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Karl Otto Pfau Retires Dr. K. Otto Pfau, Professor of Dairy ttusbandry, Rutgers--The State University, New Brunswick, N. J., retired effective July 1, 1964. He was born January 29, 1900 in the village of Neckargartach, State of Wuerttemberg, West Germany. :He studied at the Hohenheim Agricultural College (1918-1921) specializing in Animal Husbandry. From 1924-1928 he held positions as fieldman and as secretary of the cattle breeders' association--Fraenkisch-Hohenlohescher Fleckviehzucht-verband, Schwaebish Hall. Dr. Pfau immigrated to the United States in 1928 and became a citizen of the U.S. in 1934. I n 1932 he married W. Auguste Otterbach. They have a daughter, Charlotte and two sons, F r a n k and Robert. He received the B.Sc. degree in 1931, the M.Sc. degree in 1933, the Ph.D. degree in 19~7, all from Rutgers University. He was appointed Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in 1947, AssoK. O. Pfau elate Professor in 1949 and Professor in 1958. I n Iris career at Rutgers he has been on the resident staff of the Rutgers Dairy Research Center of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Sussex, New Jersey. Dr. Pfau is well known for his research on mastitis, the causes of infertility in dairy cattle, type classification in Holsteins, milk composition and especially for his collaborative efforts with the late Dr. John W. Bartlett on inbreeding and the inheritance of high butterfat percentage in the milk of Holstein cattle. G. W. Salisbury Wins Morrison Award Dr. G. W. Salisbury, head of the Department of Dairy Science, at the University of Illinois since 1947, has received the $2,000 Morrison Award for outstanding research in livestock production. The award was presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science held August 11-13, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Morrison Award is named for the late F r a n k B. Morrison of Cornell University, a noted author and animal nutritionist. Sailsbury received his Ph.D. degree under Morrison in 1934 and is the first of Morrison's former students to receive the award. Salisbury won the $1,000 Borden Award in Dairy Production in 1945. He was a Fulbright
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Lecturer in The Netherlands in 1955-56. I n 1960, he served on the advisory committee which screened applications for U.S. Government Fulbright Awards in biology and agriculture. I-Ie also has been a member of the Agricultural Panel of President Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee.
I n 1942, Salisbury was a member of the group which planned the rehabilitation of the cattle industry <>f war-torn Greece. He was responsible for carrying out the plans of the Church of the Brethern Service Committee and the Near East Foundation to ship the first bulls to Greece as soon as that country was liberated. During the smnmer of 1946, Dr. Salisbury formulated with the Greek Ministry of Agriculture the foundation for the long-time program for livestock rehabilitation and improvement by artificial insemination. The program has been one of the cornerstones of the successful rehabilitation of rural Greece. Dr. Salisbury has made outstanding research contributions in the field of dairy cattle artificial insemination. Many techniques now used in artificial insemination originated in his laboratory. He developed the widely used yolk-citrate diluter and showed that optimmn fertility could be maintained in insemination with fewer spermatozoa than originally thought possible. This research laid the groundwork for the widespread commercial growth of the artificial breeding program. Dr. Salisbury's other research has been concerned with feeding and nutrition of dairy bulls, vitamin A deficiency and its relation to reproduction in cattle and laboratory animals,
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the chemistry of nfilk and of semen and the physiology of spermatozoa. More than 100 research papers have appeared in scientific journals as a consequence of Salisbury's studies. He also is the co-author of a major text on physiology of reproduction and artificial insemination of cattle. And, he has been editor of an animal science textbook series published by W. It. Freeman and Company, San Francisco.
Dr. V,. A. Day Presented with Award for Research Dr. Edgar Allan Day, associate professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology at Oregon State University, has been named the first recipient of the Institute of Food Technologists' Award for Research. Dr. Day was nominated on the basis 02 his fundamental contributions to knowledge and methods in the detection and identification of trace components in foods. His work in this field was supported by four grants from the Public Health Service Division of Environmental Engineering and Food Protection. The Award recognizes scientists 35 years of age or younger who denmnstrated outstanding ability in some area of food science and technology research.
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The specific area for which Dr. Day was cited involved knowledge of components affecting flavor of milk and milk products. Research in this field aims to define chemically the flavor attributes in dairy products so that manufacturing processes can produce acceptable foods consistent with the highest public health standards. E.A. Day Working under Publie Mealth Service grants, Dr. Day discovered and identified many flavor compounds in dairy products and contributed significant knowledge in the area of deteriorative changes in dairy products. His achievements were cited as being of both fundamental and applied nature. Most of his papers have appeared in the JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE. Dr. Day received his B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1953. His M.S. was received from Pennsylvania State University in 1955, where he also received his Ph.D. in 1957.
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The Dairy Science Club of Louisiana State University Poundation of the Club Approximately thirty years ago a group of dairy students at Louisiana State University conceived an idea that resulted in the formation of an m~anization called the Cream and Cow Club. The main purpose of the dairy organization was to provide recreation for the students working in the different branches of the LSU Dairy Department. I n those days the major club functions were sponsoring club members' trips to various judging contests and holding an annual banquet and dance. The organization retained its original name until 1935, when it received a formal charter and became known as the LSU Dairy Club. After a period of inactivity during World W a r II, the club was reactivated and became affiliated with the American Dairy Science Association. I n 3959, the first place chapter award was earned by the LSU Dairy Science Club along with a cash award and a certificate of merit. For two consecutive years the club's scrapbo.ok placed second in the National Contest.
