Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameMaud WYCKOFF , F
Death26 Mar 1896
Spouses
Birth20 Dec 1860, Brewer, Penobscot, ME
Death22 Mar 1934, Madison, Dane, WI
BurialForest Hill Cemetery; Madison, Dane, WI
FatherJoseph Rider FARRINGTON , M (1830-1897)
MotherElizabeth Ellen HOLYOKE , F (1832-1895)
Notes for Edward Holyoke (Spouse 1)
• Professor of dairy husbandry ...
• He graduated from the Univ. of Maine (B.S., 1881; M.S., 1885), and Yale Univ. (M.S., 1882).
• He served as a chemist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (1883-1889), and held a similar position in Illinois (1890-1894).
• In 1894 he came to the Univ. of Wisconsin as professor of dairy husbandry, and served in this capacity until his retirement to emeritus status in 1927.
• He wrote extensively on the science and chemistry of dairying and contributed to the knowledge of testing milk, butter, and other dairy products.
• Who's Who in Amer., 16 (1930); R. G. Thwaites, ed., Univ. of Wis. (Madison, 1900); W. H. Glover, Farm and College (Madison, 1952); Madison Wis. State Journal, Mar. 22, 1934.
• Farrington, Edward Holyoke. A Guide to Quality in Dairy Products : A Reference Book for the Butter Maker, the Cheese Maker, the Ice Cream Maker and the Dairy Farmer. 1st ed.  Madison, Wis. : Mendota, 1927. 247 p.
• Farrington, Edward Holyoke.  Testing Milk and Its Products : A Manual for Dairy Students, Creamery and Cheese Factory Operators, Food Chemists and Dairy Farmers.  Madison, Wis: Mendota Book Company, 1897-1930 (Editions 1-27) (Early editions do not include "food chemists" in the sub-title.)

Publidhed Books:
An acid test of cream

Dairying experiments

Investigations of "milk tests"

Milk tests : methods of testing milk

Some new points in the manipulation of the Babcock milk test

Testing milk and its products : a manual for dairy students, creamery and cheese factory operators, food chemists and dairy farmers

Testing milk and its products : a manual for dairy students, creamery and cheese factory operators, food chemists, and dairy farmers

Testing milk and its products; a manual for dairy students, creamery and cheese factory operators, food chemists and dairy farmers

Testing milk and its products; a manual for dairy students, creamery and cheese factory operators, food chemists, and dairy farmers

Testing milk and its products. a manual for dairy students, creamery and cheese factory operators, food chemists and dairy farmers

Variations in milk
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