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M E M O R I A L S

J. P. LaMaster 1892-1971

Joseph Paul LaMaster, 79, Head Emeritus of the Department of Dairy Science, Clemson University, passed away May 2, :1971. He re- tired in 1957. A native of Campbellsburg, Ken- tucky, he attended the State's University where

he received the B.S. de- gree in 1913 and M.S. in :1928.

An appointment to the position of bacteri- ologist for the Ehncn- dorf Farm, located at Lexington, Ken tucky , was accepted upon grad- nation from the Uni- versity. For five years he served in dairy ex- tension in Mississippi

J. P. LaMaster and Georgia, and then as dairy field represen-

tative of the United States Department of Ag- riculture in the Southern states. He became extension dairy specialist with the South Caro- lina Extension Service in January 1920. On October 1, 1920 he was named head of the Clemson College Dairy Department and served in that position 37 years.

He was a leader in dairy cattle breeding studies and nutrition and was the first chairman of the regional technical committee on breeding better dairy cattle in the South. He was a di- rector of the various cattle clubs in the state and the South Carolina Dairy Association. Through his efforts the Brown Swiss breed was introduced to South Carolina in :1943.

He helped develop Clemson Blue cheese by the South Carolina Agricultural Experiment

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Station. He developed the electric calf de- homer now commonly used. His ability as a judge of dairy cattle was recognized officially and he judged in many shows.

Professor LaMaster served as chairman of the southern division of the American Dairy Science Association in 1925, secretary in 1927, and was active on many committees through the years. In 1954 he received the Honors Award from the Association. He was a member of the feed survey committee of the American Feed Manufacturers' Association. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture named him as a member of the nationwide Dairy Industry Work Conference in Washington in 1953. He also served on the executive committee of the Southern Pasture and Forage Crop Improvement Conference in the southern states.

After retirement from Clemson he received a two-year assignment with the International Co- operation Administration under auspices of the U.S. Department of State as livestock advisor in Brazil. Other foreign services included a 1919 assignment as representative of the French government in charge of a Holstein shipment at sea, and in :1953 the government of Cuba invited him to judge its dairy cattle livestock exposition.

Professor LaMaster was a member of the American Dairy Science Association, American Society of Animal Science, Association of Southern Agricultural Workers, A Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta, Alpha Tan Omega, and Lamp and Cross (honorary scholastic society). He is listed in American Men of Science. W.A. Kiln , Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina