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