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Robert H. Foote Honored

Professor Robert H. Foote, animal scientist at the New York College of Agriculture, Cor- nell University, received the New York Farmers Award Apri l 15, 1969, at a dinner a t the Knickerbocker Club in New York City. He was presented a bronze plaque and $500

and cited for his re- search in reproductive physiology and artifi- cial insemination and for i ts direct benefit to the animal industr ies of the country. This award is presented each year by a group of New York professional and business men in- terested in farming.

Professor Foote is a R. H. Foote nat ive of Gilead, Con-

necticut. He received the Rensselear Medal for highest achievement in mathematics and science from Windham High School in Will imantic. He graduated with honors in 1943 from the Universi ty of Connecticut. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Army during World W a r I I .

He was appointed to the Animal t :Insbandry s ta f f in 1950 af te r receiving the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University. In addit ion to his research, he teaches a basic course in reproduction and breeding and counsels about 25 undergraduate and graduate students.

In 1956 and 1964 he received traveling fel- lowships for a t tending internat ional congresses and for visi t ing research stations in Europe. In 1958-59 he spent a Sabbat ical leave on a Fulbr igh t Scholarship in Denmark.

During the past five years Professor Foote has led his department 's research program in developing improved scientific methods in all phases of artificial breeding with cattle. Un- der his direction improved techniques, equip- ment, and nutr ient mixtures for sperm dilu- t ion and storage have been developed making i t possible to achieve high conception rates in catt le with fewer numbers of sperm. Also, with colleagues, he is developing an electronic scanning device to detect early tissue changes leading to in fer t i l i ty in bulls. He has shown that the ova or eggs in female rabbi ts are completely formed in the newborn female, a condition that appears to be true in all farm animals. He has studied various conditions that affect embryo survival among animals, especially the influence of age.

Professor Foote is a contr ibutor to several books on reproduction and artificial insemina- tion and is author or co-author of more than 100 technical papers dealing with spermato- genesis, artificial insemination in cattle, swine, dogs, rabbits , and problems of infer t i l i ty and embryo development in cattle and experimental animals.

In 1968 he was presented the Professor of Merit Award by graduat ing seniors in the College of Agricul ture in recognition of his interest and excellence in teaching.

Professor Foote is a member of the Ameri- can Dairy Science Asociation, the American Society of Animal Science, the In ternat ional Fe r t i l i t y Association, the Society for the Study of Fer t i l i ty , and the Society for the Study of Reproduction. Also, he is a member of Sigma Xi, Phi K a p p a Phi, and Gamma Chi Epsilon fraterni t ies . He is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Science.

G. B. Marion Appointed to Southern Ill inois University Staff

Dr. G. B. Marion, professor of Dairy Science, Kansas State Universi ty at Manhattan, was appointed professor and chairman of the De-

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par tment of Animal Industries, Southern Illi- nois Universi ty at Carbondale, effective March 15, 1969.

Dr. Marion, a native of Marionville, On- tario, had been at Kansas since 1953. He was research associate at the Universi ty of Minne- sota from 1951 to 1953. He received the B.S. degree in Animal Husbandry from Cornell Universi ty in 1948, his M.S. and Ph.D. de- grees from the Universi ty of Wisconsin in 1949 and 1951, respectively.

His teaching and research areas of interest are reproductive physiology and milk secre- tion. He has published more than 30 papers in scientific journals and is a member of sev- eral professional and scientific organizations, including the American Dairy Science Asso- ciation, the American Society of Animal Sci- ence, the American Ins t i tu te of Biological Science, and others.

Professor J. E. Burnside was acting chair- man of the Depar tment of Animal Industr ies preceding Dr. Marion's tenure.

Alex Reed Accepts Assignment in Nepal

Professor Alex Reed, chairman of the de- par tment of Animal Industr ies at Southern Ill inois Universi ty in Carbondale since 1957, and a member of the facul ty since 1946, ae-

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cepted a two-year assignment in Nepal, Asia, effective August 1, 1968.

