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This undated photograph of the Montevallo dairy was taken some time during the 1940s. The photograph depicts several dairy cows grazing in the pasture with the barn in the distant background. The dairy closed about ten years after this photo was…

Beginning on October 15, 1917 President Thomas Palmer entered into correspondence with the Hinman Milking Machine Company based in Oneida, New York. He was seeking information about purchasing a milking machine for the dairy farm at the Alabama…

The Holstein Friesian Association of America sent Alabama College (as The University of Montevallo was known from 1923 to 1969) a check on May 28, 1929. The check was made out for the amount of thirty dollars in prize money ( $435.29 in 2017). The…

This letter written in 1929 about Alabama College’s first dairy had been around for about 20 years at this point, but it had not been updated since it was first built. The letter is written by a building coordinator pleading with the board of…

Pictured here is the Alabama College’s herd of certified Holstein-Friesian cows at milking time. The twice-daily milking process took over an hour. After milking the cows were let out into the pasture to graze and walk around. The dairy was operated…

An advertisement sent to the Alabama College Business Manager, W.J. Bailey, for a Cow Blanket from the R. Laacke Company. There is a letter that precedes the advertisement which alludes to the fact that it is the third letter which was sent after the…

Alabama College had a herd of certified Holstein-Friesian cows. The prized cows of Alabama College brought great pride to the school and surrounding community. The cows won numerous state and regional awards for their milk production. In a ten month…

President Palmer and the board began discussions to buy property for a dairy on May 20, 1908. His idea for starting the dairy was "to furnish the school with good wholesome milk and butter at a reasonable cost." By 1913 the Alabama College Dairy was…