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Report on National Co-Operative Project

"A Study of the Factors Which Influence the Quality and Palatability of Meat"

Abstract

This co-operative project has continued to develop in a very gratifying manner since the report made a year ago. Twenty-one state experiment stations and the U. S. Department of Agriculture were actively engaged in the work during 1928-29. The States represented were:

The U. S. Department of Agriculture was represented by the Bureaus of Animal Industry, Agricultural Economics, and Home Economics. The National Livestock and Meat Board continued to take a deep, interest in the work and assisted materially in the payment of traveling expenses incurred by state representatives in attending the annual conference.

A brief report of the 1928 conference of co-operators was given in last year's report to the Association of Land Grant Colleges.

The 1929 conference was hwld at Chicago in August and was attended by representatives of 20 state experiment stations, the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and the National livestock and Meat Board.

The Scope of the co-operation in this project is broad.