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drug examinations conducted by the State of New Hampshire. The text for 

 the new regulations under the sanitary food law is Included. 



Supplement to Wisconsin dairy and food laws of August, 1913, G. J. 

 Wkh.i.k (Madison, Wis.: state, lull, pp. 21). — This supplement (R S. R., 30. p. 

 165) contains regulations relating t<> dairies and their operation, bakeries, and 

 confectioneries, The text of the Cold Storage Act, effective September l, 1917, 

 is also Included. 



Commercial stocks of grain, flour, and miscellaneous food products in the 

 United States on January 1, 1919 (V. B. Dent. A</>:. Food Surveys, J [1919), 

 No. 16, pp. 8). — The usual tabular data are reported. 



A list of food statistics issued by the Statistical Clearing House, Central 

 Bureau of Planning and Statistics {Washington: War Indue. B<1. [I. >'.], 

 1918, [2]+463). — This gives an index to the statistical Information on food 

 which lias been collected by Government bureaus and certain private agencies. 



The business of the household. 0. W. Twin: R ai.. (Philadelphia: J. B. IAp- 

 pinooti >'".. 1919, pp. Ml +438, figs. 41). — A chapter on f l for the family dis- 

 cusses the composition, selection, cost, and marketing of food with a view to 

 helping in planning t lie food budget. 



Food and the people. L. \V\h>mv\ (New Fork: Band Softool Boo. 8oL, 

 iii>. /".:. An analysis of the high est ..f living, with an exposition of ■ measure 

 Introduced Into the New xork Stt Islature proposing a commission of 



three members, Including one representative each of organised labor and ■ 

 farmers' organisation, and nn expert on the food Question, t>> deal with the 

 problem. 



Feeding a nation in peace and war, 1 >. N". 1 (Jour. Btatt Med., 26 



( I91i 1. \ os. 3, pp. 85 76; ;. w'. tll-119, fin- 1 1.- -The food commitb ' the Royal 



Society of Great Britain made an estimate <>f the f > ><»< l of the nation "as 

 purchased" during the years 1900 1918. it was concluded that the avera 

 amount "f nut rictus available per iu.ni per day was protein 118 gUL, fat 180 gin., 

 carbohydrate 571 gm, with an energy content of 4,000 call 



.\s the war pr< ed it was found thai an Increased supply of f l was 



Decessary, bul that a d< In shipping facilities tended to decrease the 



amount available. An estimate of the requirements of the nation at war 

 showed thai If the prewar supply were maintained there would still be ■ sur- 

 plus. However, the rise in pi centusted the Inequality In distribution. 



The author concludes that the part of the State in feeding a nation during 

 wartime is to SBCUre an adequate supply and to see that it is equally dis- 

 tributed. He believes that if rationing is : rj to ace plish the latter It 



must be on the basis of the energy reuulremenl of the individual. 



The nutrition of the people in time of famine and war, limit (Mitt, 

 Okonom. Oeselk Saohsen, 19H-18, pi>. -•'I-;?*. This paper discusses the f""d 

 resources of Germany at the time of publication, and the food requirements of 

 the German people, as well as means to render the re sources during the war 



adequate to the requirements, 



Alimentation in time of war. A. OoiCBS {C o mm en t N Nourrir in Temps de 



Querre. Paris: Poyoi 4 >'<•.. t917, pp. //>>.- This t k contains ■ brief intro- 

 duction in which the needs of the body for the rarlOUt ' f ! 



explained, followed by a discussion <.f the problems of alimentation for people 

 of limited means in time of war. Suggestions are given for diminishing the 

 consumption of meat and fat. for Increasing the consumption of carbohydral 



and for modifying the feeding of live stock. A brief dlSCOSBJOn Of infant f ling 



in war time is Included, together with a table for the modification of milk for 

 infant feeding up to 1J months of a 



