¡^ - ! B R A R Y;/¿i£££j RECEIVED ^^^5¿ No. 1/2. -^-^I- TOME III JULY 1930. ¿i^ ÏÏ3D" INTERNATIONAL^ I®¥iiW*"«* v> OF POULTRY SCIENCE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WORLD'S POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 600.000 MEMBERS FOURTH WORLD'S POULTRY CONGRESS LONDON ENGUAND JULY 22-30 1930 EDITOR: Dr. B. J. C. TE HENNEPE - ROTTERDAM (HOLLAND) SUBSCRIPTIONS. One pound or equivalent ($ 5.00) annually in advance. This Review is free to all members of the World*s Poultry Science Association in good standing. All subscriptions should be sent to the editor, Dr. B. J. C. te Hennepe, Rotterdam, or to the secretary. Dr. G. F. Heuser, Ithaca, N. Y., U.S.A. : per year The personal membership of the W.P.S.A. amounts to £ 1.0.0. For affiliated societies to 5.0.0 V2 ps9^ advertisement costs. ... £ 1.10.0 Full page advertisement costs . „ 2.10.0 CRYSTAL^RALACE!! WÖRLIÄ POULTRY CONGRESS JULY 22-30 IS30 Over SO tuitioi\a Joirv ii\ a World Exhibition-Massed Bands Concerts and otKei» attrartlons. wJi Ho. ill TOME m )ULV 193Ô. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF POULTRY SCIENCE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE WORLD'S POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION 600.000 MEMBERS EDITOR: Dr> B. J, C. TE HENNEPE ROTTERDAM (Holland) PRINTED BY G. B. 'T HOOFT - ROTTERDAM (HOLLAND) INTRODUCING THE THIRD YEAR. BY THE EDITOR. As the publication of the first numbers of the Third Year now falls in the same year as the World Congress in London, and for the benefit of new members and others who might be interested, I shall give a review of the History^ Purpose and Development of the International Review, as an introduction to this issue. In new editions of books it is often the custom to repeat the prefaces of old editions, from which the reader obtains a better idea of the development of the book. This appears to me to be a good method to employ with regard to our periodical and, there- fore, I shall commence by once more bringing the preface to the first number to the attention of my readers. ROTTERDAM, 1st April 1928. As an introduction to this new Periodical I think it best to quote a few passages from the letter, dated 1st. January, 1928, from Mr, F. C, Elford, Chairman of the Association, to the members: „The Congresses act as milestones and serve to mark progress. The^ „the Congresses, and the work of the Association apart from these „Congresses. „The Congresses act as milestones and serve to mark progress. Tey „also dignify and give prestige to the industry, and they present a medium „for international acquaintanceship. There is no doubt that the three ,,Congresses have done more to elevate the standing of the industry, to „favourably impress governments and the general public, and to extend ,,good fellowship than anything else that has occured in World Poultry ,,Keeping. It is essential that these Congresses should remain outstanding „events and be of a world wide nature. ,,It may be difficult to outline or even visualize the duties of the Asso- „ciation between Congresses. As I see them they are to secure a better „understanding of one another's problems and to extend that goodfellow- „ship that always exists among friends. These duties may be met only „through co-operation, contact and confidence. „The friendly international relations established must be maintained and „further developed. This can be accomplished only through the fullest III „íiiéásure of co-operation. between those who have actually met each „other at the Congresses. Direct contact may be out of the question „for many, but it is always possible through correspondence. Most of ,,us have as our life's work the further development of the poultry „industry, and through this point of contact we may make our efforts ,,to co-operate very live and useful. A fuller appreciation of each other's „problems will make for success in our undertakings. „The Association is the logical medium of contact, and in order to „participate in the co-operative effort to the full, to get the closest and „most immediate contact, both personal and through the medium of „correspondence, and to enjoy the confidence of those engaged in poultry „work, a large association membership is essential. „Let us make the Association a great clearing house for poultry know^ „ledge and international goodfellowship, keeping always in mind the ,,difficulties and problems of fellow members, and exercising at all times ,,that measure of tolerance that alone can make for abundant success. „To make membership more attractive between Congresses, arrangements „have been made with Dr* te Hennepe, Rotterdam, Holland, to edit a „quarterly news sheet known as the INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF „POULTRY SCIENCE, and have it distributed to members. It is expected „that this sheet will contain items of interest concerning the Association, „a list of poultry publications throughout the world, and, yearly, a