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exceed one hundred. This means that perhaps thirty brands are ex- 

 empted from the payment of the analysis fee as coming within the 

 thirty ton limit. The terms of the law require, however, that these 

 non paying brands shall be inspected, consequently it is possible 

 for a manufacturer, by selling a small amount of a large number of 

 brands, to augment the work of inspection entirely out of proportion 

 to the analyses fees paid. The text of the fertilizer may be found 

 'in this report. 



The Inspection or Chemical Glass Ware in Creameries. 



The bill introduced into the last legislature by Hon. Z. A. Gilbert, 

 chairman of the committee on agriculture, requiring for one thing an 

 inspection of the graduated glass ware used by creameries in deter- 

 mining the. fat content of milk and cream, became a law. The direc- 

 tor of this station is charged with the execiition of this part of the 

 law, either by himself or by some one he may designate. 



Mr. J. M. Bartlett, one of the station chemists, was named to at- 

 tend to this duty. 



There has been very generally a disposition manifested on the 

 part of creamery managers to comply with the terms of the law. 

 The results so far reached justify the existence of the law, and testi- 

 fy to the wisdom of its promoters. The text of the law is printed 

 herewith. 



Investigations in Human Nutrition. 



Acting upon recommendations made by Secretary Morton in 1893 

 Congress subsequently appropriated $10,000, to be used in making in- 

 vestigations in human nutrition. Professor W. O. Atwater of Wes- 

 leyan University, Middletown, Conn., was placed in the immediate 

 charge of the expenditure of this fund and it may properly be con- 

 sidered a matter for congratulation that he regarded the Maine- 

 Experiment Station so favorably as to entrust to it a portion of this 

 money to be used in conducting investigations. 



Mr. F. C. Moulton, a graduate of the Maine State College, was 

 engaged as an assistant to aid in this line of inquiry. Work was be- 

 gun in February 1895 and has been industriously and faithfully 

 prosecuted throughout the year, its object being to study the effect 

 of the source of the food suppty upon the amount and cost of the 

 food consumed in the college boarding house, especial attention being 

 given to the influence of an abundant supply of milk upon the 

 amount and cost of the dietary. 



The results reached indicate in general that the free use of milk 

 does not increase food consumption and cheapens the cost of raw 

 materials. 



