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People and Events in the Dairy Science World

Pioneers in the Dairy Industry

One important phase of the development of our industry has been the creation of the methods and equipment necessary for giving raw milk form utility. January, 1904, saw the beginning of a business enterprise, the Damrow Bros. Co. of Fond du Lac, Wis., that contributed much to this phase of the industry. After working for 4 years for A. J. DECKER, a manufacturer of cheese vats and the father of Professor JOHN DECKER, formerly a staff member of the dairy school at The Ohio State University, E. C. DAMROW at the age of 23 and his brother George started their own factory. In 1907 the company was incorporated to manufacture dairy equipment. The first year in business the company manufactured one 5,000-lb. noiseless water heating steam vat, which sold for $75. This type of vat, which was a radical departure from the conventional dry steam heating vat with a floating bottom, proved so popular that the following year the young company sold nine of their vats to their competitor's one.