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PUBLICATIONS. 



The results of investigations are published in the following bulletins 

 of the Office of Experiment Stations: Bui. No. 40, Dietary Studies 

 in New Mexico in 1895, by Arthur Goss; Bui. No. 54, Nutrition Investi- 

 gations in New Mexico in 1897, by Arthur Goss. 



NEW YORK. 



Investigations in this State have been carried on in cooperation with 

 the New York Association for the Improvement of the Condition of 

 the Poor and the New York Christian Alliance. The investigations 

 have been quite largely confined to a study of the actual food consump- 

 tion of families living in the congested districts of New York City, 

 and have been carried on largely through the aid and cooperation of 

 Dr. Isabelle Delaney. Dr. R. L. Slagle assisted at the outset and the 

 investigation was under the immediate supervision of both Professor 

 Atwater and Professor Woods. The work began in 1895 and con- 

 tinued until 1898. The results of the study have been of considerable 

 value in showing the actual food consumption of persons with limited 

 means. As a general thing the families were well nourished, but 

 there was evident lack of knowledge of the nutritive value of food 

 evinced in their purchases in many cases. An equal abundance of 

 nutriment could have been obtained at a much reduced cost. 



Some analyses of food materials were made at Middletown, Conn., 

 in connection with this investigation, and all of the work of computa- 

 tions was likewise carried on at that place. 



Sixty-two dietary studies have been made. Of these, results of 26 

 were published in Bulletin No. 46 of the Office of Experiment Stations: 

 Dietary Studies in New York City in 1895 and 1896, by W. O. Atwater 

 and C. D. Woods. The results of the remaining studies will, it is 

 expected, soon be published. 



In addition to the investigations just mentioned, Dr. H. C. Sherman, 

 of Columbia University, formerly associated with the nutrition inves- 

 tigations in Middletown, Conn., is engaged in an abstract research 

 concerning the metabolism of phosphorus and sulphur in the human 

 body. Much of the actual work of investigation is carried on in the 

 summer at Middletown, Conn. None of the results of this latter inves- 

 tigation has as yet been published. 



Acting under a special authorization, Mrs. Louise E. Hogan studied 

 the growth and present status of the teaching of cookery in the public 

 schools of New York Cit} 7 . Her report also includes sample lessons, 

 which show the course followed and gives examples of the exercises, 

 both compositions and drawings prepared by the pupils. The report 

 is prefaced by an introduction by Director A. C. True, and is published 

 as Bulletin No. 56, History and Present Status of Instruction in Cooking 



