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Annual Meeting—August 19–23, 1963
Association Notes ANNUAL MEETING—AUGUST 19-23, 1963 The fifty-second annual meeting of the Poultry Science Association was held at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, August 19th to 23rd. The total registration was 970 including wives and children, with 663 members and guests attending the scientific sessions.
The officers, board members, committee members and representatives (including those whose term of office has not expired) elected at the annual meeting, appointed by the President or by the Executive Committee, were: President—J. C. Driggers, Poultry Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. First Vice-President—H. D. Branion, Department of Nutrition, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Second Vice-President—A. J. G. Maw, Department of Poultry Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Directors—T. E. Hartung, Department of Poultry Husbandry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (1965). R. G. Jaap, Department of Poultry Husbandry, 674 West Lane Avenue, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio (1965). E. I. Robertson, John W. Eshelman and Sons, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (1964). C. S. Shaffner, Department of Poultry Husbandry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (1964). J. W. West, Department of Poultry Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (1965). Secretary-Treasurer—C. B. Ryan, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M. University, College Station, Texas. Membership Committee—G. E. Bearse (Chairman, 1964), T. C. Byerly (1965), R. G. Jaap (1967), D. C. Hill* (1964), A. J. G. Maw* (1965), C. H. Moore* (1967), C. S. Shaffner (1966), W. C. Skoglund* (1966). (This Committee consists of the four immediate Past Presidents and four elected Members. An asterisk denotes an elected Member. The Committee elects its own Chairman.)
Editor—H. D. Branion, Department of Nutrition, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Associate Editors—L. R. Berg, Western Washington Experiment Station, Puyallup, Washington. W. E. Briles, DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc., DeKalb, Illinois. B. R. Burmester, Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, Animal Husbandry Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 3600 East Mt. Hope Rd., East Lansing, Michigan. O.J. Cotterill, Department of Poultry Husbandry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. L. Z. Eggleton, Department of Poultry Science, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. C. E. Howes, Department of Poultry Husbandry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blackburg, Virginia. A. A. Klose, Poultry Products Division, Western Regional Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany 6, California. E. C. Naber, Department of Poultry Husbandry, 674 West Lane Avenue, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio. A. W. Nordskog, Department of Poultry Science, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. A. R. Robblee, Department of Animal Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. D. J. Richey, Poultry Disease Research Centre, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. M. L. Sunde, Department of Poultry Husbandry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. A. van Tienhoven, Department of Poultry Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. H. S. Weiss, Department of Poultry Science, Rutgers-The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Publication Committee—The Editor, Associate Editors, the President, and Secretary-Treasurer. Research Awards Committee—C. F. McClary (Chairman, 1964), J. V. Craig (1966), H. M. Edwards Jr. (1965), D. Fromm (1964), and H. M. Scott (1966). Poultry Science Research Award Committee—W. O. Wilson (Chairman, 1964),D. de Fremery (1964),
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OFFICERS, BOARD, COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES
Editorial Board of Poultry Science
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ence—D. V. Frost (Chairman), S. C. King, and H. L. Orr. Committee on Disposal of Poultry Waste—-W. R. Jenkins (Chairman), M. R. Dunk, C. E. Ostrander, J. L. Skinner, J. V. Spencer, and A. R. Winter. Auditing Committee—L. Z. Eggleton (Chairman), R. K. Noles, and L. A. Wilhelm. Resolutions Committee—O. E. Goff (Chairman), R. Harms, and J. McGinnis. Representatives to National Organizations National Research Council—H. R. Bird. Poultry and Egg National Board—C. H. Koonz. American Institute of Biological Sciences—A. M. Guhl. Council of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science—W. E. Shaklee. FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS The 53rd annual meeting will be held at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 4 to 7, 1964. The 54th annual meeting will be held at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, August 2 to 6, 1965. The 55th annual meeting will be held at Utah State University, Logan, Utah, and the* 56th annual meeting at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. ANNUAL DUES The annual dues for the A ssociation for 1964 will be nine dollars, payable on or before January 1, 1964. The following executive directive is brought to the attention of all members: "Unless dues are paid by January 1st, Poultry Science will be withheld. Unless dues are paid by June 1st, membership will be considered to have lapsed, and the individual will have to apply to the Secretary-Treasurer for reinstatement. Upon payment of dues before June 1st, the withheld copies of the journal will be sent. Late payment of dues after January 1st will require payment of an additional three dollars." POULTRY SCIENCE F. W. Hill who has served as Associate Editor for 3 years, from Volume 40,1961, to Volume 42, 1963, inclusive, resigned. Six Associate Editors were appointed—W. E. Briles, 0 . J. Cotterill, L. Z. Eggleton, D. J. Richey, M. L. Sunde, and A. van Tienhoven. Author and Subject Matter Indices for Volumes 31 to 40, inclusive, have been prepared by Dr. R. K. Cole, Department of Poultry Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. They are printed in this issue. Copies of these indices may be purchased
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H. Fisher (1965), M. R. Kare (1966), and H. S. Siegel (1966). Ralston Purina Teaching Award Committee—E. G. Buss (Chairman, 1964), R. I. Leach (1966), J. Long (1964), E. S. Snyder (1966), and M. L. Sunde (1965). Pfizer Extension Award Committee—W. A. Aho (Chairman, 1964), D. D. Bragg (1966), J. C. Hammond (1964), A. W. Jasper (1966), and H. C. Whelden Jr. (1964). Committee on Fellows—A. R. Winter (Chairman, 1964), J. R. Cavers (1964), W. M. Insko Jr. (1965), J. H. Martin (1966), J. H. Quisenberry (1966). National Turkey Federation Award Committee—J. Long (Chairman, 1963), J. A. Harper (Chairman-elect, 1964), C. W. Carlson (1965), and R. N. Shoffner (1966). (The Chairman-elect takes office on January 1, 1964.) Nominating Committee—R. G. Jaap (Chairman), and Past Presidents in attendance at the annual meeting. Constitution Committee—H. D. Bramon (Chairman), D. R. Clandinin, H. W. Garren, T. M. Huston, and A. J. G. Maw. Committee on Relationship of the Poultry Science Association to World's Poultry Science Association—A. W. Brant (Chairman), H. R. Bird, J. R. Cavers, J. M. Gwin, G. C. Hodgson, and A. S. Johnson. Technical Committee for the Poultry and Egg National Board—R. H. Forsythe (Chairman, 1964), R. L. Baker (1968), O. J. Cotterill (1966), E. O. Essary (1967), and C. H. Koonz (1965). Poultry and Egg National Board Award Committee— L. E. Dawson (Chairman), R. H. Forsythe, H. Lineweaver, K. N. May, and G. F. Stewart. Ralston Purina Fellowship Committee—W. M. Insko, Jr. James E. Rice Library Committee—J. M. Gwin. Industry Committee for Poultry Science—W. H. Ott (Chairman), F. M. Crane, W. W. Cravens, R. G. Eaton, G. F. Godfrey, H. G. Luther, G. D. Rapp, A. B. Rogers, and R. WhiteStevens. Poultry Careers Committee—C. E. Howes (Chairman), J. C. Gilbreath, R. I. Leach,-M. L. Sunde, and M. C. Sweet. Committee on Youth Science Projects—D. W. Talmadge (Chairman), D. W. MacLaury, G. D. Quigley, F. D. Rollins, and E. A. Shano. Committee on Poultry Science Abstracts—R. H. Forsythe (Chairman), H. D. Branion, D. J. Bray, H. M. Edwards Jr., and P. B. Siegel. Committee on Use of Metric System for Poultry Sci-
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from C. B. Ryan, Secretary-Treasurer, The Poultry Science Association, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas, at $3.00 per copy. Bound copies of Volume 42 will be sold at $19.75 per copy, postpaid. BORDEN AWARD The Borden Award, of one thousand dollars and a gold medal, was presented to Harold M. Scott, Professor, Department of Animal Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. This Award is given as an achievement award, i.e., for distinctive contributions to poultry science advancement, covering a period of not more than seven years preceding the annual award. The citation read in part: "During the seven year period which was considered for this award, Dr. Scott was the author or co-author of 43 scientific articles in the field of poultry nutrition. His work has been fundamental in nature and has explored carefully many problems important to the poultry industry. He has investigated the cause of the growth responses in chicks associated with the feeding of fish meal and egg yolk. He has studied extensively the
He was President of the Poultry Science Association in 1948 and was made a Fellow in 1957. He is a member of the American Institute of Nutrition, the Animal Nutrition Research Council, American Genetics Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi. A.F.M.A. AWARD The American Feed Manufacturers Association Award, instituted by the Nutrition Council, and consisting of one thousand dollars and a plaque, was presented to Dr. Charles H. Hill, Professor, Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina. This Award is given for original, distinctive work demonstrating sound research in poultry nutrition. Research work published in the three preceding calendar years is considered for the award. The citation read, in part: "During the three years covered by the Award, Dr. Hill was author or co-author of 12 research publications. These research publications not only show originality and imagination but indicate a keen insight into the
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H. M. SCOTT
Winner of the Borden A ward
feeding of lactose and the toxic effect of its constituent sugar, galactose. Dr. Scott has made extensive studies of the amino acid requirements of chicks and has been successful in the use of amino acid mixtures as w-ell as proteins for chick growth studies. He has also studied the mineral needs of chickens, factors influencing the deficiency of vitamin E in chickens and the effect of diet upon serum cholesterol in laying hens." The presentation of the Award was made by W. J. Monson on behalf of the Borden Company Foundation, Inc. Dr. Scott was born at Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1901. He received a B.S. degree at Oregon State College in 1924, a M.S. degree at Kansas State College in 1927, and a Ph.D. degree at the University of Illinois in 1938. He was Graduate Assistant at Kansas State College from 1926 to 1927, Instructor in Poultry Husbandry at North Dakota State College from 1927 to 1928, Assistant Professor at Kansas State College from 1928 to 1936, Associate at the University of Illinois from 1936 to 1938, and Associate Professor at Kansas State College from 1938 to 1940. From 1941 to 1947 he was Professor and Head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry at the University of Connecticut. In 1947 he was appointed Professor of Animal Science and Head of the Poultry Division at the University of Illinois. In 1955 he was the recipient of the American Feed Manufacturers Association Award of the Poultry Science Association.
