Anna Boller of the National Live Stock and V l a t Board, Jessie Alice Cline, who was with the Board a t that time, Our D r.

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1 158. YOUR R E S P O N S I B i l I T Y I N A B S T R A C T I N G J a Ja WANDERSTOCK... CORNELL UNIVERSITY X thought t h a t before I say a few words about your responsibility i n t h i s abstracting program of our6, I would refresh your memories by going over w i t h you f o r a few minutes the history involved i n the review of t h e l i t e r a t u r e i n the area of meats. I think most of ua have had occasion t o use the reports of t h e Research Review Committee of the Cooperative k a t Investigations. You w i l l remember t h a t they published a s e r i e s of f i v e volumes, the first two I believe i n '37, and subsequently they published additional ones i n '42 and '46. The Cooprative b a t Investigations Committee consisted of a limited number of people -- Anna Boller of the National Live Stock and V l a t Board, Jessie Alice Cline, who was with the Board a t that time, Our D r. Hall of Kansas, Bill Loeffel, Belle Lare, Ken Warner, 0. G. Hankins, Bob Hinaan, Sylvia Cover, and A. IC. Eeeley of the Bureau of Animal Industry. These people were charged w i t h the task of reviewing a l l of t h e l i t e r a t u r e r e l a t i v e t o ~ E a t 6published up u n t i l the time of t h e i r review. Well, I know from correspondence with B i l l Loeffel that although he did a wonderful job, he f e l t t h a t he really could have devoted the time t h a t he agent reviewing the l i t e r a t u r e benefiting himself and h i s i n s t i t u t i o n, but he f e l t t h a t t h i s was a s a c r i f i c e t h a t he had t o make f o r the good of t h e cause, and he and the o t h r members of the cormittee t h a t I have j u s t named did a tremendous amount of work i n reviewing the l i t e r a t u r e r e l a t i v e t o the given f i e l d. For instance, our D r. H a l l here reviewed a l l of the l i t e r a t u r e r e l a t i v e t o nethcds involved l a meat research, and Belle Lowe covered lard. They took one area i n mats, one form of subject-matter and did a l l of the reviewing in the p a r t i c u l a r subject-matter. Now when t h i s Reciprocal &at Conference was established m originally started, as you w i l l recall, discussing general problems, and then a t our fourth annual meeting the conrmitcee structure was set up which set up, among other committees, the Research Review Committee. You folks charged t h a t commfttee, of which I was chairman a t the time, with the reeponsibility of ascertaining the need f o r a l i t e r a t u r e review. Those of you who were present on t h a t occasion and a t subsepent Reciprocal Yeat Conferences remember that we a l l f e l t that there was a need f o r an organized review of the l i t e r a t u r e, and that we a l l agreed that we would cooy;erate t o the best of our a b i l i t i e s i n making t h i s review. You will r e c a l l, too, that a t that time we asked f o r volunteers t o do the abstracting and approximately 50 qf you agreed t o a b s t r a c t f o r u8. You w i l l r e c a l l, too, t h a t we bombarded you with letters and reminders and '

2 159. a l l s o r t s of things. A s is the usual custom i n response t o a committee, we did not get a very large number of returns from the abstractors. As a matter of f a c t, duriag the past year, with our approximately 50 abstractors (I have the figure here we worked it out yesterday), I think only about 16 responded t o an inquiry sent out by our Chairman, Zane Palmer, r e l a t i v e t o where they stood in abstracting the publications that they were assigned. - W e had trouble in the e a r l y stages i n getting f i n a n c i a l support t o set up the actual abetraction and, f o r the benefit of the newer members of' the Reciprocal *at Conference, the National Live Stock and Illeat Board very kindly made funds available t o us two years ago i n the amwt of a l i t t l e over $1,000 so that we could get started. We decided on the type of abstract we wanted and we are using the McBee cards which m y of' you, most of you 1 suppose, are familiar with. Last year a t our meeting we distributed the f i r s t set of abstract cards. As Al nientioned, I am sure that many of you have had occasion t o use those carda and have found then t o be uaeful, a t least i n i n i t i a l l y getting started on the l i t e r a t u r e review. It is the hope of our committee that we can p r o p r l y and completely cover a l l of the geriodicals that we listed when we first set up tlae a b s t r a c t review, b u t we cannot do it unlees you people cooperate with us. I know that we are a l l busy and i f each man got up and told us what he ha8 t o do every day of the year we would be here f o r the next two years. We are all very busy, but it has been my experience and I am sure it has been your experience that the busier you are the more things you seem t o be able t o do. Actuslly i n the area of abstracting the literature on mats, I t h i n k that we a l l owe it t o one another t o perform t h i s very v i t a l function and I think that we can all take t i m e out of our schedules. A1 mentioned that he is abstracting. Well, poor A 1 has t o cover Food Research, and you know how many articles appear on mats in t h a t publ i c a t i o n. Y e t he is very conscientious and be has turned i n abstracts religiously. We have several other men who are covering periodicals that cont a i n atremndouslylarge number of a r t i c l e 6 on meat. m n Bratzler i s covering Food Technology. B i l l Cole, w h a t are you covering? Actually, Bill Cole is one of our better responders i n the abstracting of' our publ i c a t i o n s. B i l l Brown 1s covering the Journal of Animal Science. It seem t o me that if fellows l i k e Bill Cole and m n Bratzler and Bill Brown and Al Barson, who certainly are busy 0. D., too. Esrcuse me, I don't want the Texans t o g e t against ne here and t o gang up on II~E? bec a u ~ ethere are too many of them. If' these people who are certainly very busy can take the time t o cover their periodicals promptly and g e t their abstracts i n t o the committee on schedule, it aeerns t o ~pet h a t thoee of u s who have been asked to cover periodicals that contain only a f e w a r t i c l e s on meat o r only on rare occasions can a l s o cover our publications. -- Now a8 a committee we have asswaed 8 number of objectives which e hope t o g e t a l l of the we hope t o acc<jmplish during the coming year. W publications on our l i s t abstracted up t o date through Decernber of t h i s e are going year before our next annual meeting r o l l s around next June. W