He is chief of the Universi ty 's educational team in Nepal under the U.S. Government 's AID Program.

American Forage and Grassland Council Celebrates Twenty-fifth Anniversary

The American Forage and Grassland Coun- cil, each year, plans for a joint symposimn with one of the professional societies during their annual meetings. In 1968, the sympo- sium was joint ly sponsored with the American Dairy Science Association. The 1969 sympo- sium on Forage Uti l izat ion will be joint ly sponsored by the American Society of Agri- cultural Engineers at their annual meeting at Purdue University, June 25, 1969. Special recognition of the Council's twenty-fifth bir th- day will be given at this joint meeting.

Every. three years the Council sponsors a National Grassland Fie ld Days and Confer- ence. The last three conferences were held at the Hershey Farms, Hershey, Pennsylvania, the Middl.e Tennessee Experiment Station, Co- lmnbia, Missouri, and the Universi ty of Ne- braska Field Labora tory near Mead, Nebraska. Much effort on the par t of cooperating de- par tments and agencies goes into the planning of such conferences in the development of field experiments and demonstrations involv- ing varieties, cultural practices, and harvest- ing machinery and equipment. Speaking pro- grams, field demonstrations, and educational displays are provided for visitors. The next National Grassland Fie ld Days will be joint ly sponsored by Oregon State Universi ty and the AFGC. Dates are June 23 to 27, 1971.

The Council regularly publishes Forage and Grassland Progress, a quarter ly report on new research developments, activities of the na- tional and state councils, and other informa- tion for individuals and firms having an in- terest in forage. In addition, the Council has over the years prepared many publications on specialized phases of production, harvesting, storage, utilization, and economics of forages.

A dairy commodity committee organized within the Council has as i ts objective the development and consolidation of research information on all aspects of forage relat ing to dai ry farming. The objective is to provide researchers, educators, and da i ry farmers the type of information which will result in eco- nomical production of milk and a viable dai ry industry.

Communications within the membership of

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a society and particularly between societies having' a common interest become an increas- ingly complex problem as individuals become more specialized in their endeaw)rs. To im- prove communications, ADSA representatives have been selected to establish liaison with several professional societies including the American Forage and Grassland Council.

The American Forage and Grassland Coun- cil was organized in 1944 with the major ob- jective of promoting cooperative efforts and improved eomnmnications among scientists and industry people having a common interest in forages. Financing has been through both corporate and individual membership.

Activities of the Council have included Na- tional Grassland Field Days and Conferences, joint symposia with several professional so- cieties, including the American Dairy Science Association and, more recently, Research-In- dustry Conferences.

The Research-Industry Conference was or- ganized for the purpose of improving commu- nications hetween research snd educational personnel, and industry people having a direct interest in forage. The last Research-Industry Conference was held in Chicago, February 4 and 5, 1969. Agricultural .engineers, agrono- mists, dairy nutritionists, farm managers, in- dustry representatives, and dairy farmers dis- cussed various phases of production, preserva- tion, and utilization of forage. At the close of each day's formal program, the audience was divided into discussion groups, with each group challenged to discuss and to prepare questions concerning one of the papers pre- sented. The consensus was that the goal of improved communications between various members attending had been achieved.

C. R. ~-IOGLUND Michiga~ State University~ East Lansing

Improved Writing

Scientific Wri t ing for Graduate S tudents - -A Manual on the Teaching of Scientific Writing, recently has been published by the Rockefeller Press, New York City. Dr. F. Peter Woodford and his committee consisting of E. B. Cook, E. L. Cooper, James Forbes, Theodore Mel- neeheek, and Marcus Roseublum have made a noteworthy and significant contribution.

