American Dairy Science Association Announcements THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, BURLINGTON, VERMONT, JUNE 23-26, 1941 Call for Titles a~ld Abstracts See the January issue of our JOURXAL for the regulations. "The titles and abstracts must be in the hands of the program committee not later than April 15, 1941. This committee consists of Gten W. Ver- geront, University of Wisconsin, chairman of the program committee of the Extension Section; Walter V. Price, University of Wisconsin, chairman of the program committee of the Manufacturing Section; ~V. E. Petersen, University of Minnesota, chairman of the program committee of the Pro- duction Section; and E. S. Guthrie, Cornell University, general chairman. The titles and abstracts should be sent to the sectional chairman concerned." PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE To THE ~IEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN DAIRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION : Our association will soon be completing its thirty-fifth year of existence. Its history is a record of steady growth and increasing influence in a great industry. I am sure that" we can all be extremely proud of the preeminent position which it now holds. However there are still unlimited possibilities for further expansion. Membership in the association has increased from a mere handful of dairy instructors at the beginning to nearly 1500 workers throughout the industry at the present time. Each month over 2400 copies of the JOURNAL OF DAm¥ SCmNCE are mailed to subscribers. Such a wide dissemination of late scientific information must have an important influence in directin#' the work and thought of those associated with the dairy industry. Recent important steps have been taken to make the JOURNAT, of even greater value than in the past. The abstracting service has been revised in such a manner as to make it more complete and of improved quality. Due to the large number of papers presented to the JO~:RN~ OF DAIRY SCIENCE and the fact that they are published in the order of their acceptance, a given paper may not appear in print for several months after being submitted. This objection is being met by printing soon after the acceptance of a paper, an advance abstract which will give the work reported its desired priority. An index covering the first 20 volumes of the JotmN~ is well along in preparation. Back numbers of the JOURNAL which were out of print have been reproduced so that complete back volumes are now available. 17(3
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A m e r i c a n D a i r y S c i e n c e A s s o c i a t i o n A n n o u n c e m e n t s
T H I R T Y - S I X T H ANNUAL MEETING, U N I V E R S I T Y OF VERMONT, BURLINGTON, VERMONT, J U N E 23-26, 1941
Call for Titles a~ld Abstracts
See the J anua ry issue of our JOURXAL for the regulations. " T h e titles and abstracts must be in the hands of the program committee
not later than April 15, 1941. This committee consists of Gten W. Ver- geront, Universi ty of Wisconsin, chairman of the program committee of the Extension Section; Wal ter V. Price, Universi ty of Wisconsin, chairman of the program committee of the Manufactur ing Section; ~V. E. Petersen, Universi ty of Minnesota, chairman of the program committee of the Pro- duction Section; and E. S. Guthrie, Cornell University, general chairman. The titles and abstracts should be sent to the sectional chairman concerned."
P R E S I D E N T ' S M E S S AGE
To THE ~IEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN DAIRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION : Our association will soon be completing its thirty-fif th year of existence.
Its history is a record of steady growth and increasing influence in a great industry. I am sure that" we can all be extremely proud of the preeminent position which it now holds. However there are still unlimited possibilities for fu r the r expansion.
Membersh ip in the association has increased from a mere handful of dairy instructors at the beginning to nearly 1500 workers throughout the indust ry at the present time. Each month over 2400 copies of the JOURNAL OF DAm¥ SCmNCE are mailed to subscribers. Such a wide dissemination of late scientific information must have an important influence in directin#' the work and thought of those associated with the dairy industry.
Recent important steps have been taken to make the JOURNAT, of even greater value than in the past. The abstracting service has been revised in such a manner as to make it more complete and o f improved quality. Due to the large number of papers presented to the JO~:RN~ OF DAIRY SCIENCE and the fact that they are published in the order of their acceptance, a given paper may not appear in pr in t for several months af ter being submitted. This objection is being met by pr int ing soon af ter the acceptance of a paper, an advance abstract which will give the work reported its desired priority.
An index covering the first 20 volumes of the J o t m N ~ is well along in preparation. Back numbers of the JOURNAL which were out of pr in t have been reproduced so that complete back volumes are now available.
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180 AMERICAN DAIRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
While the JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE is an important phase of the work of the association it is not by any means its sole activity. Scores of our members are working diligently on committees to improve the work of the association and increase its scope of influence. One large committee is studying dairy curricula, the many questions of which our association should logically take the lead in answering. According to present plans a discussion of dairy curricula will have an important place on the program of the next annual meeting of our association. Other committees are work- ing on standard methods to be recommended for use in bacteriological and chemical analyses of dairy products and also methods for feed, feces, vita- min, enzyme, endocrine, blood and urine analysis. Committees on Breed Relations, Feed Specifications, Sanitary Procedure and Quality Improve- ment and many others are working to help solve the problems of the industry.
Already the dairy industry is looking to the association for help in the standardization of many practices. Score cards used in scoring dairy prod- ucts or dairy cattle, are those approved by the American Dairy Science Association. Rules for conducting students national contests in judging dairy cattle and dairy products and the general sponsorship of the contests are in the hands of our association. The dairy breed associations are now using methods of testing for production and for reporting production tests which in many cases have been recommended by our association and there is little doubt that much unification of the testing methods of the future can be accomplished through our committees which ~re constantly considering these problems.
One important activity of the American Dairy Science Association is the administration of the Borden Awards for outstanding research in the fields of dairy manufacturing and dairy production.
Due to the growth of the association and the diverse interests of its mem- bers the planning of a program for the annual meeting has become a real problem. There is inadequate time for the presentation of all the papers submitted. The present program committee proposes to solve this difficulty by the planning of symposia and the dividing of sectional programs into several sessions running simultaneously.
This year the summer meeting of the association is to be held at Burling- ton, Vermont, on June 23rd to 26th. This should provide an excuse for a most interesting and worth while trip for a large group of our members.
