DEVELOPMENT OF NUTRITION INVESTIGATIONS. 451 



the Urfitecl States was undertaken by Hon. Carroll D. Wright as 

 chief of the IVIassachiisetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor, and the 

 chemical results were computed and reported by Prof. Atwater. 

 In 1890 the Connecticut (Storrs) Experiment Station, under the 

 direction of Prof. Atwater, in cooperation with. Hon. Carroll D. 

 Wright as United States Commissioner of Labor, began a series of 

 dietary studies, which continued for several years. Except for the 

 inquiries under the auspices of the Massachusetts Labor Bureau, the 

 United States Department of Labor, and the Connecticut (Storrs) 

 ExjDeriment Station, the larger share of the expenses of this Avork 

 was borne by private individuals. The results of these inquiries 

 gradually attracted attention. The bearing of such research upon 

 household, agricultural, and national economics became evident, and 

 as early as 1890 steps were taken to secure an appropriation from 

 Congress to enlarge its scope and usefulness, but nothing definite was 

 accomplished there until 1894. In that year the experiment stations 

 were authorized by Congress to cooperate with the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture in studying the food and nutrition of man and were called 

 upon to report to him the results of such investigations as they might 

 carry out. At the same time Congress provided a special appro- 

 priation to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to prosecute inquiries, 

 in this direction. The sums provided by Congress for nutrition inves- 

 tigations for the Department of Agriculture have ranged from 

 $10,000 to $20,000 per annum, the larger sum having been appro- 

 priated for the cooperative work which was carried on in a number 

 of different States, as well as for that carried on by the Department 

 of Agriculture in its own laboratories. 



As originally planned, cooperation with agricultural colleges and 

 other educational institutions, experiment stations, public institu- 

 tions, and philanthropic associations in different localities was a dis- 

 tinguishing characteristic of the enterprise. This plan awakened 

 interest in many different localities, and as the contributing institu- 

 tions in many cases supplied a proportion of the funds required for 

 the work, as well as the time of investigators, the use of laboratories, 

 etc., the scope of the work was greatly extended. Following this 

 plan, cooperative investigations in nutrition were carried on by the 

 Office of Experiment Stations in 2-2 States and Territories. 



The following brief summary, arranged alphabetically by States, 

 shows the localities in which the investigations have been prosecuted 

 and the names of the cooperating institutions : 



Alabama. — Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. 



California. — University of California and California Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 



6'o;?7iec-^/cw^.---Wesleyan University, Storrs Experiment Station, 

 and Connecticut Bible Normal College. 