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"Since chicks fed high protein diets were more susceptible to Salmonella gallinarum infection, extensive studies were conducted to investigate the possibility that there might be an association between protein level and changes in blood citric acid concentration due to ACTH or other stressors. These experiments showed that ACTH administration, cold stress, and heat stress caused an increase in blood citric acid concentration, and that this increase is dependent upon a protein level in the diet in excess of 10 percent. Under a condition of acute starvation, however, a dietary protein level of 30 percent delayed the rise in blood citric acid concentration compared to that which occurred when the diet contained 10 percent or 20 percent protein." "Dr. Hill has conducted studies in which copper and iron deficiency in chicks has been carefully differentiated based upon: the type of anemia, feather pigmentation, and heart cytochrome oxidase activity. His studies with zinc and copper indicate that low levels of zinc may accentuate copper deficiency and indicate that growth, mortality and anemia are the best criteria of copper deficiency in chicks, growth being the most sensitive criterion. Dr. Hill has also reported results of experiments on the effect of administration methods and techniques on response of chicks to ACTH. He also has reported on the toxicity of Crotalaria spectabilis and Crotalaria giant striata to chickens." The presentation was made by H. L. VVilcke on
C. H.
HILL
Winner of the American Feed Manufacturers A ssociation A ward
behalf of the American Feed Manufacturers Association. Dr. Hill was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1921.[He'!obtained a B.S. degree at Colorado A and M College in 1948, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. degree at Cornell University in 1949*and 1951, respectively. He was Research Assistant Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at Nebraska University for a year. In 1952 he was appointed Associate Professor of Poultry Nutrition at North Carolina State College, becoming Professor in 1959. He was a guest investigator at the Rockefeller Institute, New York, N. Y., in 1961 and 1962. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, the American Institute of Nutrition, the American Chemical Society, the New York Academy of Science, Sigma Xi and Gamma Sigma Delta. POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION RESEARCH AWARD The Poultry Science Association Research Award of two hundred dollars was presented to Dr. Grover C. Harris, Jr., Assistant Professor, Univer-
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basic philosophy underlying nutritional problems today. His work on the interrelationships of diseasenutrition has been truly pioneering in nature. While this problem has been often talked about and discussed, Dr. Hill can be classified as a true leader in attacking this problem in the avian species." "His early work indicated that the vitamin levels required for maximum resistance of chicks to fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum) were considerably higher than required for maximum growth rate. This work showed the specificity associated with these vitamin requirements as evidenced by the fact that vitamin K needs increased over 50-fold while the requirements for certain other vitamins increased only two-fold. The level of protein in the diet was also found to play a role in Salmonella gallinarum infection, in that as the level of protein in the diet was increased from suboptimal to excessive levels, a progressive increase in the rate of mortality of chicks, fed these diets, from Salmonella gallinarum infection was noted. Such factors as energy content of the diet, protein source, route of infection of the chicken were carefully studied so that the protein effect did not appear to be a simple meeting of pathogen and diet in the intestinal tract."
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THE PFIZER EXTENSION TEACHING AWARD
G. C. HARRIS, J R .
Winner of the Poultry Science Association Research Award
sity of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Arkansas. This Award is given to an active or associate member of the Association, who, in the preceding calendar year, has, as sole or senior author, published outstanding research. Nominees shall not have attained forty years of age by the end of the calendar year in which the award is made. The citation read in part: " . . . for work done at the University of Maryland. He, with Dr. F. H. Wilcox, conducted a fundamental study of carbohydrate metabolism in chicken spermatozoa. Optimum conditions were carefully established and the use of a variety of carbohydrates was investigated by three separate parameters: lactic acid production, carbohydrate disappearance and change in pH. The results were correlated in terms of biochemical pathways to provide a basis for understanding carbohydrate metabolism. This study is an important contribution in the field of reproductive physiology. The award was based upon the article in Poultry Sci. 41:409-416, 1962, entitled'The Carbohydrate Metabolism of Chicken Semen'." Dr. Harris was born in Belington, West Virginia,
The Pfizer Extension Teaching Award, of one thousand dollars and a scroll, was presented to Denver D. Bragg, Extension Poultry Specialist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. This Award is given for an outstanding program of work conducted by an active or associate member or members in the field of poultry extension. The citation read in part: "Mr. Bragg was largely responsible for the development of a new extension project of close cooperation with the Virginia State Poultry Federation and the Virginia Department of Agriculture, designed to develop efficiently operating poultry units, with operators being continually informed of latest developments in efficient production, disease control, and marketing methods. He designated ten areas of operation within the State, helped develop local committees of operation, and was largely responsible for a smoothly operating organization, utilizing new extension ideas. Two general educational meetings and several specialized will be held annually in each of the ten districts. This organization helped prepare the Virginia poultry industry for the difficult period just passed and to equip the industry to survive that period. The operational methods and the financial organization of the poultry industry of Virginia is, as a result, among the soundest in the nation at the present time." "Mr. Bragg has shown exceptional foresight in his early leadership in recommending the utilization of farm refrigeration, bulk feeding, use of homegrown grains with concentrate supplement, and the economics of better housing conditions for poultry flocks. He has also taken a leading position in attempting to develop a cooperative selling of surplus eggs by egg handlers to help prevent serious price
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in 1931. He obtained a B.S. and a M.S. degree at West Virginia University in 1952 and 1956, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree at the University of Maryland in 1960. He served with the U. S. Air Force from 1952 to 1954 as a First Lieutenant. He was Graduate Assistant in Poultry Genetics at West Virginia, 1954 to 1956. He was Assistant County Agent in North Carolina from June to November, 1956, and Extension Instructor at the University of Maryland from 1956 to 1960. Since 1960 he has been Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Industry and Veterinary Science at the University of Arkansas. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Sigma Xi.
