverage
2is milk;
the Wisconsin state cheese is colby cheese; the Wisconsin state tree is the
3sugar maple (acer saccharum); the Wisconsin state grain is corn (Zea mays); the
4Wisconsin state flower is the wood violet (viola papilionacea); the Wisconsin state
5bird is the robin (turdus migratorius); the Wisconsin state fish is the muskellunge
6(Esox masquinongy masquinongy Mitchell); the Wisconsin state animal is the
7badger (taxidea taxus); the Wisconsin domestic animal is the dairy cow (bos taurus);
8the Wisconsin wildlife animal is the white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus); the
9Wisconsin state dog is the American water spaniel; the Wisconsin state insect is the
10honey bee (apis mellifera); the Wisconsin state fossil is the trilobite (calymene
11celebra); the Wisconsin state mineral is the galena (lead sulfide); the Wisconsin state
12rock is the red granite; and the Wisconsin state soil is the Antigo silt loam (typic
13glossoboralf). The Wisconsin Blue Book shall include the information contained in
14this section concerning the state song, dance, beverage,
cheese, tree, grain, flower,
15bird, fish, animal, domestic animal, wildlife animal, dog, insect, fossil, mineral, rock
16and soil.
