Dates, Dates, Dates

Question 1

First cows arrived at the Jamestown Colony

Answer 1

1611

Question 2

First cows arrived at the Plymouth Colony

Answer 2

1624

Question 3

First dairy cooperative in the U.S. organized in Goshen, Connecticut

Answer 3

1810

Question 4

First commercial cheese factory established in New York

Answer 4

1851

Question 5

First patent for condensed milk

Answer 5

1856

Question 6

First commercial butter factory established in New York

Answer 6

1856

Question 7

First successful condensery built by Gail Borden in Burrville, NY

Answer 7

1857

Question 8

Morrill Act enacted to create the Land Grant College System

Answer 8

1862

Question 9

American Jersey Cattle Club founded

Answer 9

1868

Question 10

American Guernsey Cattle Club founded

Answer 10

1877

Question 11

Centrifugal cream separator invented by Dr. Gustav DeLaval

Answer 11

1878

Question 12

Brown Swiss Breeders Association founded

Answer 12

1880

Question 13

Milk bottle invented by Dr. Harvey Thatcher in Potsdam, NY

Answer 13

1884

Question 14

Hoard’s Dairyman magazine first published

Answer 14

1885

Question 15

Holstein-Friesian Association of America formed

Answer 15

1885

Question 16

Automatic bottle filler and capper patented

Answer 16

1886

Question 17

Hatch Act enacted to create state agricultural experiment stations

Answer 17

1887

Question 18

Babcock test for butterfat developed

Answer 18

1890

Question 19

Pulsator invented

Answer 19

1895

Question 20

American Dairy Goat Association organized

Answer 20

1904

Question 21

First cow testing association in the U.S. organized in Michigan

Answer 21

1905

Question 22

American Dairy Science Association founded

Answer 22

1906

Question 23

First National Dairy Show held in Chicago

Answer 23

1906

Question 24

Brown Swiss cattle recognized as an official dairy breed in the U.S.

Answer 24

1906

Question 25

National Dairy Council organized

Answer 25

1906

Question 26

Smith-Lever Act signed establishing the Cooperative Extension Service

Answer 26

1914

Question 27

National Milk Producers Federation founded

Answer 27

1916

Question 28

Journal of Dairy Science first published

Answer 28

1917

Question 29

Capper-Volstead Act passed by Congress to empower farmers and agricultural producers to market, price, and sell their products through cooperative means

Answer 29

1922

Question 30

Cow Testing Association renamed Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA)

Answer 30

1927

Question 31

Hoard’s Dairyman cow judging contest begun

Answer 31

1931

Question 32

First plastic coated paper milk cartons introduced commercially

Answer 32

1932

Question 33

National Cooperative Sire Proving Program initiated

Answer 33

1935

Question 34

First dairy cattle A.I. organization in Denmark

Answer 34

1936

Question 35

First list of sires proven in DHIA testing published by USDA

Answer 35

1937

Question 36

Federal Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act, which provides for federal milk marketing orders, passed

Answer 36

1937

Question 37

Artificial insemination began in the U.S.

Answer 37

1938

Question 38

First A.I. cooperative in the U.S. organized in New Jersey by E. J. Perry

Answer 38

1938

Question 39

First bulk tanks used on farms

Answer 39

1938

Question 40

American Dairy Association founded

Answer 40

1940

Question 41

Purebred Dairy Cattle Association formed

Answer 41

1940

Question 42

National Association of Animal Breeders organized

Answer 42

1942

Question 43

PDCA Dairy Cow Unified Scorecard was first copyrighted

Answer 43

1943

Question 44

First edition of National Research Council’s Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle published

Answer 44

1945

Question 45

National Dairy Shrine founded

Answer 45

1949

Question 46

Computer first used to calculate DHIA records in Utah

Answer 46

1951

Question 47

First U.S. young sire sampling program established

Answer 47

1951

Question 48

First successful embryo transfer in dairy cattle

Answer 48

1951

Question 49

First commercial milk replacer for calves introduced

Answer 49

1951

Question 50

Frosty, the first U.S. calf resulting from frozen semen, was born

Answer 50

1953

Question 51

Flavor control equipment introduced commercially

Answer 51

1955

Question 52

National Mastitis Council founded

Answer 52

1960

Question 53

Commercial introduction of plastic milk jug

Answer 53

1964

Question 54

Red and White Dairy Cattle Association organized

Answer 54

1964

Question 55

National Dairy Herd Information Association organized

Answer 55

1965

Question 56

World Dairy Expo founded and holds first show

Answer 56

1967

Question 57

Nutrition labeling of fluid milk products begins

Answer 57

1974

Question 58

INTERBULL developed

Answer 58

1983

Question 59

Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act created National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and a 15-cent dairy check-off

Answer 59

1983

Question 60

Animal Model first used for USDA genetic evaluations

Answer 60

1989

Question 61

Bovine somatotropin, first product of biotechnology for animals, approved

Answer 61

1993

Question 62

Holstein-Friesian Association officially changes its name to Holstein Association USA, Inc.

Answer 62

1994

Question 63

Multi-trait Across Country Evaluations (MACE) for bulls implemented by INTERBULL

Answer 63

1995

Question 64

Dairy Calf and Heifer Association founded

Answer 64

1998

Question 65

First U.S. commercial robotic milker installed in Wisconsin

Answer 65

2000

Question 66

North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge established

Answer 66

2002

Question 67

Sexed semen becomes commercially available

Answer 67

2003

Question 68

Dairy Cattle Reproductive Council founded

Answer 68

2006

Question 69

Most recent revision of the PDCA Dairy Cow Unified Scorecard

Answer 69

2009

Question 70

Genomic predictions of genetic merit officially released by USDA-AIPL

Answer 70

2009

Question 71

Jersey Youth Academy established

Answer 71

2009

Question 72

Virginia 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Materials Page 4

Answer 72

2022

Question 73

Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding assumes responsibility for publishing U.S. dairy genetic evaluations

Answer 73

2013

Question 74

PDCA Showmanship Evaluation Card revised

Answer 74

2016

Question 75

Eighth revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle published

Answer 75

2021