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The presentation was made by W. P. Crawford on behalf of Chas. Pfizer and Company, Incorporated. Mr. Bragg was born in Duffey, West Virginia, in 1915. He received a B.S. degree at the University of West Virginia in 1940, and a M.S. degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1953. Following graduation, he was a feed salesman until December, 1940. From that time until February, 1942, he was County Farm Supervisor with the Farm Security Administration. He served with the U. S. Army from 1942 to 1946, being discharged with the rank of Captain. He served the West Virginia Agricultural Extension Service as County 4-H Club Agent, Assistant County Agent, and Associate County Agent from 1946 to 1949. In 1949 he joined the staff of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute as Extension Poultry Specialist. From 1949 to 1957, he was responsible for youth work in poultry. In 1957 Mr. Bragg assumed responsibilities for the direction of extension poultry activities in Virginia, during a vacancy in the position of Department Head. Since then he has continued to carry much of the leadership in the adult extension program and has had complete responsibility for the development of such in the Virginia commercial egg activity. In 1957 he was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia State Poultry Federation, and from 1958 to 1963 has served on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Egg Council. RALSTON PURINA TEACHING AWARD The Ralston Purina Teaching Award, of one thousand dollars and a plaque, was presented to Richard I. Leach, Head of the Department of
D. D. BRAGG
Winner of the Pfizer Extension Teaching A ward
Poultry Science, California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, California. This Award recognizes the fact that excellence in teaching is basic to the future welfare of the poultry industry. It is given to an active or associate member who, over a period of years, has demonstrated outstanding success as a teacher. . The citation read, in part, as follows: "Professor Leach has been a 'one man army' for recruiting young men to specialize in poultry at his institution. Many departments are envious of his ability to attract and hold students. This is evidenced by the number of graduates this department has had throughout the years. Students from his department have obtained four Ph.D.'s, 8 Masters degrees, and at the present time there are six students from his department taking graduate work at various institutions. His department has one of the largest student groups of any in the Western States. His department teaches 17 courses for students." "Professor Leach has developed an accelerated poultry short course for I.C.A. students which helps reduce the food shortage problem in certain foreign countries." "He has also written some of the early circulars on career opportunities for students trained in
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depressions resulting from competitive selling of these surpluses." "His excellence in establishing contact with those with whom he works is well demonstrated by the fact that annually he is selected to serve as instructor at Communication Schools at the county level over the State. He is active on various committees designed to develop the annual meetings of the Extension Agents' Conference, Institute of Rural Affairs, Agricultural Exposition, and the Poultry Career Day. He is an active participant on the committee designated to study and re-evaluate the role of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Virginia's agriculture. He has served as Chairman of the committee responsible for developing and arranging the annual series of County Agent Poultry Training Schools and Poultry Servicemen's Schools throughout Virginia. His unique organizational ability has been an important contributing factor to the successful conduction of these varied activities."
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poultry science. Some of these have been used as patterns by other institutions." "He is highly regarded by his administrators and his fellow workers. Each year the Poultry Club holds a banquet for returning alumni. A reception is held in Professor Leach's home following the banquet. Problems, both industrial and personal, have been discussed until 5 a.m. On one of these occasions one graduate said, 'Many of us here tonight have had some measure of success in our chosen field, but none can claim the success that certainly must be in the heart of Mr. Leach, who can measure the results of his work by looking at the group at this banquet'." The presentation was made by J. D. Sykes on behalf of the Ralston Purina Company. Professor Leach was born in Minot, North Dakota, in 1909. He received a B.S. degree at Montana State College in 1931. He took additional work at Fresno State College and California Slate Polytechnic College. While in college he operated his own commercial poultry plant and worked during the summers as a feed sales and service man for Sweet & Company, Bozeman, Montana. He was appointed Instructor in Poultry Husbandry, California State Polytechnic College in 1931, and became Professor and Head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry in 1935. As Depart-
Professor Leach is a member of the Poultry Science Association, World's Poultry Science Association, California Egg Council, American Poultry and Hatchery Federation, Poultry and Egg National Board, and Alpha Gamma Rho. INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN POULTRY INDUSTRIES AWARD The Institute of American Poultry Industries Award, consisting of one thousand dollars and a plaque, was presented to Dr. Kenneth N. May, Associate Professor, Poultry and Food Technology Departments, University of Georgia, Athens, and Cooperative Agent, Market Quality Research Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Award is granted, in oddnumbered years, for outstanding work over a threeyear period in the field of poultry and egg products technology. The citation read, in part, as follows: "During the three-year period covered by the Award, Dr. May has authored seven papers, and in addition, coauthored nine papers. Also during this period, he has
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R. I. LEACH
Winner of the Ralston Purina Teaching A ward
ment Head from 1935 to 1962, he has developed a teaching program through Project Method (Teaching Poultry Husbandry by the Project Method. Poultry Sci. 18: 188-191, 1939) that has provided opportunities for students to practice good industry techniques along with their college studies. He expanded this Project Method into the Agricultural Enterprise Program, which is one of the unique teaching methods of California State Polytechnic College. This program aids the student in coordinating practical production phases of the industry with his college courses in science and allied fields. In addition to his formal teaching and counselling of poultry majors, Professor Leach has served for the past 31 years as Advisor to the Poultry Club. He has also served on a number of College Committees, among them being: Teacher Education Committee, College Curriculum Committee, Agricultural Division Committee, College Counselling Service Committee, Agricultural Product Committee, and Council of Administrative Personnel. He is an HonoraryState Farmer (F.F.A.), Poly Royal Poultry Advisor, Poultry State Judging Finals Chairman, and Member and annual Conference Chairman of the California Agriculture Teaching Association. He is a member of the Pacific Poultry and Dairy Association Research Committee, and Western Poultry Congress Youth Careers Committee. He served on Secretary of Agriculture Benson's Broiler Advisory Committee, acts as judge at poultry shows, and is a commercial poultry ranch owner, developing the male line for a meat breed.
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B. R. BlTRMESTER
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963 Louisiana State University, from 1952 to 1954, and for 8 months served as Assistant State Poultry Supervisor, Louisiana State Poultry Improvement Plan. From 1954 to 1956 he was Research Associate, Poultry Department, Louisiana State University, from 1956 to 1958, Graduate Assistant, Poultry Department, Purdue University. In 1958 he was appointed Assistant Professor, Poultry and Food Technology Departments, University of Georgia, and Cooperative Agent, Meat Quality Research Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, becoming Associate Professor in 1962. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, Institute of Food Technologists, American Society for Microbiology, World's Poultry Science Association, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Zeta. FELLOWS
K. N. MAY Winner of the Institute of American Poultry Industries Award
Five members of the Association were made Fellows. They were: B. R. Burmester, Research Biologist, Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, Poultry Research Branch, Animal Husbandry Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, East Lansing, Michigan; O. E. Goff, Head, Department of Poultry,
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co-authored three Experiment Station research bulletins and presented eight papers at scientific meetings. Dr. May has conducted work in the areas of processing losses and meat yields of chickens, chemical composition of poultry meat, nutritive value of eggs, microbiology of poultry processing, tenderness of poultry meat, freeze dehydration of chicken meat, and biochemistry and physiology of bruised tissues. In addition to his research, he has assisted in the communication of research results to the industry in his State." The presentation was made by Harold M. Williams on behalf of the Institute of American Poultry Industries. Dr. May was born at Livingston, Louisiana, in 1930. He received a B.S. degree and a M.S. degree at Louisiana State University in 1952 and 1955, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree at Purdue University in 1959. He was the recipient of the J. T. Gibbons Award as the outstanding Poultry Student in 1952, and of the Gamma Sigma Delta Junior Scientist Research Award in 1963. He was Graduate Assistant, Poultry Department,
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; J. E. Humphrey, Extension Specialist in Poultry, Agricultural Extension Service, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; J. H. Quisenberry, Head, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas; and E. S. Snyder, Professor, Department of Poultry Science, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The title "Fellow" is granted for professional distinction only. BEN R. BURMESTER was born in Petaluma, California, in 1910. He received a B.S. degree, a M.A. degree, and a Ph.D. degree at the University of California in 1932, 1933 and 1936, respectively. In 1951 he received a D.V.M. degree at Michigan State University. From 1934 to 1936, while working toward his Ph.D. degree, he was a part time teacher at the University of California, Berkeley. He was Instructor in Animal Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, from 1936 to 1940. Since 1940 he has been Physiologist, Biologist and Research Biologist at the Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture, East Lansing. Dr. Burmester has become an international
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O. E. GOIT
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963
authority on avian leukosis. His major accomplishments include much that is known on the transmission of avian visceral lymphomatosis, the role of egg transmission of the virus, the demonstration of passive immunity in chicks from dams that have been inoculated with the virus through neutralization tests, and studies concerning the oncogenic spectrum of the avian leukosis viruses. He has received many honors including the Poultry Science Association Research Award in 1940, the Sigma Xi Junior Research Award in 1948, the Tom Newman International Award for Poultry Husbandry Research in 1956, the U.S.D.A. Superior Service Award in 1957, the Borden Award of the Poultry Science Association in 1957, and the Sigma Xi Senior Research Award in 1963. This last was presented in May for meritorious research in virology. He is author or co-author of 118 research papers. Dr. Burmester is an Associate Editor of Poultry Science and Guest Editor, Cancer Research and Journal of National Cancer Institute. He is a Member of the Virology and Rickettsiology Study Section, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health. In addition to the Poultry Science Association, he is a member of the Worlds' Poultry Science Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Cancer Research, American Veterinary Medical Association (Chairman of the Section on Poultry), American Association of Avian Pathologists (President, 1963), Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases of North America, New York Academy of Science, and Sigma Xi. OLLIA E. GOFF was born in Antlers, Oklahoma, in 1905. He received a B.S. degree at Oklahoma A and M College, now Oklahoma State University, in 1927, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. degree at Louisiana State University in 1938 and 1945, respectively. He taught Vocational Agriculture in Heavener, Oklahoma, from 1927 to 1930, and was instrumental in interesting the community in passing a bond issue for the purchase of a farm on which the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station established the Heavener Agricultural Experiment Station. From 1930 to 1936 he was Cooperative Instructor and Assistant Poultry Husbandman, Oklahoma State University, and was Manager of the Oklahoma Egg Laying Test, initiating a breeding program for entrants by mating test hens to superior males. He was Field Manager of the Oklahoma Poultry Improvement Association before establishment of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