1963-64 ACtIVItIES OF THE CLUB The first social event sponsored by the club each fall is a get-acquainted dinner to reunite all old members and to introduce prospective members to the club. The supper was a real success this past fall when you consider the fact that seven freshmen were pledged to become club members. The new additions brought the total number of club members to twentyfive. Regular club meetings are held m.onthly for the purpose of transacting the club's business. Each meeting includes, in addition to club business, a short film or recreational activity. This year the club's entry in the Campus Homecoming Decoration Contest was a huge twelve foot tiger depicting a football victory for LSU over the Kentucky Wildcats. It was necessary for the club members to work 24 hrs. the last day to meet the deadline. On the eve of the Christmas holidays, the annual Christmas party was held for members~ faculty and guests. Following an enjoyable evening of exchanging gifts, refreshments were enjoyed by all. The Department of Dairy Science held a dairyman's short course on J a n u a r y 22, 1964.
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judging. Thirteen d a i r y and general livestock classes were offered to the participants. Following the completion of the judging, the clubs entertained guests, faculty, and members with a barbecue at which the winners were presented awards. One activity of which the members of the club are especially p r o u d is sending j u d g i n g teams to represent the school at various shows and fairs. A f t e r a week of intense practice
Here the members of the LSU Dairy Science Club are shown at. a luncheon held early in the fall semester. I n order to build a closer relationship with the dairymen .of the state, the club sponsored a luncheon for the entire group. E i g h t y dairymen f r o m throughout the state were served a meal which was highlighted by dairy products. On F e b r u a r y 8, 1964, the L S U D a i r y Seience Club and the Block and Bridle Club jointly sponsored a livestock j u d g i n g contest f o r students in the College of Agriculture. A total of 42 students participated in the (tay of
The LSU Dairy Club's entry in the Homecoming Decoration Contest was built during the week preceding the Kentucky game.
SUSTAINING MEMBERS A.D.S.A. American Cyanamid Company Agricultural Center Princeton, New Jersey Babcock Dairy Company 945 Berdan Avenue Toledo 12, Ohio Biltmore Dairy Farms Asheville, North Carolina Carnation Company 5045 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 36, California Chore-Boy Manufacturing Company P. O. Box 111 Cambridge City, Indiana Crowley's Milk Company, Inc. 145 Conklin Avenue Binghamton, New York Crystal Cream & Butter Company 1013 D Street Sacramento, California Dairymen's League Cooperative Association 402 Park Street Syracuse 8, New York Deltown Foods, Inc. 170 Saw Mill River Road Yonkers, New York
Ex-Cell-O Corporation, Packaging Equip. Group Detroit 32, Mich.
Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. Canning Machinery Div. San Jose 8, California Fiske Associates, Inc. 186 Greenwood Avenue Bethel, Connecticut
Germantown Manufacturing 5100 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia 31, Pennsylvania
Mid-West Producers' Creameries, Inc. South Bend, Indiana Moorman Manufacturing Company 1000 North 30th Street Quincy, Illinois National Milk Producers Federation 30 F Street N. W. Washington 1, D. C. Oak Farms
P. O. Box 5178 Dallas 22, Texas
Irwin's Dairy, Inc. 512 South 32nd Street Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Otto Milk Company 2400 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, Pa.
Knudsen Creamery Company P.O. Box 2335 Los Angeles 54, California
Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Laesch Dairy Company P. O. Box 601 Bloomington, Illinois Lilly Ice Cream Co. Bryan, Texas
Litchfield Creamery Company 120 West St. John Street Litehfield, Illinois
Pet Milk Company 1401 Arcade Bldg. St. Louis 1, lYlo.
Sealtest Foods 260 Madison Avenue New York 16, New York Twin Pines Farm Dairy, Inc. 8445 Lyndon Street Detroit 38, Michigan
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To interest high school students in coming to
LSU the club sponsored a dairy cattle judging contest for the Future Farmers of America.
just before the fall semester started, the LSU dairy cattle judging team judged two elimination shows at Ruston and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. These two elimination shows determined which 4-H Club members would be able to participate in the Mid-South F a i r in Memphis, Tennessee. The team then traveled to tIutehinson, Kansas, for a contest where they met their first real competition. After completing a successful contest and returning to Baton Rouge
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for registration and a few days of class, the team traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, to participate in the Mid-South Collegiate Judging Contest. Here the team took the second place award in Jersey judging. From Memphis, the team traveled to Waterloo, Iowa, with stops along the way at the University of Missouri, Iowa State, and the Purina Research Farms. Alth.ough the team didn't place high in the overall contest, several members made a good showing by placing high in Brown Swiss judging. I n preparation for next fall's judging contests a new team was formed in the spring. The team participated in the Southwest Fat Stock Show Collegiate Judging Contest. All members of the team placed in the top ten individuals, the team ranked third. This was a near miss because the team was only eleven points .out of first place. The nmjority of the expenses for the judging team trips came from the club's treasury. Fund raising within the club is an important activity of the membership and is accomplished primarily through helping handle the concessions for the LSU Spring Livestock Show and Rodeo. Also the club members usually raise and sell four to six steers each year to build up the treasury.
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The LSU Dairy Club members prepare a refreshment stand to serve visiting dairymen of the state during a dairy heifer sale.
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A forthcoming event will be the annual Club Banquet held on Alunmi Day. Tile program will include the recognition of the Louisiana Dairyomn of the Year, the Outstanding Senior, and the Outstanding Freshman of the club. This event is the club's largest social event of the year and usually completes the club's aetivities for the year. This past summer the club sponsored two delegates to the A.D.S.A. Meeting. One of these delegates, James Green, was successfully elected as the National 2nd Vice-President. The newest activity of the club is partieipa-
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tion in a series of research projects. The current research project covers a period of nine weeks, and its main objective is: to investigate the efficiency of once a day versus twice a day feeding in the raising of dairy heifers. It is the club's purpose to introduce club members to the methods involved in doing research while providing practical experience in the managemeat and feeding of the heifers. The entire project is supervised by the faculty a]visors but the members are solely responsible for the feeding and care of the heifers.