revised „list of membership. As far as possible the editor will assist members in „obtaining Government bulletins, etc., many of which contain valuable „data on the poultry industry/* The object of the Periodical is the bringing into operation of Article II of our Constitution, which reads as follows: ,,The objects of the Association are: 1. To facilitate in all possible ways the exchange of know- ledge and experience among persons in all parts of the world, who are interested in the advancement of the Poultry Industry, by teaching, demonstration, and in- vestigation, 2. To promote the extension of knowledge in this field by the encouragement of scientific research, practical ex- periments, the collecting of statistics, the study of the problems of marketing, and the world's markets and in every way possible. In future we shall endeavour to compile a concise review of all possible scientific data referring to poultry^ and distribute this among readers at specified times, thus keeping the readers ,,au fait" with the results of experiments and research and the steps taken to develop the Industry. IV Everybody will understand that this task can only be ful- filled if we received the support of all our readers, so that we now ask them so send us all bulletins, reports, publications and commu- nications in future, as soon as possible after they have been issued« Of course, new books on poultry or articles from periodicals will also be of great service* As the Periodical is at the same time the Official Organ of the International Association it will also contain items of interest concerning the Association* To commence with, the Periodical will be published quarter- ly and every member of the Association will receive a free copy as soon as possible after publication. Seeing that our Association is represented in most every country the Periodical will have a circulation covering the whole world* We shall at all times be pleased to receive any suggestions which might tend to improve the Periodical and lead to its ful- filling its object in the best possible manner. From the beginning, therefore, the great purpose of the Inter- national Association has been: Promotion of Poultry Science through International Co-operation* A point that has not yet been mentioned, but that is still important enough to be worthy of mention here, is the fact that the personal element, which in the various countries sometimes leads to dissension and friction, disappears in the international bond, with the result that a pure, scientific, impersonal co-operation is attained to the advantage of the whole* Science, in its origin, is universal, and develops in all places where a well ordered civilization .gives humanity the opportunity of bringing forth its best intellectual gifts* In applied science the limited, national or personal interest is prominent. Everywhere, however where educated people meet in the interests of scientific problems, all dissentient points of various kinds disappear and a greater Unity is attained. It is true that the languages in which science expresses itself in the various countries differ considerably, but in spite of this, scientific workers can always make themselves intelligible to each other and so serve the higher interests. From a purely scientific point of view, therefore. International fusion is of great importance, but it is also of great value from a V practicalt economic standpoint* It is often seen that in various countries investigators are working on almost similar problems. The study of Natural Science requires: deep meditation, the studying of known facts and the making of experiments. All this costs much time, energy and money and if, therefore, people are better acquainted with each others work this will mean a saving of all three. This international co-operation and promotion of continual contact has from the very beginning been one of the basic prin- ciples of the International Association. During the first years only investigators who were working on scientific lines could be mem- bers, which explains the title ,Jnternational Association of Poultry Instructors and Investigators*'. At the congress in Ottawa it was decided that in future, all persons interested in the promotion of Poultry Science would be eligible for membership, and the name of the Association was changed to the more general form of ,,World's Poultry Science Association/' Since the congress in Barcelona the activities of the Asso- ciation have been considerably increased and have been made more permanent. Before that time there was no connection between the members during the three years which elapsed between con- gresses, so that they enj*oyed but little visible advantage from their membership; more so as one could be a member of the congress without being a member of the International Association. The result of this was to limit the membership of the Association to a very few really keen enthousiasts in a few countries.