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Processing butter, 1906

Processing butter, 1906

Title

Processing butter, 1906

Description

This photograph, taken in 1906 or 1907 in the Agricultural Annex, illustrates a group of students processing butter. They are shown removing butter from motorized butter churns and packing it into wooden tubs with liners. One student is leveling the butter in a tub while another seals a tub with a cover. All of the students are dressed in the traditional white jacket and trouser uniform 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.703-6-1

Publisher

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

Date

1906-1907
2007-04-06

Rights

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Relation

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

Format

Photograph
24.1 x 18.4 cm

Type

Still Image (color)
Image

Identifier

9-13-F.Dairy.703-6-1
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