Dr. J. B. Frye, Jr. inspects the new Dairy Science Club research project.
I f the enthusiastic participation shown this summer by the students is any indication of what is to come, we should have a banner year. R. G. M i t c h e l l N a m e d to D a i r y R e s e a r c h Staff
Dr. Ralph G. Mitchell has been appointed an associate professor of animal genetics at the Rutgers University College of Agriculture. He succeeds Dr. K. Otto Pfau, who retired, and is stationed at the Rutgers Dairy Research Center near Sussex. Dr. Mitchell is a native of Waltham, Massachusetts. H e was graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1950, and received the master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees from the UniR. G. Mitchell versity of Wisconsin in 1954 and 1958. He was a member of the faculty of West ¥ i r ginia University from 1957 until this summer. He did much of his research there with the Reymann Memorial Ayrshire Herd, well known among cattle breeders for its excellence.
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JOURNAL OF DAIRY RESEARCH LIST OF SHORTENED TITLES OF PAPERS FOR VOL 31, NO. 3 OF OCTOBER, 1964
Factors affecting keeping quality of butter. A. t~. t~. McDOWELL Histochemieal study of cheese ripening. ¥. ]~OLCATO, C. PALLAVICINI and M. DE FELICE Nutritive value and selenium content of heated milks. ~ A T H L E E N M. H E N R Y Effect of milk storage on butter quality. A. K. I~. IV[cDOWELL
Mushroom flavour in dairy products.
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D. A. FoRss Staphylococci in Cheddar cheese. B. REITER, I~. G1LLIAN
FEWINS, T. F. :FRYERand M. ELIZABETtI StIARFE Milk analysis by infra red absorption. 5. D. S. GOULDEN Cysteine content of casein. R. D. HILL Separation 02 milk proteins. R. D. HILL and RAI0.NE R. HANSEN
Media for cheese bacteria. P. S. ROB~TSO~ Mechanics of machine milking. C. C. TKIEL, P. A. CLOUGK and D. N. AKAI~ Review. Brucellosis. W. J. BI~INLEY MORGAN
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R. C. Lamb ADDointed to Staff at Utah
Robert C. Lamb has been named Research Dairy Husbandman at Utah State University with the Agricultural Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He will serve as a Federal Collaborator with the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. F o r the past three years Dr. Lamb has been an assistant professor in the dairy industry department at Utah State University. He has been in charge of teaching and research in dairy cattle breeding and taught classes in dairy management and judging, serving as coach of the Dairy Cattle Judging team and as an advisor to the Dairy Club. I n his new assignment he will continue to work with personnel in the dairy department in conducting research in dairy cattle genetics with a herd of oyer 400 registered Holstein and Jersey dairy cattle. Dr. Lamb will supervise a lease program in which 20-25 of the outstanding bulls in the breeding program are leased to cooperating dairymen in the Western States. Joint USU-USDA research with dairy cattle was initiated three years ago when USDA moved its herd of registered Holstein dairy cattle from the branch station at ttuntley, Montana, and founded a Western Regional Dairy Research Center in conjunction with the dairy experimental farm in North Logan. Author of eight scientific articles and several non-technical articles, Dr. Lamb is a member of the American ])airy Science Association, Sigma Xi, Phi K a p p a Phi, and Alpha Zeta. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Utah State. His Master's and Ph.D. degrees were earned at Michigan State University, where he was a graduate research assistant and an instructor in dairy science. Born and raised on a dairy farm in Hyde Park, Dr. Lamb was active in 4-H club work and Future Farmers of America. He is a member of the LDS church, presently serving on the Logan Stake High Council. He and his wife, the former Janice Marriott, have five children: Kaylene, Laurie Ann, Michael, Randy, and Jeff. Report on Radionuclides Available
Doctors G. K. Murthy and J. E. Campbell o f the Robert A. Taft Engineering Center in Cincinnati, Ohio have published a detailed rep o r t Profile of Long-Lived Radionuclides. Copies are available from the Center. New Graduate Program at New HamDshire
The University of New Hampshire announces a new interdepartmental graduate program for the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in genetics.
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The program involves faculty members from the departments of Animal Sciences, Botany, Forestry, Microbiology, Plant Sciences, and Zoology and other faculty from the Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. Forest Service Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. Dr. W. M. Collins, Professor of Animal Sciences, is chairman of the program. Students admitted to the Graduate School may specialize in animal genetics, plant genetics or cytology and cytogenetics. Additional areas of specialization are anticipated in biochemical, microbial and quantitative genetics. Inquiries for admission should be sent to Dr. G. M. Dunn, Acting Chairman, The Genetics Program, Room 207 Nesmith Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. 03824. Dairy Society International Annual Meeting The Dairy Society International will hold its Annual Meeting in the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago at 10:30 A.~. on October 4th. The International Luncheon will be served in the same hotel at 12:30. Members of the American Dairy Science Association are cordially invited to attend this meeting and meet with overseas visitors during the week of October 4th in the International
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Lounge at the Dairy and Food Industries Exposition. E. R. Squibb and Sons Add to Staff The appointment of Paul l~. Wolfgang to Central Veterinary Field Manager and John F. K n a p p to Eastern Veterinary Field Manager is announced by George S. Squibb, Vice President for Marketing, E. R. Squibb & Sons, Division of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation.