This book was writ ten because Dr. Wood- ford's committee, the Council of Biological Editors, and editors of journals in this coun- try and abroad were keenly aware that many scientists could improve their writing and that some of them write poorly and often

carelessly; furthermore, that scientific writing should be taught as a part of the graduate t raining process. While this Manual was pre- pared for scientists, the lessons and principles so clearly stated may be applied to all areas of writing.

Undergraduate and graduate students in most universities in the United States receive a technical t ra ining that prepares them for professional careers. However, their t raining in writing' has been neglected.

Only a few universities provide a course to t ra in undergraduate and graduate students how to prepare papers and reports for busi- ness corporations, for the public, and for ap- plied and scientific publications. Students may receive the most thorough training in master- ing skills in science and technology that a graduate faculty can offer, but instruction in writing has not been emphasized as a neces- sary part of their training.

A course in writing will also help interna- tional students who return to their native countries to pursue teaching and research activities in many areas of the agricultural sciences, with eventual publication of their papers in English-language journals. Most of the scientists in the developed countries can read our language; however, some of them are not sufficiently prepared to write papers for our journals.

Colleges of agriculture should provide a course in applied and in scientific writing, to be taught by competent teachers. Experiment station and extension editors are ideally quali- fied to teach such a course because of their broad .experiences in the biological sciences and in the humanities, both of which com- prise ten or more departments in all agricul- tural colleges. These editors have been of much assistance to scientists in preparing publications of applied as well as of funda- mental research.

Training students to write clearly and con- cisely will result in a permanent contribution to education, industry, government, and to the general public. The well-written Manual by Dr. Woodford and his committee is en- thusiastically endorsed~ and should help in this direction.

--ERNEST 0. HERRE/D

What Constitutes a Primary Publication?

A committee chaired by Dr. E. B. Cook of the Council of Biological Editors has submitted the following definition of a primary publica- t ion: An acceptable primary scientific publi-

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cation must be the first disclosure containing sufficient information to enable peers to vali- date observations, to repeat experiments, and to evaluate intellectual processes; nmreover, i t must be capable of sensory perception~ es- sentially permanent, universal ly available to the scientific community, and available for regular screening by one or more of the major recognized secondary services (e.g., current ly Biological Abstracts , Chemical Abstracts , In- dex Medicus, Excerpta Medica, Bibl iography of Agriculture, etc., in the United States and similar facil i t ies in other countries).

During the past century the chief medium of communication among scientists has been the pr inted journals, known as pr imary publi- cations. These journals have established pri- or i ty of scientific observations and ideas. Ref- erence and retr ieval- type publications consist- ing of indices, abstract services, and other ways of providing summaries and wider dis- t r ibut ion have come to be called secondary publications.

During the past 20 years new methods for disseminating research results have been de- veloped, such as photographic reproduction, visual and aural electronic reproductions and, more recently, computer storage and retr ieval systems. These new developments have made it necessary to reconsider what constitutes a pr inmry publication.

Animal Nutrition Research Council Standards Available

Four Reference Standards have been pre- pared by the Animal Nutr i t ion Research Coun- cil for distr ibution by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention Inc. Specifically, these are the Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Vi tamin I(1, and Yolk Pigmentat ion Reference Stan- dards.

These s tandards are offered for use wherever there is need for biological assays for vita- min act ivi ty of the kind represented by the respective standard. They are expected to aid research, routine potency testing, and inter- laboratory collaboration generally, by provid- ing convenient, uniform, and stable sources of the four factors. They are in the form of free-flowing gelatin-stabil ized beadlets. In this form, the s tandards are suitable for the prepara t ion of uniform diet mixtures that re ta in full vi tamin potency well beyond the time limits of the test period.

The Animal Nutr i t ion Research Council Standards were designed and evaluated to meet the following cr i ter ia :

1. High purity. 2. High biological avail- ability. 3. Known content of biologically ac- tive isomers. 4. Adequacy of supply. 5. Ease of analysis by chemical proeedm, es. 6. Sta- bi l i ty as a component of feed mixtures. 7. Known relationship to present USP and In- ternat ional Standards.

