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an investigation on tuberculosis in cows, and the use of the milk of 

 tuberculous cows in feeding calves. The investigations on the food 

 and nutrition of man have included the analysis of food materials, 

 studies of dietaries of different classes of people, digestion experiments 

 with men, determinations of fuel values of food materials by means 

 of the bomb calorimeter, and experiments with men in the respiration 

 calorimeter. 



The investigations on the food and nutrition of man have, as here- 

 tofore, been aided by special appropriation by the State and are carried 

 on in connection with similar investigations conducted under the aus- 

 pices of this Office (see p. 437). These investigations, and also the 

 bacteriological investigations have been carried on in Middletown, 

 Wesleyan University giving the use of its laboratories for the purpose. 

 The bacteriological work has been placed in charge of Prof. H. W. 

 Conn, of Wesleyan University, who has been made a member of the 

 station staff and who will direct most of his investigations to the appli- 

 cation of bacteriology to dairying. Professor Conn has recently pub- 

 lished an important manual on agricultural bacteriology. The new 

 dairy building at Storrs affords better facilities for the station, and 

 dairy work at this place will be considerably extended. Two members 

 of the station staff have assisted at farmers' institutes. 



INCOME. 



The income of the station during the past fiscal year was as follows: 



United States appropriation $7, 500. 00 



State appropriation 1, 800. 00 



Farm products 115. 70 



Miscellaneous 12. 50 



Total 9,428.20 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States fund 

 has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed by this 

 Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletin 22 and the Annual Report for 1899. 



Bulletin 22, pp. 20. — The Soy Bean as a Forage and Seed Crop. — 

 A popular discussion of the culture and uses of this crop based largely 

 upon the results of work at the station. 



Annual Repart, 1899, pp. 223. — This contains a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899; a report of the director 

 reviewing the work of the station during the year; detailed descrip- 

 tions, including morphology and cultural and biochemical character- 

 istics, of over 100 species of bacteria isolated from dairy products 