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A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wolfgang graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Experienced in the drug field since 1936, he joined Squibb twelve years ago as Assistant Manager of Veterinary Product Sales. In 1960, he .was appointed Director, International Veterinary S a l e s , and a year later was made Marketing Director, Olin Veterinary Products. P r i o r to his latest appointment, he was Eastern Veterinary ]field Manager. Mr. Wolfgang will make his headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of Rutgers University with a B.S. degree in agriculture, Mr. K n a p p joined Squibb in 1956. As a full line sales representative, his East Coast territory was from the southern border of New York to the northern edge of North Carolina. A winner of the Veterinary Gold S t a r Go-Getter, one of the company's top sales awards, he will make his headquarters in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Wyoming-Colorado Dairy Industries Hold Conference The three-day Wyoming-Colorado Dairy Industries and Rocky Mountain Milk and Food Sanitarians Conference was held at the Holiday Inn, Laramie, J u l y 16-17, and at the University of Wyoming Recreation Camp, July 18. A t the banquet Charles Dunlap, executive secretary o£ the Colorado Milk Products Association, Denver, was toastmaster, and George Weigold, managing director of Dairy Society International, Washington, D. C., was the key-
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note speaker. Mr. Weigold discussed and illustrated with color slides, the nature and scope of his organization in relation to the dairy industry. During the sessions Dr. D. H. Jacobsen, research director of the American Dairy Association, outlined the research program for new dairy products supported by A.D.A. Dr. George Reinbold, Iowa State University, reviewed the methods of deternlining milk quality at the dairy plant and discussed indices of milk quality. Information on newer aspects of off-flavors in milk was presented by Dr. G. Malcolm Trout, Michigan State University, who also reviewed the benefits of good plant h.ousekeeping. ¥ i s i t i n g industry speakers included Nell Angevine, Meyer Blanke Company, St. Louis, who spoke on new developments in the manufacture of Cottage cheese arid the direct acid method of making sour cream. Training Courses to he Given at R. A. Taft Center The Public Health Service will present consecutive one-week training courses beginning with Microbiological Examination of Milk and Milk Products, October 19-23, 1964, followed, October 26-30, by Chemical Analysis of Milk and Milk Products, both at the Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center in Cincinnati. They are offered for personnel in responsible positions in laboratories engaged in milk analysis and dairy products examination. They are conducted by personnel of the Division of Environmental Engineering and Food Protection. No tuition or registration fee is required. Requests for information should be sent to the Director, Training Program, Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45226. Theses Completed Master's Degree: Cecil Douglas Clawson. Effect of Length of Previous Dry Period, Month of Freshening, Age, Body Weight and Length of Gestation on Milk and F a t Yields of Dairy Cattle. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Glenn Alden Carmichael. The Extent of Replacing Sucrose with Corn Sweeteners in Dairy Chocolate Drink. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Harold H. Kincaid. Effects of P a r i t y Order on Production and Body Measurements. University of Illinois. C. A. HolloweU. Biological Basis for the Exclusion of Escherichia Coli from the Rumen Ecosystem. University of Illinois. John M. White. Genetic and environmental relationships between first lactation production,
later performance and length of herd life in Pennsylvania Holstein cattle. Pennsylvania State University. Paul Johnnie Cooper. Bovine Ovarian Organ Culture in ¥ i t r o . Texas A & M University. Mohamed M. Motasem. A Comparison of Two Techniques for Measuring the Relative Rates of Moisture Evaporation from Limited Areas of the Skin of Holstein, Jersey and Jersey-Braham Cattle. Texas A & M University. Doctor's Degree : ]]van E. Jones. a-Aminoadipic-~-Semialdehyde and Lysine Biosynthesis in Yeast. University of Illinois. Kansas Dairy Technology Society The September meeting was held Monday, September 14, 1964, at H a r t ' s Restaurant, Topeka, Kansas. Dr. C. A. Ernstrom, Department of Dairy and Food Industry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, spoke on the production of cream cheese and Cottage cheese without the use of starter culture. The dairy industry, like many other industries, is becoming more automated with each passing year. The cheese segment of the dairy industry has been one of the most difficult to automate due to the many variables inherent in manufacturing cultured products. A revolutionary idea was born several years ago of circumventing ~he use o f bacterial cultures by adding directly the important chemical agents produced by the nficroorganisms. Tony Ernstrom's adaptation of this idea to the manufacture of Cottage and cream cheese is truly a tribute to American ingenuity. Dr. Ernstrom's presentation will trace the development of this process from the embryo stages bo its present status including a description of the commercial unit now in operation at Dean Milk Company, Rockford, Illinois, plant. Plan to attend the September 14 meeting to learn how the Cottage cheese of tomorrow will be made. Central Michigan Dairy Technology Society A meeting" of the Central Michigan Dairy Technology Society was held at the High Life Inn, Saginaw, September 16, following dinner served at 6:30 P.~. The first meeting of the fall was set aside as "Ladies Night." The menu featured prime roast of beef. Guest speaker for the meeting was our only honorary member, Lester Sedine, who is recognized as the prime founder of the Central Michigan Dairy Technology Society. He spoke of his travel by cruiser from New Orleans to Saginaw. A title suggested by him is "Cruising 4,350 Miles of Scenic Intercoastal Waterways from New Orleans to Saginaw via Florida, Hudson River, and the Erie Canal."
