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The Interpretive Summaries

Department of Dairy Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

ABSTRACT

The Interpretive Summaries section of the JOURNAL was introduced with the first issue of Volume 43 as a result of the recommendation of the Committee on Publication Policy, concurred in by the Journal Management Committee and authorized by the Executive Board. The motive was to give the large proportion of the A.D.S.A. membership, who are not engaged in teaching or research, a better appreciation of the research reported in the JOURNAL; its contribution to the pertinent body of knowledge; its possible immediate usefulness; and its implication for the future. It was also believed that this section would make the JOURNAL more attractive to potential members of the Association.

Understandably, there has been considerable criticism of the action. The Editor has taken the brunt of this, most unfairly, inasmuch as the Section was not his creation and actually complicated his already tedious work. On the other hand, many members have been favorably impressed by the Summaries, but have been less vocal than the objectionists.