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J. E. HUMPHREY
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963 Committee Chairman for the Annual Meeting of the Association in 1951. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the World's Poultry Science Association, Alpha Zeta (having been Faculty Advisor at Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee), Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi (having been Secretary, Vice-President and President of the Tennessee Chapter). JAMES E. HUMPHREY was born in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1894. He is a veteran of World War I, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky in 1923. He was appointed Field Agent in Poultry in September, 1923, and has worked in Poultry Extension until the present, with the exception of one year when he was a Coordinator of the National Poultry Improvement Plan. In 1924 he helped organize the Certified Breeders' Association in Kentucky ten years before the national organization of poultry improvement work. In 1925 a state organization was started to implement the provisions of the uniform "Manhattan" plan of poultry improvement proposed by the late
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To develop a more reliable method of control, he prepared and distributed a fowl pox vaccine to cooperative poultrymen throughout Oklahoma. In 1935 he established and operated a hatchery and feed store in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. During 1936 he was Superintendent of the Poultry Farms, Oklahoma State University. In 1937 he was awarded a Freeport Sulfur Company research grant for poultry research at Louisiana State University. In 1941 he joined the staff of Louisiana State University, in charge of the Poultry Teaching Unit, becoming Associate Professor in 1945. In 1947 he was appointed Head of the newlyformed Department of Poultry at the University of Tennessee. He is an outstanding teacher who inspires his students as well as staff members to put forth their best efforts. He is author or co-author of over seventy Experiment Station bulletins, technical papers, and popular articles dealing with poultry research. His research has included studies in the control of coccidiosis using sulphur, and other materials, in the development of many new specialty items for poultry products, and numerous studies in the fields of nutrition, genetics, and management. In addition to developing an excellent poultry research facility, he has developed a well-rounded Poultry Department at the University of Tennessee. He has assisted in the formation of each of the statewide organizations and has been an officer in each since they started. He organized the Tennessee Random Sample Laying Test and is the Test Supervisor. He was responsible for the creation of the Southern Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest in 1947 and has been the Manager for thirteen of its fifteen years of operation. He has served as National Executive Secretary of the Intercollegiate Poultry Club, State Secretary for the American Poultry and Hatchery Federation, and has served as Chairman of the Committee of Random Sample Tests for the Council of American Official Poultry Tests. He has been Secretary and Chairman of the Poultry Section of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers and served for two years on the Board of Directors. He is Secretary-Treasurer of the Tennessee Poultry and Egg Federation and the Tennessee Egg Producers Association and a member of the Tennessee Poultry Improvement Board. Dr. Goff served as Director of the Poultry Science Association in 1949-1951 and 1955-1957. He was Second Vice-President in 1952-1953, First VicePresident in 1953-1954, and President in 195-4-1955. He has been a Member and Chairman of the Extension Awards Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Membership Committee, and was Host
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M. A. Jull. In 1935 this organization became the official state agency. Mr. Humphrey has been contact representative for Kentucky since 1938. He is also a Director of the Association and SecretaryTreasurer of the Kentucky Turkey Association. He has labored long and tirelessly with the young people of the State. He has assisted County Agents and Vocational Agriculture teachers in developing poultry judging teams, some of which have won Stale and National honors. He served for seven years as Chairman of the Committee which arranges and conducts the Invitational Inter-State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest held in Chicago each year. He is a recognized judge of chickens and turkeys and has appeared at most of the national shows and many of the state shows as judge. He is a Past President of the Kentucky Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, and received the Meritorious Service Award of this fraternity. He also was recognized by the Kentucky Agricultural Extension Service "for long and faithful service." An administrative colleague's recommendation for the Meritorious Service Award concluded with these words, "the big accomplishments by Jim were not those he stacked up beside his own name, but
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J. H . QuiSENBERRY
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963
the many things the rest of us have been able to do because of his untiring efforts." JOHN HENRY QUISENBERRY was born in Gainesville, Texas, in 1907. He obtained a B.S. degree at Texas A and M College in 1931, a M.S. degree and a Ph.D. degree at the University of Illinois in 1933 and 1937, respectively. He served as Research Assistant at the University of Illinois, 19311936; Associate Professor of Genetics at the A and M College of Texas, 1936-1945; Head of the Poultry Department, University of Hawaii, 1945-1946; and since 1946 has been Head of the Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M University. He is a Past President of the Poultry Science Association and the local chapters of Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and the American Association of University Professors. Dr. Quisenberry is the author or co-author of 95 scientific and 37 popular publications and is a member of numerous scientific organizations and professional societies. He is currently serving as Research Director of the American Poultry and Hatchery Federation and as a Consultant to government and private agencies. He has conducted much research on the nutritional and managerial requirements of egg production stocks, and currently is working on avian water metabolism and the development of embryos in plastic shells. He currently directs the research programs of six graduate students and contacts other students in the Department of Poultry Science through the seminar courses he teaches. The graduate level of the Department has been expanded to include the Ph.D., and the large number of degrees will attest to the strength of this program. EARLE STANLEY SNYDER was born on a farm near Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario, in 1893. He received a B.S.A. degree at the Ontario Agricultural College (University of Toronto) in 1918, and a M.Sc. degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1923. Following graduation he joined the staff of the Department of Poultry Husbandry, Ontario Agricultural College, as Demonstrator. He served as Plant Foreman and Extension Specialist, becoming Lecturer in 1927, Associate Professor in 1940 and Professor in 1946. He retired from the permanent staff on August 14, 1963, but is on a 6-month appointment to finish writing a bulletin on poultrymeat. His enthusiasm and hard work have won him the respect and admiration of hundreds of students during his many years as a teacher and research worker. He has lectured to students in the degree courses in Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, and Household Science, as well as to Summer School Courses for Teachers and Short Courses. During the Second
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E. S. SNYDER
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963 been active in church development, and a Sunday School teacher and Superintendent. His success is, in no small way, due to his application of Christian principles to everyday living.
Annual Meeting of the Association, 1964 Time and Place The 53rd annual meeting will be held at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul 1, Minnesota, August 4-7. Program Committee General Chairman—R. K. Ringer, Department of Poultry Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Chairman-Elect—Charles F. Hall, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas. Extension—W. C. Mills, Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina. Environment—J. E. Parker, Department of Poultry Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Genetics—R. E. Cook, Southern Regional Poultry Breeding Project, U. S. Department of Agriculture, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Instruction—T. H. Coleman, Department of Poultry Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Marketing—W. W. Marion, Department of Poultry Science, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. Nutrition—C. W. Carlson, Department of Poultry Science, South Dakota State College, Brookings, South Dakota. Patholog)—J. M. Dixon, Department of Veterinary Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Physiology—W. G. Hunsaker, Animal Research Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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World War he lectured at the Royal Canadian Air Force School of Cookery at Guelph. In 1948 his teaching load was reduced so that he might devote more time to investigational work on poultry products. A Poultry Products Laboratory was established in the Department of Poultry Husbandry in 1949, with Professor Snyder in charge. His advice has been widely sought by persons engaged in the production, processing, grading, and merchandising of poultry products. For several years he has been a member of the Sub-Committee on Meat and Animal Products of the Committee on Food Preservation, National Research Council of Canada. He has served for many years as a Member of the Poultry Products Committee of the Royal Winter Fair. He was one of those primarily concerned in the introduction and popularization of chicken barbecuing. He was an Associate Editor of Poultry Science for Volumes 23 to 27, inclusive. In 1946 he received the Poultry Science Association Teaching and Extension Award, and in 1960 received the Research Achievement Award of the Poultry and Egg National Board. In addition to numerous popular and semi-popular publications, Professor Snyder has published a large number of scientific papers. He is well known throughout the world for his excellent bulletins and circulars on eggs and poultry meats. A charter member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, Kitchener, and Representative to Conrad Grebel College of the University of Waterloo, he has
The officers, board members, committee members and representatives (including those whose term of office has not expired) elected at the annual meeting, appointed by the President or by the Executive Committee, were: President—J. C. Driggers, Poultry Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. First Vice-President—H. D. Branion, Department of Nutrition, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Second Vice-President—A. J. G. Maw, Department of Poultry Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Directors—T. E. Hartung, Department of Poultry Husbandry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado (1965). R. G. Jaap, Department of Poultry Husbandry, 674 West Lane Avenue, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio (1965). E. I. Robertson, John W. Eshelman and Sons, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (1964). C. S. Shaffner, Department of Poultry Husbandry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (1964). J. W. West, Department of Poultry Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (1965). Secretary-Treasurer—C. B. Ryan, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M. University, College Station, Texas. Membership Committee—G. E. Bearse (Chairman, 1964), T. C. Byerly (1965), R. G. Jaap (1967), D. C. Hill* (1964), A. J. G. Maw* (1965), C. H. Moore* (1967), C. S. Shaffner (1966), W. C. Skoglund* (1966). (This Committee consists of the four immediate Past Presidents and four elected Members. An asterisk denotes an elected Member. The Committee elects its own Chairman.)