The Vitamin A Reference Standard con- tains 10,000 USP units of vi tamin A activi ty per gram. I t is made from the USP Vitamin A Reference Standard, a solution of al l- trans vitamin A acetate in cottonseed oil.

The Vitamin E Reference Standard con- tains 50 Internat ional Units of vitamin E ac- tivity per gram as dl-a- tocopheryl acetate.

The Vitamin K1 Reference Standard con- tains 10 mg of vi tamin K1 (2-methyl-3-phytyl- 1,4-naphthoquinone) (Phytonadione, USP) per gram.

The Yolk Pigmentat ion S tandard contains 100 mg of fl-apo-8"-carotenal per gram.

All Standards are available in 50-g quanti- ties packed in amber bottles from U.S. Phar- macopeia Reference Standards, located at 4630 ~Iontgomery Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, for a nominal charge of $5 per bottle.

American Dairy Association f o r m s Research & Development Subsidiary

Election of officers of the American Dairy Association and the approval to fotTa a re- search and development subsidiary were im- por tant business actions taken at the organiza- t ion's 29th annual meeting in Chicago, March 31 to Apri l 2. Promotional plans for 1970 were revealed and a progress report on the establishment of regional offices was made to more than 600 people at tending the three-day meeting.

A new organization to conduct research and development programs for the dai ry industry, to be known as Dairy Res.earch Inc., will be formed by the American Dairy Association, which will operate it as a subsidiary. The Board of Directors will include representa- tives of the Association and other organiza- tions making major financial investments in the new research subsidiary. The National Dairy Council has indicated an interest in Dairy Research Incorporated for accelerated nutr i t ion research, but details of its involve- ment have not been finalized.

The American Dairy Association has pro- jected a goal of $5 million for research and development within the next five years and of approximately $18 million by 1975.

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New Board of Directors and Officers of the American Dairy Association are from lef t to right: $. L. McMullen, Clearwater. Florida, member-at-large; H. S. Purvis, Pleasant Hill, Missouri, secre- tary; E. N. Carter, Purcell, Oklahoma, president; R. S. Turner, Horseheads, New York, vice-presi- dent; E. C. Hanneman, Madison, South Dakota, treasurer; Herman Koenn, Chelsea, Michigan, as- sistant secretary-treasurer; and $. A. Moser, Louisville, Kentucky, member-at-large.

Kraf t Dairy Blend 100 in National

Distr ibution

K r a f t Dairy Blend 100, a mixture of 50% nonfat dry milk and 50% Kra fen spray-dr ied sweet whey, is now available to food proces- sors from K r a f t Foods.

The chief use of the pure dai ry product is in the manufacture of ice cream and frozen dessert products. I t can also be used in any product in which nonfat d ry milk is a prime ingredient, such as fresh, frozen, refr igerated, or dry-mix bakery products, in frozen sauces and in fillings, and in heat-processed canned sauces, soups, or baby foods.

in 1941. He taught vocational agriculture from 1941 to 1943. He served in Europe dur- ing World W a r I I and was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1946 with the rank of Master Sergeant.

The Mawers have three sons: Randy 27, Mike 21, and Mark 10. They reside at 512 De Fores t Street, De Forest , Wisconsin.

S. A. Mawer Joins American Breeders

Service Inc.

Steven A. ]~1awer has recent ly joined the advert is ing and public relat ions department of American Breeders Service Inc., De Forest , Wisconsin. He will be responsible for the or- ganization's entire da i ry advert is ing and sales promotion program.

Before becoming affiliated with the Ameri- can Breeders Service Inc., Mr. Mawer was fieldman for the Hols te in-Fr ies ian Association and editor of the Ohio Hols te in News. Before this assignment, he was associated with both Ohio-based catt le breeding organizations, serv- ing as an advert is ing manager, catt le sales supervisor, sire analyst , technician supervisor, and technician in a career that spanned 23 years.