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Karl Otto Pfau Retires Dr. K. Otto Pfau, Professor of Dairy ttusbandry, Rutgers--The State University, New Brunswick, N. J., retired effective July 1, 1964. He was born January 29, 1900 in the village of Neckargartach, State of Wuerttemberg, West Germany. :He studied at the Hohenheim Agricultural College (1918-1921) specializing in Animal Husbandry. From 1924-1928 he held positions as fieldman and as secretary of the cattle breeders' association--Fraenkisch-Hohenlohescher Fleckviehzucht-verband, Schwaebish Hall. Dr. Pfau immigrated to the United States in 1928 and became a citizen of the U.S. in 1934. I n 1932 he married W. Auguste Otterbach. They have a daughter, Charlotte and two sons, F r a n k and Robert. He received the B.Sc. degree in 1931, the M.Sc. degree in 1933, the Ph.D. degree in 19~7, all from Rutgers University. He was appointed Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in 1947, AssoK. O. Pfau elate Professor in 1949 and Professor in 1958. I n Iris career at Rutgers he has been on the resident staff of the Rutgers Dairy Research Center of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station at Sussex, New Jersey. Dr. Pfau is well known for his research on mastitis, the causes of infertility in dairy cattle, type classification in Holsteins, milk composition and especially for his collaborative efforts with the late Dr. John W. Bartlett on inbreeding and the inheritance of high butterfat percentage in the milk of Holstein cattle. G. W. Salisbury Wins Morrison Award Dr. G. W. Salisbury, head of the Department of Dairy Science, at the University of Illinois since 1947, has received the $2,000 Morrison Award for outstanding research in livestock production. The award was presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Animal Science held August 11-13, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Morrison Award is named for the late F r a n k B. Morrison of Cornell University, a noted author and animal nutritionist. Sailsbury received his Ph.D. degree under Morrison in 1934 and is the first of Morrison's former students to receive the award. Salisbury won the $1,000 Borden Award in Dairy Production in 1945. He was a Fulbright
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Lecturer in The Netherlands in 1955-56. I n 1960, he served on the advisory committee which screened applications for U.S. Government Fulbright Awards in biology and agriculture. I-Ie also has been a member of the Agricultural Panel of President Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee.
I n 1942, Salisbury was a member of the group which planned the rehabilitation of the cattle industry <>f war-torn Greece. He was responsible for carrying out the plans of the Church of the Brethern Service Committee and the Near East Foundation to ship the first bulls to Greece as soon as that country was liberated. During the smnmer of 1946, Dr. Salisbury formulated with the Greek Ministry of Agriculture the foundation for the long-time program for livestock rehabilitation and improvement by artificial insemination. The program has been one of the cornerstones of the successful rehabilitation of rural Greece. Dr. Salisbury has made outstanding research contributions in the field of dairy cattle artificial insemination. Many techniques now used in artificial insemination originated in his laboratory. He developed the widely used yolk-citrate diluter and showed that optimmn fertility could be maintained in insemination with fewer spermatozoa than originally thought possible. This research laid the groundwork for the widespread commercial growth of the artificial breeding program. Dr. Salisbury's other research has been concerned with feeding and nutrition of dairy bulls, vitamin A deficiency and its relation to reproduction in cattle and laboratory animals,
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the chemistry of nfilk and of semen and the physiology of spermatozoa. More than 100 research papers have appeared in scientific journals as a consequence of Salisbury's studies. He also is the co-author of a major text on physiology of reproduction and artificial insemination of cattle. And, he has been editor of an animal science textbook series published by W. It. Freeman and Company, San Francisco.
Dr. V,. A. Day Presented with Award for Research Dr. Edgar Allan Day, associate professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology at Oregon State University, has been named the first recipient of the Institute of Food Technologists' Award for Research. Dr. Day was nominated on the basis 02 his fundamental contributions to knowledge and methods in the detection and identification of trace components in foods. His work in this field was supported by four grants from the Public Health Service Division of Environmental Engineering and Food Protection. The Award recognizes scientists 35 years of age or younger who denmnstrated outstanding ability in some area of food science and technology research.
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The specific area for which Dr. Day was cited involved knowledge of components affecting flavor of milk and milk products. Research in this field aims to define chemically the flavor attributes in dairy products so that manufacturing processes can produce acceptable foods consistent with the highest public health standards. E.A. Day Working under Publie Mealth Service grants, Dr. Day discovered and identified many flavor compounds in dairy products and contributed significant knowledge in the area of deteriorative changes in dairy products. His achievements were cited as being of both fundamental and applied nature. Most of his papers have appeared in the JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE. Dr. Day received his B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1953. His M.S. was received from Pennsylvania State University in 1955, where he also received his Ph.D. in 1957.
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W. W. SNYI)ER, Editor A Section Devoted to News of Student Members
The Dairy Science Club of Louisiana State University Poundation of the Club Approximately thirty years ago a group of dairy students at Louisiana State University conceived an idea that resulted in the formation of an m~anization called the Cream and Cow Club. The main purpose of the dairy organization was to provide recreation for the students working in the different branches of the LSU Dairy Department. I n those days the major club functions were sponsoring club members' trips to various judging contests and holding an annual banquet and dance. The organization retained its original name until 1935, when it received a formal charter and became known as the LSU Dairy Club. After a period of inactivity during World W a r II, the club was reactivated and became affiliated with the American Dairy Science Association. I n 3959, the first place chapter award was earned by the LSU Dairy Science Club along with a cash award and a certificate of merit. For two consecutive years the club's scrapbo.ok placed second in the National Contest.