Editor—H. D. Branion, Department of Nutrition, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Associate Editors—L. R. Berg, Western Washington Experiment Station, Puyallup, Washington. W. E. Briles, DeKalb Agricultural Association, Inc., DeKalb, Illinois. B. R. Burmester, Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, Animal Husbandry Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 3600 East Mt. Hope Rd., East Lansing, Michigan. O.J. Cotterill, Department of Poultry Husbandry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. L. Z. Eggleton, Department of Poultry Science, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. C. E. Howes, Department of Poultry Husbandry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blackburg, Virginia. A. A. Klose, Poultry Products Division, Western Regional Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany 6, California. E. C. Naber, Department of Poultry Husbandry, 674 West Lane Avenue, Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio. A. W. Nordskog, Department of Poultry Science, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. A. R. Robblee, Department of Animal Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. D. J. Richey, Poultry Disease Research Centre, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. M. L. Sunde, Department of Poultry Husbandry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. A. van Tienhoven, Department of Poultry Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. H. S. Weiss, Department of Poultry Science, Rutgers-The State University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Publication Committee—The Editor, Associate Editors, the President, and Secretary-Treasurer. Research Awards Committee—C. F. McClary (Chairman, 1964), J. V. Craig (1966), H. M. Edwards Jr. (1965), D. Fromm (1964), and H. M. Scott (1966). Poultry Science Research Award Committee—W. O. Wilson (Chairman, 1964),D. de Fremery (1964),
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OFFICERS, BOARD, COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES
Editorial Board of Poultry Science
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ence—D. V. Frost (Chairman), S. C. King, and H. L. Orr. Committee on Disposal of Poultry Waste—-W. R. Jenkins (Chairman), M. R. Dunk, C. E. Ostrander, J. L. Skinner, J. V. Spencer, and A. R. Winter. Auditing Committee—L. Z. Eggleton (Chairman), R. K. Noles, and L. A. Wilhelm. Resolutions Committee—O. E. Goff (Chairman), R. Harms, and J. McGinnis. Representatives to National Organizations National Research Council—H. R. Bird. Poultry and Egg National Board—C. H. Koonz. American Institute of Biological Sciences—A. M. Guhl. Council of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science—W. E. Shaklee. FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS The 53rd annual meeting will be held at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, August 4 to 7, 1964. The 54th annual meeting will be held at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, August 2 to 6, 1965. The 55th annual meeting will be held at Utah State University, Logan, Utah, and the* 56th annual meeting at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. ANNUAL DUES The annual dues for the A ssociation for 1964 will be nine dollars, payable on or before January 1, 1964. The following executive directive is brought to the attention of all members: "Unless dues are paid by January 1st, Poultry Science will be withheld. Unless dues are paid by June 1st, membership will be considered to have lapsed, and the individual will have to apply to the Secretary-Treasurer for reinstatement. Upon payment of dues before June 1st, the withheld copies of the journal will be sent. Late payment of dues after January 1st will require payment of an additional three dollars." POULTRY SCIENCE F. W. Hill who has served as Associate Editor for 3 years, from Volume 40,1961, to Volume 42, 1963, inclusive, resigned. Six Associate Editors were appointed—W. E. Briles, 0 . J. Cotterill, L. Z. Eggleton, D. J. Richey, M. L. Sunde, and A. van Tienhoven. Author and Subject Matter Indices for Volumes 31 to 40, inclusive, have been prepared by Dr. R. K. Cole, Department of Poultry Husbandry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. They are printed in this issue. Copies of these indices may be purchased
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H. Fisher (1965), M. R. Kare (1966), and H. S. Siegel (1966). Ralston Purina Teaching Award Committee—E. G. Buss (Chairman, 1964), R. I. Leach (1966), J. Long (1964), E. S. Snyder (1966), and M. L. Sunde (1965). Pfizer Extension Award Committee—W. A. Aho (Chairman, 1964), D. D. Bragg (1966), J. C. Hammond (1964), A. W. Jasper (1966), and H. C. Whelden Jr. (1964). Committee on Fellows—A. R. Winter (Chairman, 1964), J. R. Cavers (1964), W. M. Insko Jr. (1965), J. H. Martin (1966), J. H. Quisenberry (1966). National Turkey Federation Award Committee—J. Long (Chairman, 1963), J. A. Harper (Chairman-elect, 1964), C. W. Carlson (1965), and R. N. Shoffner (1966). (The Chairman-elect takes office on January 1, 1964.) Nominating Committee—R. G. Jaap (Chairman), and Past Presidents in attendance at the annual meeting. Constitution Committee—H. D. Bramon (Chairman), D. R. Clandinin, H. W. Garren, T. M. Huston, and A. J. G. Maw. Committee on Relationship of the Poultry Science Association to World's Poultry Science Association—A. W. Brant (Chairman), H. R. Bird, J. R. Cavers, J. M. Gwin, G. C. Hodgson, and A. S. Johnson. Technical Committee for the Poultry and Egg National Board—R. H. Forsythe (Chairman, 1964), R. L. Baker (1968), O. J. Cotterill (1966), E. O. Essary (1967), and C. H. Koonz (1965). Poultry and Egg National Board Award Committee— L. E. Dawson (Chairman), R. H. Forsythe, H. Lineweaver, K. N. May, and G. F. Stewart. Ralston Purina Fellowship Committee—W. M. Insko, Jr. James E. Rice Library Committee—J. M. Gwin. Industry Committee for Poultry Science—W. H. Ott (Chairman), F. M. Crane, W. W. Cravens, R. G. Eaton, G. F. Godfrey, H. G. Luther, G. D. Rapp, A. B. Rogers, and R. WhiteStevens. Poultry Careers Committee—C. E. Howes (Chairman), J. C. Gilbreath, R. I. Leach,-M. L. Sunde, and M. C. Sweet. Committee on Youth Science Projects—D. W. Talmadge (Chairman), D. W. MacLaury, G. D. Quigley, F. D. Rollins, and E. A. Shano. Committee on Poultry Science Abstracts—R. H. Forsythe (Chairman), H. D. Branion, D. J. Bray, H. M. Edwards Jr., and P. B. Siegel. Committee on Use of Metric System for Poultry Sci-
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from C. B. Ryan, Secretary-Treasurer, The Poultry Science Association, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas, at $3.00 per copy. Bound copies of Volume 42 will be sold at $19.75 per copy, postpaid. BORDEN AWARD The Borden Award, of one thousand dollars and a gold medal, was presented to Harold M. Scott, Professor, Department of Animal Science, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. This Award is given as an achievement award, i.e., for distinctive contributions to poultry science advancement, covering a period of not more than seven years preceding the annual award. The citation read in part: "During the seven year period which was considered for this award, Dr. Scott was the author or co-author of 43 scientific articles in the field of poultry nutrition. His work has been fundamental in nature and has explored carefully many problems important to the poultry industry. He has investigated the cause of the growth responses in chicks associated with the feeding of fish meal and egg yolk. He has studied extensively the
He was President of the Poultry Science Association in 1948 and was made a Fellow in 1957. He is a member of the American Institute of Nutrition, the Animal Nutrition Research Council, American Genetics Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Xi. A.F.M.A. AWARD The American Feed Manufacturers Association Award, instituted by the Nutrition Council, and consisting of one thousand dollars and a plaque, was presented to Dr. Charles H. Hill, Professor, Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina. This Award is given for original, distinctive work demonstrating sound research in poultry nutrition. Research work published in the three preceding calendar years is considered for the award. The citation read, in part: "During the three years covered by the Award, Dr. Hill was author or co-author of 12 research publications. These research publications not only show originality and imagination but indicate a keen insight into the
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H. M. SCOTT
Winner of the Borden A ward
feeding of lactose and the toxic effect of its constituent sugar, galactose. Dr. Scott has made extensive studies of the amino acid requirements of chicks and has been successful in the use of amino acid mixtures as w-ell as proteins for chick growth studies. He has also studied the mineral needs of chickens, factors influencing the deficiency of vitamin E in chickens and the effect of diet upon serum cholesterol in laying hens." The presentation of the Award was made by W. J. Monson on behalf of the Borden Company Foundation, Inc. Dr. Scott was born at Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1901. He received a B.S. degree at Oregon State College in 1924, a M.S. degree at Kansas State College in 1927, and a Ph.D. degree at the University of Illinois in 1938. He was Graduate Assistant at Kansas State College from 1926 to 1927, Instructor in Poultry Husbandry at North Dakota State College from 1927 to 1928, Assistant Professor at Kansas State College from 1928 to 1936, Associate at the University of Illinois from 1936 to 1938, and Associate Professor at Kansas State College from 1938 to 1940. From 1941 to 1947 he was Professor and Head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry at the University of Connecticut. In 1947 he was appointed Professor of Animal Science and Head of the Poultry Division at the University of Illinois. In 1955 he was the recipient of the American Feed Manufacturers Association Award of the Poultry Science Association.
