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Clarence Bronson Lane
1870–1929
A dairy scientist and government researcher, he wrote practical early-20th-century works on milk quality, certified milk, and dairy methods in the United States. His books capture a moment when modern food safety and scientific dairying were taking shape.
1 Audiobook
A city milk and cream contest as a practical method of improving the milk supply
by Clarence Bronson Lane, (Ivan Comings) Ivan C. Weld
About the author
Working in the United States around the turn of the 20th century, Clarence Bronson Lane wrote a series of agricultural and dairy publications focused on milk safety, quality, and production. Records of his books show subjects such as market milk investigations, certified milk, dairy cow records, and milking machinery, placing him firmly in the world of applied agricultural science.
Available biographical traces are limited, but a later Iowa State University biographical entry about his son describes Lane as a nationally known dairy bacteriologist and an assistant chief in the Dairy Division of the U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry in the early 1900s. That matches the government publications issued under his name and helps explain the practical, public-minded tone of his work.
For listeners today, Lane's writing offers more than technical history. It opens a window onto an era when cities were growing, food standards were evolving, and scientific research was becoming central to everyday public health.