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Development of Dairy Farm Engineering

Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison

ABSTRACT

Progress in dairy farming was well under way at the beginning of the 50-year period, 1906 to 1956. Scientific achievements and discoveries of the two or three decades preceding the date on which the American Dairy Science Association was founded brought into use the butterfat test for milk, the cream separator, improved forages, improved feeding practices for dairy cattle, herd health protection by the tuberculin test, improved sanitation, dairy cattle breeding for the improvement of production, pasteurization of milk, and a proven evaluation of milk and butter as a superior source of human food. The milking machine . and stainless steel had been invented but their use was to come later.

The Dairy Farm of 50 Years Ago

The dairy barn was also in for its fair share of attention. The discovery of tuberculosis in dairy herds and pathogenic organisms in milk which were causing epidemics and deaths in humans had focused attention on dark, filthy, poorly ventilated stables for dairy cows and this, in turn, had brought forth a crusade for improvement.