Mr. Mawer was born and reared in Ohio. He graduated from The Ohio State Universi ty

S. A. Mawer J .C . Gross

Official Classifier for Hols te ins Named

John C. Gross of ]~'Iadison, South Dakota, has been appointed a classifier for the Hol- s te in-Friesian Association of America.

A Dairy Product ion-Animal Husbandry graduate of South Dakota Sta te Universi ty, Mr. Gross was a member of both the Dai ry and Livestock Judging Teams. His numerous activit ies included the student body presidency.

Mr. Gross's knowledge of registered Hol- steins was first acquired through the fami ly herd established by his grandfather , from which a la te r herd was bred from a founda- tion of 4-H projects.

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H. 1 ~. Ference Joins Holstein-Friesian Organization

l i e n r y E. Ferenee, Washington, Connecti- cut, has accepted a po- sition with the Hol- s te in-Fries ian Associa- tion. He will assume field staff responsibili- t i e s in M i n n e s o t a , North and South Da- kota, and Nebraska on June 1, 1969. He will coordinate breed pro-

It. F. :Perence motion, including both p e r s o n a l o n - t h e - f a r m

and group contacts, l i e earned his degree in Agricul ture from Wisconsin State Universi ty at River Fa l l s in 1968.

International Dairy Congress Plans

The In terna t ional Dairy Congress Commit- tee is making detailed plans for the X V I I I t h meeting, to be held in the Royal Agricul tural Society Showground in Sydney, Austral ia , Oc- tober 12 to 16, 1970.

The Aust ra l ian National Committee has f inal ized plans for the 54th Annual Sessions of the In ternat ional Dairy Federat ion, to be held at the National Science Centre in Mel- bourne, October 3 to 8, 1970.

The Edi tor ia l and Technical Committee for the Congress is arranging for the appointment of officials, the first task being the selection of Congress lecturers. The technical sessions will be held in nine half -day sessions during Con- gress week, in audi tor ia located about 200 meters from where the In ternat ional Dairy Equipment Exhibi t ion and the In ternat ional Programs of Dai ry Fi lms are to be shown.

Regis t ra t ion fees (American dollars) for the Congress for persons from IDF-memher countries are $60 for par t ic ipants and $45 for accompanying persons wishing to take par t in the social program. F o r persons from countries not members of IDF, the fees are $75 for par t ic ipants and $60 for accompany- ing persons.

The X V I I I t h Dai ry Congress will be the first one ever held outside of Europe.

Side Benefits from Milk Marketing Orders

Most adminis t ra tors of Federa l Milk Mar- ket ing Orders issue monthly bulletins contain- ing special information for da i ry farmers. In addition, the Program Analysis Branch of

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the Dairy Division in the USDA Consumer and Market ing Service publishes information con- cerning all Federa l milk order markets. Fo r example, there is no l imit under a Federa l milk order as to where a da i ry farmer may sell his milk. He is free to seek a market and sell where he chooses, providing he can ne- gotiate a sale. At tim.es one market may be more advantageous to him than another, l i e can get such information by referr ing to milk market ing orders.

Federa l milk orders require milk dealers to account to the dai ry farmer for milk weights, milk f a t tests, and the official blend price. The dealers must pay the farmer at least the price specified in the order. I f any deductions are made from a farmer ' s payment for hauling his milk, or for any other special service, these deductions must be agreed to by the farmer. This accounting of specific infor- mation must be furnished to the farmer each time he is paid, giving him a complete record.

l i . L. Fores t is director of the Dai ry Divi- sion, USDA, Washington, D.C.

Charles Prentice Appointed Carnation's Ohio Supervisor

Charles Prentice was appointed Ohio super- visor for Carnation's Breeding Service, effec- tive Apr i l 1, 1969. He had previously served as the company's representat ive in Arkansas and southwest Missouri for two years.