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"Since chicks fed high protein diets were more susceptible to Salmonella gallinarum infection, extensive studies were conducted to investigate the possibility that there might be an association between protein level and changes in blood citric acid concentration due to ACTH or other stressors. These experiments showed that ACTH administration, cold stress, and heat stress caused an increase in blood citric acid concentration, and that this increase is dependent upon a protein level in the diet in excess of 10 percent. Under a condition of acute starvation, however, a dietary protein level of 30 percent delayed the rise in blood citric acid concentration compared to that which occurred when the diet contained 10 percent or 20 percent protein." "Dr. Hill has conducted studies in which copper and iron deficiency in chicks has been carefully differentiated based upon: the type of anemia, feather pigmentation, and heart cytochrome oxidase activity. His studies with zinc and copper indicate that low levels of zinc may accentuate copper deficiency and indicate that growth, mortality and anemia are the best criteria of copper deficiency in chicks, growth being the most sensitive criterion. Dr. Hill has also reported results of experiments on the effect of administration methods and techniques on response of chicks to ACTH. He also has reported on the toxicity of Crotalaria spectabilis and Crotalaria giant striata to chickens." The presentation was made by H. L. VVilcke on
C. H.
HILL
Winner of the American Feed Manufacturers A ssociation A ward
behalf of the American Feed Manufacturers Association. Dr. Hill was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1921.[He'!obtained a B.S. degree at Colorado A and M College in 1948, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. degree at Cornell University in 1949*and 1951, respectively. He was Research Assistant Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at Nebraska University for a year. In 1952 he was appointed Associate Professor of Poultry Nutrition at North Carolina State College, becoming Professor in 1959. He was a guest investigator at the Rockefeller Institute, New York, N. Y., in 1961 and 1962. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, the American Institute of Nutrition, the American Chemical Society, the New York Academy of Science, Sigma Xi and Gamma Sigma Delta. POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION RESEARCH AWARD The Poultry Science Association Research Award of two hundred dollars was presented to Dr. Grover C. Harris, Jr., Assistant Professor, Univer-
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basic philosophy underlying nutritional problems today. His work on the interrelationships of diseasenutrition has been truly pioneering in nature. While this problem has been often talked about and discussed, Dr. Hill can be classified as a true leader in attacking this problem in the avian species." "His early work indicated that the vitamin levels required for maximum resistance of chicks to fowl typhoid (Salmonella gallinarum) were considerably higher than required for maximum growth rate. This work showed the specificity associated with these vitamin requirements as evidenced by the fact that vitamin K needs increased over 50-fold while the requirements for certain other vitamins increased only two-fold. The level of protein in the diet was also found to play a role in Salmonella gallinarum infection, in that as the level of protein in the diet was increased from suboptimal to excessive levels, a progressive increase in the rate of mortality of chicks, fed these diets, from Salmonella gallinarum infection was noted. Such factors as energy content of the diet, protein source, route of infection of the chicken were carefully studied so that the protein effect did not appear to be a simple meeting of pathogen and diet in the intestinal tract."
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THE PFIZER EXTENSION TEACHING AWARD
G. C. HARRIS, J R .
Winner of the Poultry Science Association Research Award
sity of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Arkansas. This Award is given to an active or associate member of the Association, who, in the preceding calendar year, has, as sole or senior author, published outstanding research. Nominees shall not have attained forty years of age by the end of the calendar year in which the award is made. The citation read in part: " . . . for work done at the University of Maryland. He, with Dr. F. H. Wilcox, conducted a fundamental study of carbohydrate metabolism in chicken spermatozoa. Optimum conditions were carefully established and the use of a variety of carbohydrates was investigated by three separate parameters: lactic acid production, carbohydrate disappearance and change in pH. The results were correlated in terms of biochemical pathways to provide a basis for understanding carbohydrate metabolism. This study is an important contribution in the field of reproductive physiology. The award was based upon the article in Poultry Sci. 41:409-416, 1962, entitled'The Carbohydrate Metabolism of Chicken Semen'." Dr. Harris was born in Belington, West Virginia,
The Pfizer Extension Teaching Award, of one thousand dollars and a scroll, was presented to Denver D. Bragg, Extension Poultry Specialist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. This Award is given for an outstanding program of work conducted by an active or associate member or members in the field of poultry extension. The citation read in part: "Mr. Bragg was largely responsible for the development of a new extension project of close cooperation with the Virginia State Poultry Federation and the Virginia Department of Agriculture, designed to develop efficiently operating poultry units, with operators being continually informed of latest developments in efficient production, disease control, and marketing methods. He designated ten areas of operation within the State, helped develop local committees of operation, and was largely responsible for a smoothly operating organization, utilizing new extension ideas. Two general educational meetings and several specialized will be held annually in each of the ten districts. This organization helped prepare the Virginia poultry industry for the difficult period just passed and to equip the industry to survive that period. The operational methods and the financial organization of the poultry industry of Virginia is, as a result, among the soundest in the nation at the present time." "Mr. Bragg has shown exceptional foresight in his early leadership in recommending the utilization of farm refrigeration, bulk feeding, use of homegrown grains with concentrate supplement, and the economics of better housing conditions for poultry flocks. He has also taken a leading position in attempting to develop a cooperative selling of surplus eggs by egg handlers to help prevent serious price
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in 1931. He obtained a B.S. and a M.S. degree at West Virginia University in 1952 and 1956, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree at the University of Maryland in 1960. He served with the U. S. Air Force from 1952 to 1954 as a First Lieutenant. He was Graduate Assistant in Poultry Genetics at West Virginia, 1954 to 1956. He was Assistant County Agent in North Carolina from June to November, 1956, and Extension Instructor at the University of Maryland from 1956 to 1960. Since 1960 he has been Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Industry and Veterinary Science at the University of Arkansas. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Sigma Xi.
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The presentation was made by W. P. Crawford on behalf of Chas. Pfizer and Company, Incorporated. Mr. Bragg was born in Duffey, West Virginia, in 1915. He received a B.S. degree at the University of West Virginia in 1940, and a M.S. degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1953. Following graduation, he was a feed salesman until December, 1940. From that time until February, 1942, he was County Farm Supervisor with the Farm Security Administration. He served with the U. S. Army from 1942 to 1946, being discharged with the rank of Captain. He served the West Virginia Agricultural Extension Service as County 4-H Club Agent, Assistant County Agent, and Associate County Agent from 1946 to 1949. In 1949 he joined the staff of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute as Extension Poultry Specialist. From 1949 to 1957, he was responsible for youth work in poultry. In 1957 Mr. Bragg assumed responsibilities for the direction of extension poultry activities in Virginia, during a vacancy in the position of Department Head. Since then he has continued to carry much of the leadership in the adult extension program and has had complete responsibility for the development of such in the Virginia commercial egg activity. In 1957 he was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia State Poultry Federation, and from 1958 to 1963 has served on the Board of Directors of the Virginia Egg Council. RALSTON PURINA TEACHING AWARD The Ralston Purina Teaching Award, of one thousand dollars and a plaque, was presented to Richard I. Leach, Head of the Department of
D. D. BRAGG
Winner of the Pfizer Extension Teaching A ward
Poultry Science, California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, California. This Award recognizes the fact that excellence in teaching is basic to the future welfare of the poultry industry. It is given to an active or associate member who, over a period of years, has demonstrated outstanding success as a teacher. . The citation read, in part, as follows: "Professor Leach has been a 'one man army' for recruiting young men to specialize in poultry at his institution. Many departments are envious of his ability to attract and hold students. This is evidenced by the number of graduates this department has had throughout the years. Students from his department have obtained four Ph.D.'s, 8 Masters degrees, and at the present time there are six students from his department taking graduate work at various institutions. His department has one of the largest student groups of any in the Western States. His department teaches 17 courses for students." "Professor Leach has developed an accelerated poultry short course for I.C.A. students which helps reduce the food shortage problem in certain foreign countries." "He has also written some of the early circulars on career opportunities for students trained in
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depressions resulting from competitive selling of these surpluses." "His excellence in establishing contact with those with whom he works is well demonstrated by the fact that annually he is selected to serve as instructor at Communication Schools at the county level over the State. He is active on various committees designed to develop the annual meetings of the Extension Agents' Conference, Institute of Rural Affairs, Agricultural Exposition, and the Poultry Career Day. He is an active participant on the committee designated to study and re-evaluate the role of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Virginia's agriculture. He has served as Chairman of the committee responsible for developing and arranging the annual series of County Agent Poultry Training Schools and Poultry Servicemen's Schools throughout Virginia. His unique organizational ability has been an important contributing factor to the successful conduction of these varied activities."
