SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS, ACADEMY OF


stock of the state by working with breeders and breed organiza-
tions. A specific phase of the program is with farm boys and girls
in the selection, feeding, fitting, showing, and selling fat stock
through participation in the 4 annual Junior Livestock Expositions
at Eau Claire, Friendship, Green Bay, and Madison.

        POULTRY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION,
                WISCONSIN CO-OPERATIVE
Secretary: LLOYD MOWRER, Valders.
Publication: Badger Poultry News (monthly).
  The Wisconsin Co-operative Poultry Improvement Association
was organized in 1929 for the purpose of improving the poultry
industry in Wisconsin and for greater consumer education. It is
composed of 4 organizations in the industry all interested in great-
er consumption of poultry and eggs both state-wide and national-
ly. It attempts to educate the producer as to consumer demands
and how to meet them. It co-operates with all established organi-
zations in promoting the poultry industry of Wisconsin.

     SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS, ACADEMY OF
Secretary: TED J. McLAUGHLIN, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Publications: Transactions (annual); Wisconsin Academy Review
    (quarterly).
    A special act of the Legislature incorporated this organization
in 1870. Its object is the promotion of the sciences, arts and letters
with principal attention to Wisconsin subjects and the work of
the state's scientists, educators and scholars. This purpose is ac-
complished through the publication of significant studies, investi-
gations, reviews and news, the encouragement of co-operation and
exchange of information, an annual meeting for presentation of
papers and academy business, and the accumulation of an exchange
library. The academy's transactions are exchanged with 170 for-
eign countries. In return, the academy receives a wealth of ma-
terial which constitutes a valuable library. This is incorporated
into the collections of the University of Wisconsin's Memorial
Library and is available in the same manner as all university li-
brary books. The academy also sponsors a Junior Academy of
Sciences which conducts regional contests with awards for the
winning students. The senior academy now has over 1,150 mem-
bers and any citizen of Wisconsin interested in its purposes may
make application for membership.


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