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People and Events in the Dairy Science World

Pioneers in the Dairy Industry

Forty-five years ago a young graduate from the University of Wisconsin dairy herdsmen's short course arrived at Montana State College to assume the duties of dairy and beef cattle herdsman. J. O. TRETSVEN, now better known to the dairy industry as Oscar Tretsven, immediately began to build up the dairy herd and improve the management practices. The beef herdsman responsibilities were soon transferred to another man, which allowed Oscar to devote more time to his "first love," the dairy herd. He proved to be more than a herdsman. He always has been, and still is, a keen observer and student of unsolved problems related to breeding, feeding, and management of dairy cows.

Because of his superior accomplishments, he was granted increases in salary to a level beyond which the State Board of Education would not pay a staff member without a degree. To offset this, the dean of agriculture permitted Oscar to take college work on a limited basis along with his full-time job — the slow, hard way to earn a degree.