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poultry science. Some of these have been used as patterns by other institutions." "He is highly regarded by his administrators and his fellow workers. Each year the Poultry Club holds a banquet for returning alumni. A reception is held in Professor Leach's home following the banquet. Problems, both industrial and personal, have been discussed until 5 a.m. On one of these occasions one graduate said, 'Many of us here tonight have had some measure of success in our chosen field, but none can claim the success that certainly must be in the heart of Mr. Leach, who can measure the results of his work by looking at the group at this banquet'." The presentation was made by J. D. Sykes on behalf of the Ralston Purina Company. Professor Leach was born in Minot, North Dakota, in 1909. He received a B.S. degree at Montana State College in 1931. He took additional work at Fresno State College and California Slate Polytechnic College. While in college he operated his own commercial poultry plant and worked during the summers as a feed sales and service man for Sweet & Company, Bozeman, Montana. He was appointed Instructor in Poultry Husbandry, California State Polytechnic College in 1931, and became Professor and Head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry in 1935. As Depart-
Professor Leach is a member of the Poultry Science Association, World's Poultry Science Association, California Egg Council, American Poultry and Hatchery Federation, Poultry and Egg National Board, and Alpha Gamma Rho. INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN POULTRY INDUSTRIES AWARD The Institute of American Poultry Industries Award, consisting of one thousand dollars and a plaque, was presented to Dr. Kenneth N. May, Associate Professor, Poultry and Food Technology Departments, University of Georgia, Athens, and Cooperative Agent, Market Quality Research Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. The Award is granted, in oddnumbered years, for outstanding work over a threeyear period in the field of poultry and egg products technology. The citation read, in part, as follows: "During the three-year period covered by the Award, Dr. May has authored seven papers, and in addition, coauthored nine papers. Also during this period, he has
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R. I. LEACH
Winner of the Ralston Purina Teaching A ward
ment Head from 1935 to 1962, he has developed a teaching program through Project Method (Teaching Poultry Husbandry by the Project Method. Poultry Sci. 18: 188-191, 1939) that has provided opportunities for students to practice good industry techniques along with their college studies. He expanded this Project Method into the Agricultural Enterprise Program, which is one of the unique teaching methods of California State Polytechnic College. This program aids the student in coordinating practical production phases of the industry with his college courses in science and allied fields. In addition to his formal teaching and counselling of poultry majors, Professor Leach has served for the past 31 years as Advisor to the Poultry Club. He has also served on a number of College Committees, among them being: Teacher Education Committee, College Curriculum Committee, Agricultural Division Committee, College Counselling Service Committee, Agricultural Product Committee, and Council of Administrative Personnel. He is an HonoraryState Farmer (F.F.A.), Poly Royal Poultry Advisor, Poultry State Judging Finals Chairman, and Member and annual Conference Chairman of the California Agriculture Teaching Association. He is a member of the Pacific Poultry and Dairy Association Research Committee, and Western Poultry Congress Youth Careers Committee. He served on Secretary of Agriculture Benson's Broiler Advisory Committee, acts as judge at poultry shows, and is a commercial poultry ranch owner, developing the male line for a meat breed.
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B. R. BlTRMESTER
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963 Louisiana State University, from 1952 to 1954, and for 8 months served as Assistant State Poultry Supervisor, Louisiana State Poultry Improvement Plan. From 1954 to 1956 he was Research Associate, Poultry Department, Louisiana State University, from 1956 to 1958, Graduate Assistant, Poultry Department, Purdue University. In 1958 he was appointed Assistant Professor, Poultry and Food Technology Departments, University of Georgia, and Cooperative Agent, Meat Quality Research Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, becoming Associate Professor in 1962. He is a member of the Poultry Science Association, Institute of Food Technologists, American Society for Microbiology, World's Poultry Science Association, Sigma Xi, and Alpha Zeta. FELLOWS
K. N. MAY Winner of the Institute of American Poultry Industries Award
Five members of the Association were made Fellows. They were: B. R. Burmester, Research Biologist, Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, Poultry Research Branch, Animal Husbandry Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, East Lansing, Michigan; O. E. Goff, Head, Department of Poultry,
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co-authored three Experiment Station research bulletins and presented eight papers at scientific meetings. Dr. May has conducted work in the areas of processing losses and meat yields of chickens, chemical composition of poultry meat, nutritive value of eggs, microbiology of poultry processing, tenderness of poultry meat, freeze dehydration of chicken meat, and biochemistry and physiology of bruised tissues. In addition to his research, he has assisted in the communication of research results to the industry in his State." The presentation was made by Harold M. Williams on behalf of the Institute of American Poultry Industries. Dr. May was born at Livingston, Louisiana, in 1930. He received a B.S. degree and a M.S. degree at Louisiana State University in 1952 and 1955, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree at Purdue University in 1959. He was the recipient of the J. T. Gibbons Award as the outstanding Poultry Student in 1952, and of the Gamma Sigma Delta Junior Scientist Research Award in 1963. He was Graduate Assistant, Poultry Department,
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; J. E. Humphrey, Extension Specialist in Poultry, Agricultural Extension Service, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; J. H. Quisenberry, Head, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas; and E. S. Snyder, Professor, Department of Poultry Science, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The title "Fellow" is granted for professional distinction only. BEN R. BURMESTER was born in Petaluma, California, in 1910. He received a B.S. degree, a M.A. degree, and a Ph.D. degree at the University of California in 1932, 1933 and 1936, respectively. In 1951 he received a D.V.M. degree at Michigan State University. From 1934 to 1936, while working toward his Ph.D. degree, he was a part time teacher at the University of California, Berkeley. He was Instructor in Animal Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, from 1936 to 1940. Since 1940 he has been Physiologist, Biologist and Research Biologist at the Regional Poultry Research Laboratory, U. S. Department of Agriculture, East Lansing. Dr. Burmester has become an international
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O. E. GOIT
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963
authority on avian leukosis. His major accomplishments include much that is known on the transmission of avian visceral lymphomatosis, the role of egg transmission of the virus, the demonstration of passive immunity in chicks from dams that have been inoculated with the virus through neutralization tests, and studies concerning the oncogenic spectrum of the avian leukosis viruses. He has received many honors including the Poultry Science Association Research Award in 1940, the Sigma Xi Junior Research Award in 1948, the Tom Newman International Award for Poultry Husbandry Research in 1956, the U.S.D.A. Superior Service Award in 1957, the Borden Award of the Poultry Science Association in 1957, and the Sigma Xi Senior Research Award in 1963. This last was presented in May for meritorious research in virology. He is author or co-author of 118 research papers. Dr. Burmester is an Associate Editor of Poultry Science and Guest Editor, Cancer Research and Journal of National Cancer Institute. He is a Member of the Virology and Rickettsiology Study Section, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health. In addition to the Poultry Science Association, he is a member of the Worlds' Poultry Science Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Cancer Research, American Veterinary Medical Association (Chairman of the Section on Poultry), American Association of Avian Pathologists (President, 1963), Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases of North America, New York Academy of Science, and Sigma Xi. OLLIA E. GOFF was born in Antlers, Oklahoma, in 1905. He received a B.S. degree at Oklahoma A and M College, now Oklahoma State University, in 1927, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. degree at Louisiana State University in 1938 and 1945, respectively. He taught Vocational Agriculture in Heavener, Oklahoma, from 1927 to 1930, and was instrumental in interesting the community in passing a bond issue for the purchase of a farm on which the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station established the Heavener Agricultural Experiment Station. From 1930 to 1936 he was Cooperative Instructor and Assistant Poultry Husbandman, Oklahoma State University, and was Manager of the Oklahoma Egg Laying Test, initiating a breeding program for entrants by mating test hens to superior males. He was Field Manager of the Oklahoma Poultry Improvement Association before establishment of the National Poultry Improvement Plan.