1963-64 ACtIVItIES OF THE CLUB The first social event sponsored by the club each fall is a get-acquainted dinner to reunite all old members and to introduce prospective members to the club. The supper was a real success this past fall when you consider the fact that seven freshmen were pledged to become club members. The new additions brought the total number of club members to twentyfive. Regular club meetings are held m.onthly for the purpose of transacting the club's business. Each meeting includes, in addition to club business, a short film or recreational activity. This year the club's entry in the Campus Homecoming Decoration Contest was a huge twelve foot tiger depicting a football victory for LSU over the Kentucky Wildcats. It was necessary for the club members to work 24 hrs. the last day to meet the deadline. On the eve of the Christmas holidays, the annual Christmas party was held for members~ faculty and guests. Following an enjoyable evening of exchanging gifts, refreshments were enjoyed by all. The Department of Dairy Science held a dairyman's short course on J a n u a r y 22, 1964.
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judging. Thirteen d a i r y and general livestock classes were offered to the participants. Following the completion of the judging, the clubs entertained guests, faculty, and members with a barbecue at which the winners were presented awards. One activity of which the members of the club are especially p r o u d is sending j u d g i n g teams to represent the school at various shows and fairs. A f t e r a week of intense practice
Here the members of the LSU Dairy Science Club are shown at. a luncheon held early in the fall semester. I n order to build a closer relationship with the dairymen .of the state, the club sponsored a luncheon for the entire group. E i g h t y dairymen f r o m throughout the state were served a meal which was highlighted by dairy products. On F e b r u a r y 8, 1964, the L S U D a i r y Seience Club and the Block and Bridle Club jointly sponsored a livestock j u d g i n g contest f o r students in the College of Agriculture. A total of 42 students participated in the (tay of
The LSU Dairy Club's entry in the Homecoming Decoration Contest was built during the week preceding the Kentucky game.
SUSTAINING MEMBERS A.D.S.A. American Cyanamid Company Agricultural Center Princeton, New Jersey Babcock Dairy Company 945 Berdan Avenue Toledo 12, Ohio Biltmore Dairy Farms Asheville, North Carolina Carnation Company 5045 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles 36, California Chore-Boy Manufacturing Company P. O. Box 111 Cambridge City, Indiana Crowley's Milk Company, Inc. 145 Conklin Avenue Binghamton, New York Crystal Cream & Butter Company 1013 D Street Sacramento, California Dairymen's League Cooperative Association 402 Park Street Syracuse 8, New York Deltown Foods, Inc. 170 Saw Mill River Road Yonkers, New York
Ex-Cell-O Corporation, Packaging Equip. Group Detroit 32, Mich.
Food Machinery & Chemical Corp. Canning Machinery Div. San Jose 8, California Fiske Associates, Inc. 186 Greenwood Avenue Bethel, Connecticut
Germantown Manufacturing 5100 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia 31, Pennsylvania
Mid-West Producers' Creameries, Inc. South Bend, Indiana Moorman Manufacturing Company 1000 North 30th Street Quincy, Illinois National Milk Producers Federation 30 F Street N. W. Washington 1, D. C. Oak Farms
P. O. Box 5178 Dallas 22, Texas
Irwin's Dairy, Inc. 512 South 32nd Street Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Otto Milk Company 2400 Smallman Street Pittsburgh, Pa.
Knudsen Creamery Company P.O. Box 2335 Los Angeles 54, California
Penick & Ford, Ltd., Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Laesch Dairy Company P. O. Box 601 Bloomington, Illinois Lilly Ice Cream Co. Bryan, Texas
Litchfield Creamery Company 120 West St. John Street Litehfield, Illinois
Pet Milk Company 1401 Arcade Bldg. St. Louis 1, lYlo.
Sealtest Foods 260 Madison Avenue New York 16, New York Twin Pines Farm Dairy, Inc. 8445 Lyndon Street Detroit 38, Michigan
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To interest high school students in coming to
LSU the club sponsored a dairy cattle judging contest for the Future Farmers of America.
just before the fall semester started, the LSU dairy cattle judging team judged two elimination shows at Ruston and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. These two elimination shows determined which 4-H Club members would be able to participate in the Mid-South F a i r in Memphis, Tennessee. The team then traveled to tIutehinson, Kansas, for a contest where they met their first real competition. After completing a successful contest and returning to Baton Rouge
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for registration and a few days of class, the team traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, to participate in the Mid-South Collegiate Judging Contest. Here the team took the second place award in Jersey judging. From Memphis, the team traveled to Waterloo, Iowa, with stops along the way at the University of Missouri, Iowa State, and the Purina Research Farms. Alth.ough the team didn't place high in the overall contest, several members made a good showing by placing high in Brown Swiss judging. I n preparation for next fall's judging contests a new team was formed in the spring. The team participated in the Southwest Fat Stock Show Collegiate Judging Contest. All members of the team placed in the top ten individuals, the team ranked third. This was a near miss because the team was only eleven points .out of first place. The nmjority of the expenses for the judging team trips came from the club's treasury. Fund raising within the club is an important activity of the membership and is accomplished primarily through helping handle the concessions for the LSU Spring Livestock Show and Rodeo. Also the club members usually raise and sell four to six steers each year to build up the treasury.
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The LSU Dairy Club members prepare a refreshment stand to serve visiting dairymen of the state during a dairy heifer sale.
