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Testing milk, 1905

Testing milk, 1905

Title

Testing milk, 1905

Description

This January 10, 1905 photograph of dairy students shows the students in a laboratory setting. The students are examining bottled milk and milk from a milk can. Some are holding milk testing equipment, while a burette and glass funnel can be seen on a sink to the right in the photograph. The students are dressed in the traditional white jacket and trousers used in the dairy industry.
The first coursework specifically on dairying was offered at the Iowa Agricultural College in 1880 and included instruction on the breeding and care of dairy cows, milk composition and production, and manufacturing of cheese and butter. In 1890, the Iowa Agricultural College Board of Trustees approved the building of the College creamery and the beginnings of a dairy program. The Department of Dairying was established in 1898 and included: a four-year course, a one-year course, a winter course, and a summer course. Graduate work was first offered in 1911. The name of the department changed to the Department of Dairy Industry in 1928, then to the Department of Dairy and Food Industry in 1957. In 1961, it became the Department of Dairy and Food Industries and in 1969, the name and curriculum were changed to the Department of Food Technology. In 1990, the department merged with the Department of Food and Nutrition to form the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition.

Creator

Iowa State University

Source

9-13-F.Dairy.703-1-5

Publisher

Iowa State University Library Special Collections; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html

Date

1905
2007-03-28

Rights

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Relation

University Photographs; http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/collections/images.html

Format

Photograph
23.5 x 18.4 cm

Type

Still Image (color)
Image

Identifier

9-13-F.Dairy.703-1-5
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