8/8/810 Guide to the Dairy Herd Improvement Association Summaries and Records Dairy Herd Improvement Association Summaries and R

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Guide to the Dairy Herd Improvement Association Summaries and Records 1925/9999 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Dairy Herd Improvement Association Summaries and Records 1925- 8/8/810 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Dairy Science 0.40 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

The establishment of a dairy at the University of Illinois was first recommended in 1876 in the Head Farmer's report.1 In 1902, Dairy Husbandry was recognized as an independent department under the College of Agriculture.2 The Department of Dairy Husbandry became the Department of Dairy Production in 1947.3 In 1949, the name of the Department was changed again and became the Dairy Science Department.4 In 1985, the department merged into the Animal Science Department.

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 8th Report, September 13, 1876, p. 202.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 22nd Report, October 25, 1902, p. 24.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 44th Report, October 30, 1947, p. 885.

4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 45th Report, April 21, 1949, p. 332.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Dairy Herd Improvement Association Milk Production
Administrative Information Accruals:

9/63

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological

Scope and Contents

Printed annual Summaries of Illinois Dairy Herd Improvement Associations, including the reports of dairy herd testers and form production records of cooperators in the DHIA projects; lists of the local associations, a history of the state association and the number of herds in the project.

The series includes IDHA records, minutes of meetings and bylaws.