662 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



of the sanitary codes for the regulation of ice-cream factories, cheese fac- 

 tories, confectionery establishments, and bottling establisliments are also 

 given. The reports of the sealers of weights and measures and general data 

 regarding the work constitute the bulk of the report. 



[Food, drug, and paint laws], E. F. Ladd (North Dakota Sta. Spec. Bui. 6, 

 reprint {1915}, pp. 48). — This publication contains the texts of the state food, 

 drug, and paint laws, with rulings and discussions, as amended since the first 

 issue. (E. S. R., 19, p. 113.) 



State laws and regulations pertaining to public health adopted during the 

 [years 1913 and 1914] (Pnb. Health Rpts. [U. -S.], 1915, Reprints 26',, pp. 539: 

 279, pp. 190). — In these publications is given the text of legislative enactments 

 regulating the sanitary condition of places where food is manufactured, stored, 

 sold, or handled. 



The nutrition of a household, E. T. and Lilian Brewster (Boston: Houghton 

 Mifflin Co., 1915, pp. X+20S). — In this book the authors bring together a great 

 deal of useful information in a form which should make it available to non- 

 technical readers. Fundamental principles of, human nutrition are considered 

 in the light of the work of various investigators, and different dietetic stand- 

 ards are discussed. An appendix contains tables showing the energy furnished 

 by standard amounts of the more common food materials. 



How to cook and why, Elizabeth Condit and Jessie A. Lono (New York 

 and London: Harper tC- Bros., 1914, PP- 11+249, figs. i6).— This book is intended 

 for the use of housekeepers and students in domestic science and treats of both 

 food values and food costs. The different groups of food materials (cereals, 

 breads, pastries, fruit, dairy products, meat, etc.) are considered from the 

 standpoint of chemical composition, food value, and relative cost as sources of 

 nutriment. 



Information regarding the selection, preparation, cooking, and serving of 

 different foods; a few recipes; and hints regarding the combining of foods and 

 the keeping of foods in the home are also given. 



Household accounting, Laura Comstock (Agr. of Mass., 62 (1914), pp. 

 K8-90). — In this address consideration is given to the proportion of the income 

 which should be spent for food as well as for other household expenses. 

 Methods of keeping accounts are also considered to some extent. 



Nutrition of workingmen in cities with reference to protein requirement, 

 F. HiRscHFELD (Deut. Med Wchnschr., 41 (1915), No. 9, pp. 244-248) .—Two 

 dietary studies are reported in which special attention was given to the protein 

 requirements of two subjects engaged in moderately hard muscular work. A 

 critical discussion of the article by M. Rubner is appended. 



The diet of the herdsmen in two counties near Innsbruck in the higher 

 Alps, L. E. von Ceipek (Wiener Klin. Wchtischr., 27 (1914), No. 21, pp. 703- 

 f09), — A dietary study of two herdsmen showed that on an average they ate, 

 respectively, 176 and 213 gm. of protein, 307 and 318 gm. of fat, and 537 and 

 541 gm. of carbohydrates daily, which supplied 5,636 and 6,107 calories. Over 

 half of the protein eaten was of animal origin. 



Studies of the etiology of pellagra, Careone and Cazzamalli (Gior. R. Soc. 

 Ital. Ig., 36 (1914), Nos. 1, pp. 4-I4; 2, pp. 51-63; S, pp. 99-109; 4, PP- 151-156; 

 als. in Zenthl. Biochem. u. Biophys., 17 (,1915), No. 16, pp. 635, 636).— Experi- 

 ments are reported in which v.-ere studied the effects of feeding mice sterilized 

 maize, maize infected with pathogenic bacteria, and maize containing toxic 

 products of nonpathogens. The results would seem to support the theory that 

 toxic substances in the maize produce pellagra. 



The exclusive maize feeding of animals, J. J. Nitzesco {Compt. Rend. Soc. 

 Biol., {Paris], 78 (1915), No. 8, pp. 222-224)-— Experimental feeding of dogs 



