Statistics on Attendance at Two Recent Annual A.D.S.A. Meetings
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e v e n t a n o c c a s i o n for b u i l d i n g b o t h t h e p h y s i c a l a n d m o r a l s t r e n g ...
e v e n t a n o c c a s i o n for b u i l d i n g b o t h t h e p h y s i c a l a n d m o r a l s t r e n g t h r e q u i r e d f o r s u r v i v a l in a world now divided. I t is to t h i s p u r p o s e t h a t t h o s e in r e s e a r c h and education and those of the great dairy ind u s t r y find c o m m o n c a u s e . T h e y a r e n o w e h a l leng'ed to find m o s t effective m e a n s o f k e e p i n g
STATISTICS
ON
ATTENDANCE A.D.S.A.
this great industry fully capable of making the adaptations n e c e s s m T to i t s c o n t i n u e d growth and development in, and for its cont i n u e d s e r v i c e to, a s o c i e t y g r o w n so c o m p l e x a n d i n t e r - r e l a t e d a s to d e n y i s o l a t i o n o f a n y o f its facets. The. record of the past gives hope of promise for the future.
AT
TWO
RECENT
ANNUAL
MEETINGS
H . F . J~JnI¢tNS, S e c r e t a r y - T r e a s u r e r ,
A.D.S.A.
32 R i d g e w a y Circle, W h i t e P l a i n s , N e w Y o r k
1961 Wisconsin No. M e m b e r s from universities and U S D A ........ 475 -.~Iembers f r o m i n d u s t r y 260 S t u d e n t affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . 236 N o n m e m b e r s f r o m universities or U S D A . 54 N o n m e m b e r s from i n d u s t r y .................... 86
1962 Maryland
% of total
No.
% of total
42.8 23.4 21.2
508 263 234
45.0 23.0 20.0
4.8
81
7.1
7.7
56
4.9
T o t a l .................. 1,111
1,142
N u m b e r of w o m e n ........ 311 N u m b e r of f a m i l y g r o u p s with or witho u t children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N u m b e r of f a m i l y g r o u p s with children 130 N u m b e r of f a m i l y g r o u p s with one child 42 N u m b e r of f a m i l y g r o u p s with two children ................ 56 N u m b e r of f a m i l y g r o u p s with t h r e e children ............ 23 N u m b e r of f a m i l y groups with f o u r children .............. 9 N u m b e r of fanfily g r o u p s with five children ................ 0
438
Total number of children . . . . . . 259 A v g no. children p e r f a m i l y ...... 2.00
426 213
50
32.3
55
26.3
43.0
84
39.3
17.6
48
22.5
6.9
24
11.2
C o m p a r i s o n s of m a j o r i n t e r e s t : 1. L a r g e r total a t t e n d a n c e in 1962. 2. P e r c e n t a g e classification of m e m b e r s a t t e n d i n g a l m o s t identical both years. 3. M a n y more w o m e n a n d f a m i l y g r o u p s in 1962. 4. M a n y m o r e children in 1962. 5. A few more f a m i l i e s of five children should take care of our m e m b e r s h i p f o r y e a r s to colne.
Occupational classification of m e m b e r s a n d nonmembers from industry 1961 1962 Artificial b r e e d i n g associations ............ 28 22 B o a r d of H e a l t h ( s t a t e or local) ............ 1 B r e e d associations ................................ 13 11 Chain store r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ..................... 6 3 D . H . I . A ................................................... 1 D a i r y p r o c e s s i n g c o m p a n i e s ..................... 108 66 D a i r y p r o d u c t s broker .......................... 1 Dairy Products Improvement Institute 1 F a r m e r s ' cooperatives ............................. 6 12 F a r m i n g ...................................................... 1 3 G o v ' t laboratories or s t a t e a g r i c u l t u r e d e p a r t m e n t ......................... 7 13 M a n u f a c t u r e r s of feed or feed s u p p l e m e n t s ................................... 35 20 Manufacturers of equipment a n d supplies ........................................... 92 62 Milk p r o d u c e r associations ...................... 9 1 Miscellaneous or u n k n o w n ........................ 15 20 N a t i o n M R e s e a r c h Council ....................... 4 P r i v a t e laboratories .................................. 10 9 P u b l i s h i n g ................................................ 10 5 T r a d e associations .................................... 17 9 Wisconsin Alumni Research ~'oundation 1 357
0
2 473 2.00
0.94
265
T h e r e w e r e f e w e r persons" a t t e n d i n g f r o m dairy processing companies, from equipment and supply manufacturers, and from feed manu f a c t u r i n g c o m p a n i e s in 1962.