During deliberations, which capped a five-day trial in Sauk County Circuit Court, dozens of farmers, food-rights activists and Hershberger family members filled the courthouse, sharing raw milk from Mr. Hershberger's farm.

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According to the Bureau County Republican, he was the fifth child in fewer than two years to die at work on Sauk Valley farms.

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