In his new position, Mr. Prentice will be responsible for coordinating Carnation's ar- tificial insemination program in Ohio, including sales, technician procurement and training, and direct sales and training.

His experience in da i ry farming began on the family farm near Phoenix, Arizona. Fol- lowing graduat ion he operated a farm near Phoenix. In 1953 he moved to Pra i r ie Grove in northwest Arkansas, where he owned and operated a dai ry farm. Becoming interested in artificial insemination and herd improve- ment, he was an AI technician for six years.

During World W a r I I Mr. Prent ice served in the U.S. Navy for more than three years in the South Pacific operations. I-Ie has been active in the Masons, Fu ture Farmers of America organization, American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

l~ational Dairy Products Corporation Renamed

Kraf tco Corporation is the new name of the National Dairy Products Corporation. This change was approved by stockholders at the

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company's annual meeting in Chicago, April 17, 1969. It will be the corporate parent of Kraft Foods, Breakstone-Sugar Creek Foods, IIumKo Products, and Metro Glass.

The name was changed from National Dairy Products because it was believed that the name was no longer descriptive of the corpo- ration's diversified and international opera- tions. Many of the corporation's products are of nondairy origin. The name, Krafteo Corporation, was chosen because it permits a wide range of possibilities for expansion and diversification.

The Kraftco Corporation's research and de- velopment laboratory is located in Glenview, Illinois.

Dairy Price Support Purchases Decrease

The Commodity Credit Corporation's dairy price support purchases in the 1968-69 mar- keting year were equivalent to 4.6 billion pounds of milk, compared to 7.0 billion pounds in 1967-68. In addition, the Department pur- chased the milk equivalent of 0.1 billion pounds of evaporated milk in 1968-69.

According to the USDA Report of April, 1969, the 1968-69 purchases were 4.2% of total marketings by farmers, compared to 6.2% in 1967-68. The decreased purchases were mainly due to 1.4% lower milk production and fewer imports. Imports in 1968-69 totaled about 1.7 billion pounds milk equivalent, compared with 2.1 billion pounds in 1967-68. Commercial consumption of milk and dairy products re- mained about the same.

3-A Committees Sign Amendment for Plastics Standard

Reinforced epoxy resins have been added to the established generic classes of plastics used for dairy equipment by an amendment signed April 28, 1968. Amendment num- ber 2,003 is the third for the purpose of adding a new class of resins to "3 -A Sanitary Stan- dards for Multiple-Use Materials Used as Product Contact Surfaces for Dairy Equip- ment, Serial Number 2,000." The Standard pro- vides criteria for evaluating cleanability and

re-use for a large group of plastics previously cleared for safety under the United States Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

3-A Standards are accepted in public health jurisdictions in nearly every town, city, and state in the United States. They are cited in the recommended Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance of the United States Public Health Service.

Thesis Completed • University of Georgia, Department of Dairy

Science

M.S. Degree Arthur Graham. Development and Consumer

Evaluation of a New Low-Fat Spread.

Dairy Technology Societies • G. Malcolm Trout, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University, and honored by that University; recipient of three major hon- ors from the American Dairy Science Associa- tion, of which he was president and holder of many offices and chairmanships of committees spanning more than 40 years; and world traveler, addressed the Illinois Dairy Tech- nology Society in Urbana May 14, 1969. His topic was, An African Safari.

• The Central Kentucky Society met in Har- rodsburg May 14. Arthur Alles, marketing manager for Vitex Laboratories, Newark, New Jersey, discussed direct acid-produced dairy products.

• The Tri-Cities Society met in Louisville, Kentucky, May 13. Arthur Alles spoke on the same topic to this group.

• The Central Michigan Society met in Grand Rapids, April 21. Professor W. Cummings of Michigan State University discussed commu- nications as they relate to supervisory prob- lems. Professor J. M. Jensen presented his research on the cleaning ability of stainless steel by various procedures at the Society's meeting in Saginaw May 21.

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