3 160. t o Study the abstracting assignwnts and revamp the assignwnts t h a t are necessary. We w i l l t r y t o remove the "dead wood," and t o e n l i s t some new blood, t o g e t 6om of t h a t iron pigmented s t u f f t h a t Bob Bmy was talking about. Maybe we can shoot into some of us a l i t b l e more pigment and g e t us t o the point where we can carry on these abstracting assignments. Actually, if any of you feel t h a t you would l i k e t o be relieved from the abstracting work we w i l l be happy t o entertain your wishec. We want the group that is abstracting r e a l l y t o abstract, and if a person feels t h a t he cannot f u l f i l l the responsibility, if he w i l l please l e t us know we trill remove him f r o m the l i s t of abstractors. We should l i k e t o encourage graduate students t o participate in the abstracting work. W e are going t o make an attempt t o t r a n s f e r from the a b s t r a c t form t o the a c t u a l printed card a l l of the abstracts t h a t we have had i n storage temporarily plus thoee that we w i l l be getting from you p o p l e during t h i s year, so that they w i l l be available before our next meeting. Now I should l i k e t o ask f o r additional volunteers.. i n abstracting. You w i l l r e c a l l that we will ask you t o a b s t r a c t one o r two publications. You w i l l go through these publications, going back t o January, 1946, and through the current issues f o r a r t i c l e s on mats. We have f o m with which the new men are not familiar, but we w i l l acquaint them by mail with the format that we follow. I am using the e d i t o r i a l II we." Actually I am referring t o Zane Palmer who is chairman of the committee. He w i l l inform you as t o the mechanics of aljstracting. MR. I.IANDERSMCK: We would l i k e a t this time t o ask f o r volunteers. Is it a l l r i g h t with you, A l, t o have these people stand up 80 we can take t h e i r n a E s down? I would rather do t h i s right now, because if we ask t h e m t o send us their names, we w i l l be l o s t. I d i l l those of you who w i l l be willing t o abstract one o r two p r i o d i c a l s who are not currently abstractiw f o r the Reciprocal &at Conference please stand and give your names? MR, SCHULTZ: t e n years? Is t h i s abstracting the issues of a journal for MR, bianderstock: Yes, we are attempthg t o go back t o '46, because the reports put out by the conf'erence s e t up years ago cover through '46. So we are s t a r t i n g with '46 and working up t o the current issues. We a r e trying t o keep current though. (The following persons volunteered t o make abstracts : H. ll* Schultz Oregon State College Brnest Briskey University of Wisconsin

