Dates, Dates, Dates Flashcards
Significant events and the year they happened.
First cows arrived at the Jamestown Colony
1611
First cows arrived at the Plymouth Colony
1624
First dairy cooperative in the U.S. organized in Goshen, Connecticut
1810
First commercial cheese factory established in New York
1851
First patent for condensed milk
1856
First commercial butter factory established in New York
1856
First successful condensery built by Gail Borden in Burrville, NY
1857
Morrill Act enacted to create the Land Grant College System
1862
American Jersey Cattle Club founded
1868
American Guernsey Cattle Club founded
1877
Centrifugal cream separator invented by Dr. Gustav DeLaval
1878
Brown Swiss Breeders Association founded
1880
Milk bottle invented by Dr. Harvey Thatcher in Potsdam, NY
1884
Hoard’s Dairyman magazine first published
1885
Holstein-Friesian Association of America formed
1885
Automatic bottle filler and capper patented
1886
Hatch Act enacted to create state agricultural experiment stations
1887
Babcock test for butterfat developed
1890
Pulsator invented
1895
American Dairy Goat Association organized
1904
First cow testing association in the U.S. organized in Michigan
1905
American Dairy Science Association founded
1906
First National Dairy Show held in Chicago
1906
Brown Swiss cattle recognized as an official dairy breed in the U.S.
1906
National Dairy Council organized
1906
Smith-Lever Act signed establishing the Cooperative Extension Service
1914
National Milk Producers Federation founded
1916
Journal of Dairy Science first published
1917
Capper-Volstead Act passed by Congress to empower farmers and agricultural producers to market, price, and sell their products through cooperative means
1922
Cow Testing Association renamed Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA)
1927
Hoard’s Dairyman cow judging contest begun
1931
First plastic coated paper milk cartons introduced commercially
1932
National Cooperative Sire Proving Program initiated
1935
First dairy cattle A.I. organization in Denmark
1936
First list of sires proven in DHIA testing published by USDA
1937
Federal Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, which provides for federal milk marketing orders, passed
1937
Artificial insemination began in the U.S.
1938
First A.I. cooperative in the U.S. organized in New Jersey by E. J. Perry
1938
First bulk tanks used on farms
1938
American Dairy Association founded
1940
Purebred Dairy Cattle Association formed
1940
National Association of Animal Breeders organized
1942
PDCA Dairy Cow Unified Scorecard was first copyrighted
1943
First edition of National Research Council’s Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle published
1945
National Dairy Shrine founded
1949
Computer first used to calculate DHIA records in Utah
1951
First U.S. young sire sampling program established
1951
First successful embryo transfer in dairy cattle
1951
First commercial milk replacer for calves introduced
1951
Frosty, the first U.S. calf resulting from frozen semen, was born
1953
Flavor control equipment introduced commercially
1955
National Mastitis Council founded
1960
Commercial introduction of plastic milk jug
1964
Red and White Dairy Cattle Association organized
1964
National Dairy Herd Information Association organized
1965
World Dairy Expo founded and holds first show
1967
Nutrition labeling of fluid milk products begins
1974
INTERBULL developed
1983
Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act created National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and a 15-cent dairy check-off
1983
Animal Model first used for USDA genetic evaluations
1989
Bovine somatotropin, first product of biotechnology for animals, approved
1993
Holstein-Friesian Association officially changes its name to Holstein Association USA, Inc.
1994
Multi-trait Across Country Evaluations (MACE) for bulls implemented by INTERBULL
1995
Dairy Calf and Heifer Association founded
1998
First U.S. commercial robotic milker installed in Wisconsin
2000
North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge established
2002
Sexed semen becomes commercially available
2003
Dairy Cattle Reproductive Council founded
2006
Most recent revision of the PDCA Dairy Cow Unified Scorecard
2009
Genomic predictions of genetic merit officially released by USDA-AIPL
2009
Jersey Youth Academy established
2009
Virginia 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Materials Page 4
2022
Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding assumes responsibility for publishing U.S. dairy genetic evaluations
2013
PDCA Showmanship Evaluation Card revised
2016
Eighth revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle published
2021