starting out in old main, usu has had a creamery since its founding in 1888. students studying dairying and domestic arts applied to learn how to make both ice cream and cheeses. in 1921, gustav wilster began working with the college of agriculture, and by 1922, students were studying dairy technology, fluid milk processing, ice cream manufacture, dairy engineering, cheese manufacture, butter making, dairy facility inspection, and dairy product judging. wilster's students would go on to create casper's ice cream, farr's ice cream, and snelgrove's ice cream. in 1975, the nutrition and food sciences building was built, which is where aggie ice cream is housed today. aggie ice cream receives its milk from the caine dairy research and teaching center located near the wellsville mountains.