FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



419 



Jumping cocoons {Xaturc,f);':{18'JG), No. 1412, p. i!5). — A brief note is jriveii of tbe 

 ability to Jump sbown by some African cocoons. The insect is tliouglit to be an 

 auoiiialons lepidopter, near Adela. 



Resemblance of an insect larva to a lichen fruit, G. E. Stone (Bui. Torren Bot. 

 Club, 23 {1S9G), No. 11, pp. 444, 445). — Brief notes are given of mimicry in the larv;o 

 of CiOHSiiparia ulmi. 



Effect of cold on insect life, K. Sa.io {Ilhis. Woclnnsehr. Knt., 1S96, Oct., pp. 457- 

 4GU). 



The displacement of species in New^ Zealand, T. Kikk {Trans. New Zealand 

 Inst., SS {ISO.j), pp. 1-27). — Brief notes are given on the displacement of certain 

 species of insects by the introduction of others. 



On the so-called animal plants, P. Hennings ( Naturw. Wochenschr., lS9G,p. 317). — 

 Some of the species of Cordyceps are described and figured. 



FOODS— ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Studies of dietaries, W. O. Atwater and G. D, VfooD^i Connecti- 

 cut Starrs Sta. Rpt. 1895, pp. 1^9-174). — The work here reported is a 

 continuation of that given in the Annual Reports of the station for 1892, 

 1893, and 1894 (E. S. R. 5, p. 394; 6, p. 443; 7, p. 596). The results of 11 

 dietary studies hitherto unpublished are reported in full. A summary 



follows : 



Results of dietary studies — Food eaten per person daily. 



Infant (9 months old) : 



First study 



Second study 



Chemist's family 



Do 



Do 



Farmer's family in Vermont 



Farmer's familv in Connecticut . 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



College students in Connecticut. 



Cost. 



Cents. 

 08 

 08 

 24 

 26 

 24 



Fuel 

 value. 



Calories. 

 1,035 

 1,080 

 2,880 

 3,405 

 3,550 

 2,960 

 3, 7no 

 3, 785 

 3,590 

 2,865 

 3,810 

 3,900 



Dietary studies at the University of Tennessee in 1895, 0. E. 

 Wait, comments by W. O. Atwater and C. D. Woods {U. 8. Dept. 

 Agr., Office of E.vperiment Stations Bui. 39, pp. 45). — Three dietary 

 studies, 2 in winter and 1 in spring, were made of a students' club 

 at the University of Tennessee, and 1 of a mechanic's family. The 

 methods followed were those mentioned in Bulletin 21 of this Oftice 

 (E. S. K., 7, p, 148). A number of Tennessee foods were analyzed. The 

 composition of other foods was com{)uted from standard tables. Tables 

 are given which show the amount and kind of food purchased, wasted, 

 and eaten, and its cost, composition, and fuel value. The results of 

 these studies are briefly summed up in the following table: 



Results of dietary studies — Food eaten per man per day. 



Fuel 

 value. 



Colle{je Club: 



First study 



Seioiid study. . 

 Third study... 



Mechanic's family 



Calories. 

 3, 480 

 3, 450 

 3, 635 

 4,090 