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A forthcoming event will be the annual Club Banquet held on Alunmi Day. Tile program will include the recognition of the Louisiana Dairyomn of the Year, the Outstanding Senior, and the Outstanding Freshman of the club. This event is the club's largest social event of the year and usually completes the club's aetivities for the year. This past summer the club sponsored two delegates to the A.D.S.A. Meeting. One of these delegates, James Green, was successfully elected as the National 2nd Vice-President. The newest activity of the club is partieipa-
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tion in a series of research projects. The current research project covers a period of nine weeks, and its main objective is: to investigate the efficiency of once a day versus twice a day feeding in the raising of dairy heifers. It is the club's purpose to introduce club members to the methods involved in doing research while providing practical experience in the managemeat and feeding of the heifers. The entire project is supervised by the faculty a]visors but the members are solely responsible for the feeding and care of the heifers.
Dr. J. B. Frye, Jr. inspects the new Dairy Science Club research project.
I f the enthusiastic participation shown this summer by the students is any indication of what is to come, we should have a banner year. R. G. M i t c h e l l N a m e d to D a i r y R e s e a r c h Staff
Dr. Ralph G. Mitchell has been appointed an associate professor of animal genetics at the Rutgers University College of Agriculture. He succeeds Dr. K. Otto Pfau, who retired, and is stationed at the Rutgers Dairy Research Center near Sussex. Dr. Mitchell is a native of Waltham, Massachusetts. H e was graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1950, and received the master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees from the UniR. G. Mitchell versity of Wisconsin in 1954 and 1958. He was a member of the faculty of West ¥ i r ginia University from 1957 until this summer. He did much of his research there with the Reymann Memorial Ayrshire Herd, well known among cattle breeders for its excellence.
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JOURNAL OF DAIRY RESEARCH LIST OF SHORTENED TITLES OF PAPERS FOR VOL 31, NO. 3 OF OCTOBER, 1964
Factors affecting keeping quality of butter. A. t~. t~. McDOWELL Histochemieal study of cheese ripening. ¥. ]~OLCATO, C. PALLAVICINI and M. DE FELICE Nutritive value and selenium content of heated milks. ~ A T H L E E N M. H E N R Y Effect of milk storage on butter quality. A. K. I~. IV[cDOWELL
Mushroom flavour in dairy products.
W. S'rARK and
D. A. FoRss Staphylococci in Cheddar cheese. B. REITER, I~. G1LLIAN
FEWINS, T. F. :FRYERand M. ELIZABETtI StIARFE Milk analysis by infra red absorption. 5. D. S. GOULDEN Cysteine content of casein. R. D. HILL Separation 02 milk proteins. R. D. HILL and RAI0.NE R. HANSEN
Media for cheese bacteria. P. S. ROB~TSO~ Mechanics of machine milking. C. C. TKIEL, P. A. CLOUGK and D. N. AKAI~ Review. Brucellosis. W. J. BI~INLEY MORGAN
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R. C. Lamb ADDointed to Staff at Utah
Robert C. Lamb has been named Research Dairy Husbandman at Utah State University with the Agricultural Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He will serve as a Federal Collaborator with the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. F o r the past three years Dr. Lamb has been an assistant professor in the dairy industry department at Utah State University. He has been in charge of teaching and research in dairy cattle breeding and taught classes in dairy management and judging, serving as coach of the Dairy Cattle Judging team and as an advisor to the Dairy Club. I n his new assignment he will continue to work with personnel in the dairy department in conducting research in dairy cattle genetics with a herd of oyer 400 registered Holstein and Jersey dairy cattle. Dr. Lamb will supervise a lease program in which 20-25 of the outstanding bulls in the breeding program are leased to cooperating dairymen in the Western States. Joint USU-USDA research with dairy cattle was initiated three years ago when USDA moved its herd of registered Holstein dairy cattle from the branch station at ttuntley, Montana, and founded a Western Regional Dairy Research Center in conjunction with the dairy experimental farm in North Logan. Author of eight scientific articles and several non-technical articles, Dr. Lamb is a member of the American ])airy Science Association, Sigma Xi, Phi K a p p a Phi, and Alpha Zeta. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Utah State. His Master's and Ph.D. degrees were earned at Michigan State University, where he was a graduate research assistant and an instructor in dairy science. Born and raised on a dairy farm in Hyde Park, Dr. Lamb was active in 4-H club work and Future Farmers of America. He is a member of the LDS church, presently serving on the Logan Stake High Council. He and his wife, the former Janice Marriott, have five children: Kaylene, Laurie Ann, Michael, Randy, and Jeff. Report on Radionuclides Available
Doctors G. K. Murthy and J. E. Campbell o f the Robert A. Taft Engineering Center in Cincinnati, Ohio have published a detailed rep o r t Profile of Long-Lived Radionuclides. Copies are available from the Center. New Graduate Program at New HamDshire
The University of New Hampshire announces a new interdepartmental graduate program for the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in genetics.
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The program involves faculty members from the departments of Animal Sciences, Botany, Forestry, Microbiology, Plant Sciences, and Zoology and other faculty from the Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. Forest Service Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. Dr. W. M. Collins, Professor of Animal Sciences, is chairman of the program. Students admitted to the Graduate School may specialize in animal genetics, plant genetics or cytology and cytogenetics. Additional areas of specialization are anticipated in biochemical, microbial and quantitative genetics. Inquiries for admission should be sent to Dr. G. M. Dunn, Acting Chairman, The Genetics Program, Room 207 Nesmith Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H. 03824. Dairy Society International Annual Meeting The Dairy Society International will hold its Annual Meeting in the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago at 10:30 A.~. on October 4th. The International Luncheon will be served in the same hotel at 12:30. Members of the American Dairy Science Association are cordially invited to attend this meeting and meet with overseas visitors during the week of October 4th in the International
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Lounge at the Dairy and Food Industries Exposition. E. R. Squibb and Sons Add to Staff The appointment of Paul l~. Wolfgang to Central Veterinary Field Manager and John F. K n a p p to Eastern Veterinary Field Manager is announced by George S. Squibb, Vice President for Marketing, E. R. Squibb & Sons, Division of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation.
