386 REPORT t)F OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



ley, R. D. Milncr, II. L. Kni<,'ht, H. A. Pratt, iiiid (\ F. Lanf^worthy," 

 in Baltimore aiul l-*hila(l('l|)hi:i, namely, in homes for the n^ed and 

 orphan asylums, incliulinfj institutions under munieipal and private 

 mana<jement. The stutlies were undertaken with a view to securino; 

 additional data rep:arding food requirements of the ajred and of 

 yount; ehildi(Mi, and also to demonstrate the desirability of using 

 nutrition methods in the study of institution prol)lems from the 

 standpoint of institution interests. Mention may also be made of 

 the publication of "Food and Diet in the United States,"'' which 

 gives a o;eneral summary of data with recommendations for dietary 

 standards in terms of food purchased, food eaten, and food digested, 

 and w^hich also includes estimates of the amounts of the principal 

 mineral constituents of the diet recjuired per man per day. 



The reports of the President's Homes Commission,'^ which was 

 appointed to study conditions of the District of Columbia, contains 

 several papers on food for wage-earners' families and related topics. 



Dietary studies made during a four weeks' walking trip were 

 reported by H. L. Knight,*^ which are of interest, as the majority of 

 the foods selected were of the type which supply nutritive material 

 in small bulk. 



W. M. Haj^s and E. C. Parker^ in a study of the cost of producing 

 farm crops include interesting data regarding the kind and cost of 

 food in Minnesota farm homes, accumulated with a view to deter- 

 mining the cost of farm board. Additional tlata on the subject 

 are reported and discussed in a paper on the factors and cost of 

 board on Minnesota farms by T. P. Cooper.^ These reports furnish 

 much information regarding dietarv conditions in farm homes in 

 the regions selected for study. 



The reports of the Commissary-General of the U. S. Army contain 

 data regarding rations for different purposes, and various other pub- 

 lications which have appeared, contain data of interest regarding 

 diet and dietary conditions in the United States, which it does not 

 seem essential to summarize liere. 



In this connection mention may however be made of information 

 summarized by Clark, ^Department of Commerce and Labor, regarding 

 the food habits of ^lexican laborers in the United States; the data 

 reported by Miss Agnes Hunt'^ of the University of Illinois, regarding 



aU. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 223. 

 &U. S. Dept. Agr., Yearbook 1907, p. 361. 



c60th Cong., 2d sess., Sen. Doc. No. 644; also included in Reports of the Presi- 

 dent's Homes Commission, Washington, D. C, 1908, pt. 5. 

 d Connecticut Storrs Sta. Rpt. 1905, p. 143. 

 e Minnesota Sta. Bui. 97; U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Stat. Bui. 48. 

 /Jour. Home Econom., 1 (1909), p. 43. 

 gBui. Labor [U. S.j Bui. 78, p. 466. 

 ft Hi. Agr., 12 (1908), No. 5, p. 146. 



