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![]() Did you know: * An average 1,000 lb steer produces about 430 lbs of beef * About 77% of all American restaurants have hamburgers on the menu * People on every continent raise cattle * There are more cows than people in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and Ireland * The word "daughter" corresponds to the Greek word "thaughter," or "the milker" * An average American consumes 65 lbs of beef each year Each day the dairy cow can produce up to:
14 lbs cheese or, 5 gal ice cream or, 6 lbs butter
Milestones of Milk History in the U.S.
1624 Cows reach Plymouth Colony 1841 First regular shipment of milk by rail 1856 Pasteur experiments start 1856 Gail Borden rec'd first patent on condensed milk 1857 First successful condensery built by Gail Borden 1878 Continuous centrifugal cream separator invented by Dr. Gustov De Laval 1884 Milk bottle invented by Dr. Harvey Thatcher, Potsdam, NY 1886 Automatic bottle filler & capper patented 1890 TB testing of dairy herds introduced 1890 Babcock perfected test for fat content of milk/cream 1892 Certified milk originated by Dr. Henry Coit 1895 First commercial pasteurizing machines introduced 1908 First compulsory pasteurization law (Chicago) 1911 Automatic rotary bottle filler & capper perfected 1914 Tank trucks first used for transporting milk 1919 Homogenized milk sold successfully in Torrington, Conn. 1932 Ways of increasing Vit. D in milk made practicable 1938 First farm bulk tanks for milk began to replace cans 1942 Every-other-day milk deliver started as a conservation measure 1946 Vacuum pasteurization method perfected 1948 UHT pasteurization introduced 1948 First plastic coated paper milk cartons introduced commercially 1964 Plastic milk container introduced commercially 1974 Nutrition labeling of fluid milk products
Cows are not indigenous to America. Columbus brought cattle with him on
his second voyage to the New World. Due to the high loss of human life
when the pilgrams made their voyages, it became English law that each
ship destined for the new world had to carry one cow for each five
passengers. The ships's captain would then sell the cattle and that
would bring the captain a little income. However, this practice also
introduced disease into our population. In 1843, a New Yorker by the
name of Peter Dunn purchased a cow from a sea captain. The cow was
incubating the disease called Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP).
That cow infected others and resulted in huge livestocklosses in three
major epidemics over a 40 year period. In fact, the sole reason the USDA
was formed (called the Bureau of Animal Industry or BAI at that time) was
to combat and eradicate CBPP. Jokes | Puzzles | Updates | WebRings |