4 161. Carroll Schoonover University of Wyoming R. D. Havelaer Ohio State University R. M. Boyer Ohio State University Robert A. bbrkel University of bfisconsin James f?. Carpenter University af F l o r i d a R. H. ALsmeyer University of Florida) MR, XEUY : I wonder if it wbuld be possible t o f i n d out what journals we are. supposed t o be abstracting. I wa6 on the l i s t and I had been abstracting a Journal and had gotten it up t o date from 1946 t o 1954, But last year we were t o l d that reassfgments would be made and 1 have been waiting. I am s t i l l interested i n abstracting. MR. WAM>ERSTOCK: We will clarify that. You are on the l i s t. Actually, those of u6 on the conadttee who have been involved in the abstracting b o w that it is an awfully detailed job p a r t i c u l a r l y from the standpoint of the chairman because he ha6 t o have all of the materials. You will recall that Zane Palmer W&B appointed chsirman of the Cummittee last year. It wa8 really quite a migration t o move a l l of the materials darn t o Zane. Of' couree, Zane a160 had Just gotten darn t o Florida, So he was really behind tbe 8 ball i n terms of taeks t o perform and t h a t is wby we d i d n ' t have the reassignment, but we are d e f i n i t e l y goin& t o reassign where necessary and a l l of the current abstractors w i l l be informed of their responsibilities. That w i l l be all then. Thank you v e r y much. CHAIRMAN PEARSON: We have a few minutes f o r discussion. The chairman of t h e conference next year w i l l lead it. year. e are going t o have a new t i t l e f o r it lzext MR, BLUMER: W W e are going t o c a l l it the perennial plea. You know that l a s t night they had a m e t i n g. I forgot t o attend and I thought I should contribute 6 0 m t h h g. I got t o thinking about it. I woke up e a r l y t h i s morning and t h i a is w h a t I came up with. W e have been operating on the lower echelon and maybe we had b e t t e r go a l i t t l e higher up t o the deans.

5 It i s a r a t h e r humbling f a c t when you think about the number of mat publications that are coming out each year, and one of these days it is going t o be a l o t easier t o do the research yourself than t o do the abstracting, So we might give it a l i t t l e thought f o r those who w i l l follow us in mny years t o come and if we will keep this up t o date now I a m 8ure they w i l l appreciate it. A r e there any comments from the f l o o r? DR. KLINE: Tom, I have j u s t one question I would l i k e t o ask. Is it poseible t o secure an index card only? Somehow I have misplaced o r l o s t mine. It d i d n ' t g e t worn out, but it is missing.. MR WANDERSTOCK: Drop txe a l i n e and I w i l l send you one MR. BLUMER: Am there other comments? Where is Zane Palmr? Do you have anything t o add? MR. PAUER: No, I would j u s t say t h a t I think J e r r y did a wonderful Job of presenting the information and making a plea. I think quite highly of Jerry, so do everything he said. MR, RENRICKSON: now have a set of cards? I have a question. How many i n s t i t u t i o n s MR. WANlXRSTOCK: You w i l l r e c a l l that our best estlmate of the need f o r cards was about 100 sets and 60 we actually prepared a hundred. To date we have sold 47. Many of you said you would buy more than one set, b u t when the pay d i r t came i n t o the picture, Texas d i d n ' t have enmgh money t o order more than 15. So a c t u a l l y we have been a l i t t l e l e t down by the response order-wise. Not as many sets have been ordered as we anticipated selling t o the people who said they would buy them. Most of the packers have bought one o r two s e t s. Of course, t h i s i s a very good service f o r them. But among the i n W e s t i l l have many sets s t i t u t i o n s our coverage i s n ' t too g r e a t. available f o r sale, and i f someone can think of a mean& of promoting the s a l e of these sets we would l i k e t o hear it. You will recall that I mentioned that the Board had loaned us some money, and you w i l l remember that a t the last meeting we gave them a check i n the amount of $750, I think, i n -part paynent of i t s o r i g i n a l outlay. The c o m i t t e e would very m c h l i k e t o refay the Board completely but it cannot u n t i l it s e l l s more s e t s. So if we can s e l l additional sets, we w i l l be able t o repay the Board and s t i l l have a k i t t y t o use f o r f u t u r e sets. DR, KLINE: What is the price per s e t? b R O WANDERSTCCK: portation charges. Twenty-five d o l l a r s per set plus trans- MR. BLUNER: W e have used our a l l o t t e d t i m e now. If there are f u r t h e r questions, speak t o the comittee later.

6 163. Now I w i l l turn it back t o the Chairman. e wish t o thank the Research Review ComCHAIREYUJ PEARSON: W mittee for its work during the m e t year and we hope that it will continue. i tk nar come t o the Research Methods Committee's report. The first paper t o be presented by that conaalttee will be e n t i t l e d, "The Source and Significance of Microorganieme on MEat," and it will be presented by D r. John Ayres of Iowa State College. DR. AYERS: Thank yau, Mr, Chairman. Gentlemen, I t h i n k we will find that i n the future the chemist and the bacteriologist w i l l have more t o say and more of an impact on the meat industry than they have had in the past. They are now beginning t o vindicate so= of' thf! rea8ons f o r their studying meat producte. Up u n t i l a few years ago most of' the study was undertaken in line with veterinary i n s p c t i o n, carcass evaluation, etc., but I should like t o present a d i s s e r t a t i o n on "The Source and Significance of Microorganisms on &ate,"