444 



EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Eeport of the station for 1892 (E. S. R., 5, p. 5!>4). The results of the 

 study of 5 dietaries are given. A summary follows: 



IlesuJts of dUtarii studies — Food eaten per man daily. 



Carbohy- 

 drates. 



Fuel 

 value. 



Mason's fninily 



Car]icritci'M family 



Station aaricultiirist's family, winter 



Station aiiriiulturist'.s family, summer 



Stmlcuts' flub '. 



Summary of 13 dietaries studied by station:' 



Minimum 



Maximum 



Average 



Dietary standards for men at moderate work : 



Vd'it (dcniian) 



Atwater (American) 



Grams. 

 348 

 336 

 398 

 472 

 346 



336 



478 

 405 



500 

 450 



Calories. 

 3,190 

 2,965 

 3, 335 

 3,800 

 3,110 



2,965 

 3, 800 

 3,395 



3,060 

 3,5C0 



' Eiglit of those are reported In Counocticnt Storrs Station Report 1892, p. 163 (E. S. R., 5, p. 594). 



Compilation lias been attempted at the station of all dietary studies 

 on record. Kecords have been found of the examination of 491 dieta- 

 ries, exclusive of army rations. 



"The most of these have beeu made in Europe. The earliest dates back to 1851. 

 The majority have beeu made duriug the past 15 years, and by far the hirger number 

 of the most reliable ones during the past 10 years. . . . 



" My object in citing these statistics is to call attention to the fact that this Icind 

 of inquiry is to-day well under way in several parts of the world. It represents the 

 beginning of a science, that of the comparative nutrition of mankind, the compari- 

 sons being made by race, class, occupation, income, and socuil condition." 



Results of analyses of foods and feeding stuffs, C. D. Woods 

 {Connecticut IStorrs Sta. Ept. 1S93, pp. 17-27). — Analyses of a number 

 of saini)]es of ,nreen fodder from oat grass, fescue grass, orchard 

 grass, timothy, and cowpea vines; of corn silage, Hungarian grass 

 hay, mixed hay, rowen hay, hay of timothy and redtop, oat 

 hay, corn stover, corn meal, corn-and cob meal, wheat bran, wheat 

 middlings, linseed meal, cotton-seed meal, pea meal, gluten meal, 

 hominy chop, malt sprouts, oat feed, rye bran, rye meal, sheep feed, 

 and mixtures of corn and oats and of shorts and skim milk. These 

 analyses are given for thn natural water content and calculated to dry 

 matter. 



Composition of New England feeding stuffs, C. D. Woods [Con- 

 necticiif Storrs ,Sta. Hpt. Is93, pp. 140-155). — This is a summary of 

 analyses of New-England grown feeding stuffs, compiled from analyses 

 made at the station and elsewhere, and from the compilations given in 

 Bulletin 11 of this Ofilice. In case of each material the maximum, mini- 

 mum, and average figures are given. " We have found these aver- 

 ages to differ considerably from the averages of all American analyses." 

 This difference is illustrated by the following averages for Hunga- 

 rian hay: 



