476 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Ill curing the haiiLs of pigs fed peanuts there was a shrinkage of 22 

 per cent; in the case of those fed sweet potatoes and cowpeas, 27 per 

 cent; and of those fed corn, 2H per cent. The mean atmospheric 

 temperature was recorded during the test, but no variation in the gains 

 made was attributed to this cause. 



Development of the nutrition investigations of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, A. C. Thfe and K. I). :Milxek ( U. K Dept. Ayr. Yearbook 1899, pp. 403- 

 414)- — The development of the nutrition work of the Dev)artment is treated of and a 

 brief historical account given of some of the American investigations which antedated 

 this. 



Cost and composition of bread in Oregon, (i. W. Shaw {Oregon Sta. Bid. 62, 

 pp. 9-12). — The cost and composition of 25 samples of bread collected in eastern and 

 western Oregon are. reported and the results compared with those of similar investi- 

 gations in other regions. The composition of whole wheat and wheat flour from 

 eastern and western Oregon is also given. The author notes that samples of bread 

 made from eastern Oregon flour have a higher percentage of protein than those made 

 from flour from the western portion of the State. This variation in i)rotein content 

 was also found in the flour from the different regions. 



The gluten constituents of wheat and flour, and their relation to bread- 

 making qualities, H. A. Guess {Jour. Ariur. ('hem. Soc, 22 {1900), No. 5, pip. 

 263-269). — The gluten and gliadin content of a number of samples of wheat is 

 reported. Analytical methods are described. 



A dietary study, G. W. Shaw {Oregon Sta.Bwl. 62, pp. 17-20).— A. dietary study 

 which covered 1 week is briefly reported. It was made with a family consisting 

 of 2 men and 3 women. The usual methods were followed. In calculating the cost, 

 the different food materials were estimated at their usual cost in the Corvallis 

 market. On an average the food actually eaten furnished per man per day 105 gm. of 

 protein, 87 gm. of fat, 543 gm. of carbohydrates, and had a fuel value of .3,809 calories. 

 The cost of the daily diet, including material wasted, was 17j cts. per man per day. 



Canned fish, A. Rossing {Ztschr. Analyt. Chem., 39 {1900), JVo. 3, jyp. 147-152). — 

 It was found that the inside of tins in which sterilized codfish and lobsters had been 

 preserved for several years was covered with ii white (boating, composed of stannic; 

 oxid, phosphoric acid, and iron. Imperfect sterilization has no connection with this 

 corrosion, which seems to be due to the action of phosphates and ammonia contained 

 in the codfish and lobster. — c. b. Williams. 



Observations on the food supply of some West Indian Islands, F. Watts 

 ( Wed Indian BuL, 1 {1900), No. 3, pp. 270-2S1).— The Y>ruicii>a[ vegetable foods in the 

 Leeward Islands are described. An analysis of sweet potato flour is quoted, as well 

 as the protein and energy supplied by the Leeward Islan<l Prison diet and the diet of 

 laborers. The latter flgures are regarded as approximations only. 



The food supply of the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, and Germany, 

 R. F. Ckawpokd (.1A///r7-'.s (,'az., 23 {1900), Nos. 43, pp. 532, 533; 44, pp. 543, 544; 4^, 

 p. 556; 46, pp. 568, 569; 47, pp. 581, 582; 48, p. 594; 49, pp. 604, 605; 52, p. 605).— A 

 paper read at a meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, November, 1899. Many 

 statistics are quoted. 



Flesh foods, with methods for their chemical, microscopical, and bacterio- 

 logical examination, C. A. Mitchell {London: Ckas. GriffinA Co., Ltd., 1900, pp. 322, 

 pi. l,Jigs. 58; noted in. Jour. Soc. Chem. Ind., 19 {1900), No. 8, p. 788) .—A laboratory 

 manual. 



Preservation of eggs {Sci. Amer. Sup., 49 {1900), No. 1273, p. 20405).— A note 

 on a method proposed by K. Reinhard which consists in dipping the eggs into sul- 

 phuric acid, thereliy forming a coating of calcium suli)hate on the shells. 



Starch sugar and starch sirup and their use in the adulteration of ' ' golden 