P. R. Wolfgang
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A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Wolfgang graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Experienced in the drug field since 1936, he joined Squibb twelve years ago as Assistant Manager of Veterinary Product Sales. In 1960, he .was appointed Director, International Veterinary S a l e s , and a year later was made Marketing Director, Olin Veterinary Products. P r i o r to his latest appointment, he was Eastern Veterinary ]field Manager. Mr. Wolfgang will make his headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of Rutgers University with a B.S. degree in agriculture, Mr. K n a p p joined Squibb in 1956. As a full line sales representative, his East Coast territory was from the southern border of New York to the northern edge of North Carolina. A winner of the Veterinary Gold S t a r Go-Getter, one of the company's top sales awards, he will make his headquarters in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Wyoming-Colorado Dairy Industries Hold Conference The three-day Wyoming-Colorado Dairy Industries and Rocky Mountain Milk and Food Sanitarians Conference was held at the Holiday Inn, Laramie, J u l y 16-17, and at the University of Wyoming Recreation Camp, July 18. A t the banquet Charles Dunlap, executive secretary o£ the Colorado Milk Products Association, Denver, was toastmaster, and George Weigold, managing director of Dairy Society International, Washington, D. C., was the key-
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note speaker. Mr. Weigold discussed and illustrated with color slides, the nature and scope of his organization in relation to the dairy industry. During the sessions Dr. D. H. Jacobsen, research director of the American Dairy Association, outlined the research program for new dairy products supported by A.D.A. Dr. George Reinbold, Iowa State University, reviewed the methods of deternlining milk quality at the dairy plant and discussed indices of milk quality. Information on newer aspects of off-flavors in milk was presented by Dr. G. Malcolm Trout, Michigan State University, who also reviewed the benefits of good plant h.ousekeeping. ¥ i s i t i n g industry speakers included Nell Angevine, Meyer Blanke Company, St. Louis, who spoke on new developments in the manufacture of Cottage cheese arid the direct acid method of making sour cream. Training Courses to he Given at R. A. Taft Center The Public Health Service will present consecutive one-week training courses beginning with Microbiological Examination of Milk and Milk Products, October 19-23, 1964, followed, October 26-30, by Chemical Analysis of Milk and Milk Products, both at the Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center in Cincinnati. They are offered for personnel in responsible positions in laboratories engaged in milk analysis and dairy products examination. They are conducted by personnel of the Division of Environmental Engineering and Food Protection. No tuition or registration fee is required. Requests for information should be sent to the Director, Training Program, Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45226. Theses Completed Master's Degree: Cecil Douglas Clawson. Effect of Length of Previous Dry Period, Month of Freshening, Age, Body Weight and Length of Gestation on Milk and F a t Yields of Dairy Cattle. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Glenn Alden Carmichael. The Extent of Replacing Sucrose with Corn Sweeteners in Dairy Chocolate Drink. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Harold H. Kincaid. Effects of P a r i t y Order on Production and Body Measurements. University of Illinois. C. A. HolloweU. Biological Basis for the Exclusion of Escherichia Coli from the Rumen Ecosystem. University of Illinois. John M. White. Genetic and environmental relationships between first lactation production,
later performance and length of herd life in Pennsylvania Holstein cattle. Pennsylvania State University. Paul Johnnie Cooper. Bovine Ovarian Organ Culture in ¥ i t r o . Texas A & M University. Mohamed M. Motasem. A Comparison of Two Techniques for Measuring the Relative Rates of Moisture Evaporation from Limited Areas of the Skin of Holstein, Jersey and Jersey-Braham Cattle. Texas A & M University. Doctor's Degree : ]]van E. Jones. a-Aminoadipic-~-Semialdehyde and Lysine Biosynthesis in Yeast. University of Illinois. Kansas Dairy Technology Society The September meeting was held Monday, September 14, 1964, at H a r t ' s Restaurant, Topeka, Kansas. Dr. C. A. Ernstrom, Department of Dairy and Food Industry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, spoke on the production of cream cheese and Cottage cheese without the use of starter culture. The dairy industry, like many other industries, is becoming more automated with each passing year. The cheese segment of the dairy industry has been one of the most difficult to automate due to the many variables inherent in manufacturing cultured products. A revolutionary idea was born several years ago of circumventing ~he use o f bacterial cultures by adding directly the important chemical agents produced by the nficroorganisms. Tony Ernstrom's adaptation of this idea to the manufacture of Cottage and cream cheese is truly a tribute to American ingenuity. Dr. Ernstrom's presentation will trace the development of this process from the embryo stages bo its present status including a description of the commercial unit now in operation at Dean Milk Company, Rockford, Illinois, plant. Plan to attend the September 14 meeting to learn how the Cottage cheese of tomorrow will be made. Central Michigan Dairy Technology Society A meeting" of the Central Michigan Dairy Technology Society was held at the High Life Inn, Saginaw, September 16, following dinner served at 6:30 P.~. The first meeting of the fall was set aside as "Ladies Night." The menu featured prime roast of beef. Guest speaker for the meeting was our only honorary member, Lester Sedine, who is recognized as the prime founder of the Central Michigan Dairy Technology Society. He spoke of his travel by cruiser from New Orleans to Saginaw. A title suggested by him is "Cruising 4,350 Miles of Scenic Intercoastal Waterways from New Orleans to Saginaw via Florida, Hudson River, and the Erie Canal."