FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 481 



Problems in feeding, T. L. Haecker (Indiana State Dairy Assoc. Rpt. 1897, pp. 

 137-143). — General remarks on the relative value of different feeding stuffs. 



Some results in stock feeding, F. H. Hall (New York State Sta. Bui. 141, popular 

 ed., pp. 6). — This is a popular edition of Bulletin 141 of the station (see p. 471). 



Summary of the investigations on the nutrition of man and animals carried 

 on in the United States during the last two years, E. Gain (Assoc. Francaise 

 Advancement Set., Congres Saint-Ftienne, 1S97, pp. 820-833). — The author notes, in 

 many cases with some detail, the principal recent publications on the food of man 

 and animals issued in the United States. In most cases the articles cited were pub- 

 lications of the United States Department of Agriculture or of the Agricultural 

 Colleges and Experiment Stations. 



Bread (Diet, and Hyg. Gaz., 14 (1898), No. 9, p. 580).— A. brief note calling atten- 

 tion to the fact that the handling of bread by bakers and their assistants is a menace 

 to health. In Berlin agitation on this subject has resulted in placing the loaves as 

 taken from the oven in paper bags, the ends of which are twisted. 



Wheaten bread, Tison (Le pain defroment. Paris: A. Maloine, 1S98 ; rev. in Brit- 

 ish Med. Jour., 1898, No. 1973, p. 1262). — The author believes that the bran should be 

 rejected in grinding wheat, but that improvements in grindiug should be sought, as 

 the present method rejects too much. Steel grinders are recommended. The tegu- 

 ment and pericarp are not regarded as digestible by man and whole-wheat bread is 

 condemned ou the basis of hygiene and economy. 



The medicinal value of fruit as food, C. T. Sauer (Amer. Gard., 19 (1S98), No. 

 189, pp. 558, 559). — The composition aud properties of a number of fruits are dis- 

 cussed. The author is of the opinion that fruits do not possess any great medicinal 

 value, but arc to be regarded as food adjuncts, their chief virtue as medicines con- 

 sisting in furnishing the blood with potash salts. 



Potato flour in Austria, F. W. Mahan ( U. S. Consular Rpis. 1898, No. 216, pp. 

 68, 69). — Potato flour, also known as potato starch, which is used to a considerable 

 extent by bakers and confectioners, >s described and an analysis quoted. 



Nutritive va'ue of mushrooms (Diet, and Hijg. Gaz., 14 (1S98), No. 8, pp. 487, 

 488). — Attention is called to the small amount of actual nutrients in mushrooms, 

 and extracts from early works are quoted which show that this fact has been long 

 recognized. 



The need of meat inspection (Diet, and Hyg. Gaz.,»14 (1898), No. 8, pp. 497-499).— 

 The article quoted from L. Pierson in Public Health describes the conditions under 

 which animals are slaughtered in Philadelphia, aud insists upon the need of some 

 more adequate system of meat inspection, the municipal abattoir being recommended. 



Composition of meat peptones, A. Denaeyer (Jour. Pharm. et Chim., 6. ser., 6 

 (1897), p. 357; abs. m Vrtljschr. Chem. Nahr. u. Genussmtl., 12(1897), No. 4, p. 491). 



The composition of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks, Balland (Compt. Rend. 

 Acad. Sci. Paris, 126 (1898), No. 24, pp. 1728-1731).— The composition of a consider- 

 able number offish, crustaceans, and mollusks sold in Paris is reported. 



On the formation of products of proteid digestion in the body, their identifi- 

 cation, and fate, A. Meyer ( Ueber den Nachweis und die Entstehung der Produkte der 

 Eiweissverdauung sowie iiber ihr Schicksal im Organismus. Inaug. Diss., Heidelberg, 

 1898, pp. 41; abs. in Hyg. Rundschau 8 (1898), No. 8, p. 392). 



The influence of consuming different quantities of water on the excretion of 

 vater vapor and carbon dioxid by man, P. Laschtschenko (Arch. Hyg., 33 

 ,1898), No. 1-2, pp. 145-150). — In experiments with man the amount of carbon dioxid 

 md water vapor excreted through the lungs was not materially affected by the 

 imount of water consumed. 



Note on the excretion of water vapor through the lungs, M. Rtjbner (Arch. 

 Hyg., 33 (1898), No. 1-2, pp. 151-154).— The author found in experiments with man 

 that less water vapor was excreted through the lungs when reading aloud than when 

 singing; still less was excreted when deep breathing was practiced, and least of 

 all when the subject remained perfectly quiet. 