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J. E. HUMPHREY
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963 Committee Chairman for the Annual Meeting of the Association in 1951. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the World's Poultry Science Association, Alpha Zeta (having been Faculty Advisor at Louisiana State University and the University of Tennessee), Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Xi (having been Secretary, Vice-President and President of the Tennessee Chapter). JAMES E. HUMPHREY was born in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in 1894. He is a veteran of World War I, and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kentucky in 1923. He was appointed Field Agent in Poultry in September, 1923, and has worked in Poultry Extension until the present, with the exception of one year when he was a Coordinator of the National Poultry Improvement Plan. In 1924 he helped organize the Certified Breeders' Association in Kentucky ten years before the national organization of poultry improvement work. In 1925 a state organization was started to implement the provisions of the uniform "Manhattan" plan of poultry improvement proposed by the late
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To develop a more reliable method of control, he prepared and distributed a fowl pox vaccine to cooperative poultrymen throughout Oklahoma. In 1935 he established and operated a hatchery and feed store in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma. During 1936 he was Superintendent of the Poultry Farms, Oklahoma State University. In 1937 he was awarded a Freeport Sulfur Company research grant for poultry research at Louisiana State University. In 1941 he joined the staff of Louisiana State University, in charge of the Poultry Teaching Unit, becoming Associate Professor in 1945. In 1947 he was appointed Head of the newlyformed Department of Poultry at the University of Tennessee. He is an outstanding teacher who inspires his students as well as staff members to put forth their best efforts. He is author or co-author of over seventy Experiment Station bulletins, technical papers, and popular articles dealing with poultry research. His research has included studies in the control of coccidiosis using sulphur, and other materials, in the development of many new specialty items for poultry products, and numerous studies in the fields of nutrition, genetics, and management. In addition to developing an excellent poultry research facility, he has developed a well-rounded Poultry Department at the University of Tennessee. He has assisted in the formation of each of the statewide organizations and has been an officer in each since they started. He organized the Tennessee Random Sample Laying Test and is the Test Supervisor. He was responsible for the creation of the Southern Collegiate Poultry Judging Contest in 1947 and has been the Manager for thirteen of its fifteen years of operation. He has served as National Executive Secretary of the Intercollegiate Poultry Club, State Secretary for the American Poultry and Hatchery Federation, and has served as Chairman of the Committee of Random Sample Tests for the Council of American Official Poultry Tests. He has been Secretary and Chairman of the Poultry Section of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers and served for two years on the Board of Directors. He is Secretary-Treasurer of the Tennessee Poultry and Egg Federation and the Tennessee Egg Producers Association and a member of the Tennessee Poultry Improvement Board. Dr. Goff served as Director of the Poultry Science Association in 1949-1951 and 1955-1957. He was Second Vice-President in 1952-1953, First VicePresident in 1953-1954, and President in 195-4-1955. He has been a Member and Chairman of the Extension Awards Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Membership Committee, and was Host
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M. A. Jull. In 1935 this organization became the official state agency. Mr. Humphrey has been contact representative for Kentucky since 1938. He is also a Director of the Association and SecretaryTreasurer of the Kentucky Turkey Association. He has labored long and tirelessly with the young people of the State. He has assisted County Agents and Vocational Agriculture teachers in developing poultry judging teams, some of which have won Stale and National honors. He served for seven years as Chairman of the Committee which arranges and conducts the Invitational Inter-State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest held in Chicago each year. He is a recognized judge of chickens and turkeys and has appeared at most of the national shows and many of the state shows as judge. He is a Past President of the Kentucky Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, and received the Meritorious Service Award of this fraternity. He also was recognized by the Kentucky Agricultural Extension Service "for long and faithful service." An administrative colleague's recommendation for the Meritorious Service Award concluded with these words, "the big accomplishments by Jim were not those he stacked up beside his own name, but
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J. H . QuiSENBERRY
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963
the many things the rest of us have been able to do because of his untiring efforts." JOHN HENRY QUISENBERRY was born in Gainesville, Texas, in 1907. He obtained a B.S. degree at Texas A and M College in 1931, a M.S. degree and a Ph.D. degree at the University of Illinois in 1933 and 1937, respectively. He served as Research Assistant at the University of Illinois, 19311936; Associate Professor of Genetics at the A and M College of Texas, 1936-1945; Head of the Poultry Department, University of Hawaii, 1945-1946; and since 1946 has been Head of the Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M University. He is a Past President of the Poultry Science Association and the local chapters of Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, and the American Association of University Professors. Dr. Quisenberry is the author or co-author of 95 scientific and 37 popular publications and is a member of numerous scientific organizations and professional societies. He is currently serving as Research Director of the American Poultry and Hatchery Federation and as a Consultant to government and private agencies. He has conducted much research on the nutritional and managerial requirements of egg production stocks, and currently is working on avian water metabolism and the development of embryos in plastic shells. He currently directs the research programs of six graduate students and contacts other students in the Department of Poultry Science through the seminar courses he teaches. The graduate level of the Department has been expanded to include the Ph.D., and the large number of degrees will attest to the strength of this program. EARLE STANLEY SNYDER was born on a farm near Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario, in 1893. He received a B.S.A. degree at the Ontario Agricultural College (University of Toronto) in 1918, and a M.Sc. degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1923. Following graduation he joined the staff of the Department of Poultry Husbandry, Ontario Agricultural College, as Demonstrator. He served as Plant Foreman and Extension Specialist, becoming Lecturer in 1927, Associate Professor in 1940 and Professor in 1946. He retired from the permanent staff on August 14, 1963, but is on a 6-month appointment to finish writing a bulletin on poultrymeat. His enthusiasm and hard work have won him the respect and admiration of hundreds of students during his many years as a teacher and research worker. He has lectured to students in the degree courses in Agriculture, Veterinary Medicine, and Household Science, as well as to Summer School Courses for Teachers and Short Courses. During the Second
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E. S. SNYDER
Fellow, Poultry Science Association, 1963 been active in church development, and a Sunday School teacher and Superintendent. His success is, in no small way, due to his application of Christian principles to everyday living.
Annual Meeting of the Association, 1964 Time and Place The 53rd annual meeting will be held at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul 1, Minnesota, August 4-7. Program Committee General Chairman—R. K. Ringer, Department of Poultry Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Chairman-Elect—Charles F. Hall, Department of Poultry Science, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas. Extension—W. C. Mills, Department of Poultry Science, North Carolina State College, Raleigh, North Carolina. Environment—J. E. Parker, Department of Poultry Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Genetics—R. E. Cook, Southern Regional Poultry Breeding Project, U. S. Department of Agriculture, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Instruction—T. H. Coleman, Department of Poultry Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Marketing—W. W. Marion, Department of Poultry Science, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. Nutrition—C. W. Carlson, Department of Poultry Science, South Dakota State College, Brookings, South Dakota. Patholog)—J. M. Dixon, Department of Veterinary Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Physiology—W. G. Hunsaker, Animal Research Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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World War he lectured at the Royal Canadian Air Force School of Cookery at Guelph. In 1948 his teaching load was reduced so that he might devote more time to investigational work on poultry products. A Poultry Products Laboratory was established in the Department of Poultry Husbandry in 1949, with Professor Snyder in charge. His advice has been widely sought by persons engaged in the production, processing, grading, and merchandising of poultry products. For several years he has been a member of the Sub-Committee on Meat and Animal Products of the Committee on Food Preservation, National Research Council of Canada. He has served for many years as a Member of the Poultry Products Committee of the Royal Winter Fair. He was one of those primarily concerned in the introduction and popularization of chicken barbecuing. He was an Associate Editor of Poultry Science for Volumes 23 to 27, inclusive. In 1946 he received the Poultry Science Association Teaching and Extension Award, and in 1960 received the Research Achievement Award of the Poultry and Egg National Board. In addition to numerous popular and semi-popular publications, Professor Snyder has published a large number of scientific papers. He is well known throughout the world for his excellent bulletins and circulars on eggs and poultry meats. A charter member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, Kitchener, and Representative to Conrad Grebel College of the University of Waterloo, he has