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tions or individuals to the extent of rendering assistance or in an 

 advisory capacitj^, chiefly through the special agent in charge. For 

 purposes of comparison, some analytical work has been carried on at 

 Middletown with bone proteids and other animal proteids at the request 

 of Prof. W. J. Gies, of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New 

 York. 



In former reports no mention has been made of the fact that dietary 

 schedules and other information regarding the conducting of experi- 

 ments and nutrition investigations was furnished to Dr. J. C. Dunlop 

 and Dr. D. N. Patton and his collaborators, all of Edinburgh, Scot- 

 land. Dr. Dunlop used this material in the investigation included 

 in his report on "Prison dietaries," prepared for the "Prison Com- 

 mission for Scotland," and Dr. Patton and his collaborators made a 

 similar use of material in "A study of the diet of the laboring classes 

 in Edinburgh," which was carried out under the auspices of the town 

 council of the city of Edinburgh. 



Dietary schedules and information regarding the carrying on of 

 nutrition investigations was also furnished to B. S. Rowntree, of 

 York, England, and used by him in carrying on the dietary studies 

 of poor families reported in his recently published volume, "Poverty, 

 a study of town life." During the past year Dr. P. Smolenski, of St. 

 Petersburg, Russia, has prepared a summary of all the nutrition pub- 

 lications of the Office of Experiment Stations, as well as a historj^ of 

 this work. This was published by the ministry of interior of the 

 Russian Government. Instances like the above are noteworthy, since 

 they show the interest manifested by scientists at home and abroad 

 in the nutrition work of the Department. 



In furthering the interests of the nutrition investigations, Professor 

 Atwater has attended a number of conferences and has delivered a 

 number of lectures before educational institutions and learned socie- 

 ties, etc. The following should be mentioned : 



Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics, July 1, 1901 ; The First 

 Cuban Conference of Charities and Correction, Havana, Cuba, March, 

 1902; The Federation of Women's Clubs, Buffalo, N. Y. ; The Georgia 

 State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Athens, Ga. ; State 

 Normal School of Lucy Cobb Institute; Hartford Medical Society; 

 Medical State Science Teachers' Association ; New York Section of 

 American Chemical Society; University Club, Providence, R. I. 



In every case lectures have been delivered upon some topic connected 

 with the Department nutrition investigations or closely related inves- 

 tigations. These visits, which were generally made at the invitation 

 of the institution or society visited, are mentioned as one of the indi- 

 cations of the widespread interest felt in the nutrition investigations 

 by teachers, physicians, scientists, persons engaged in philanthropic 

 enterprises, and others. 



Closely connected with the nutrition investigations, though not 

 directly a part of them, may be mentioned the summer school of nutri- 

 tion and bacteriology, which was held at Wesleyan LTniversity, Mid- 

 dletown, Conn., in July, 1902, and in which several of the officers of 

 this Department took part. This school was attended by students 

 from different regions, a considerable number of whom are teachers 

 of domestic science, and others who have engaged to a greater or less 

 extent in the teaching of nutrition, chemistry, or bacteriology in the 

 agricultural colleges and other institutions. The school was thus an 

 effective agency for the dissemination of information regarding the 

 nutrition investigations of this Department. 



