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economy of the food of man. At the same time an appropri- 
ation of $10,000 was made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1895, to especially promote inquiry into the food economy of 
the people of the United States. The responsibility for the 
investigation is vested in the Secretary of Agriculture, who 
has assigned the inquiry to the Office of Experiment Stations 
of that Department. ‘This work is being carried out in co- 
operation with a considerable number of experiment stations 
and colleges and other organizations, including the Storrs 
Station, whose Director has been placed in charge of the 
enterprise. 
STATE APPROPRIATION FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF FOOD 
ECONOMY. . 
The General Assembly at its last session provided an annual 
appropriation of $1,800 for the Storrs Station, to be used ‘‘ for 
the purpose of investigating the economy of the food and nutri- 
tion of man, and for investigations of the bacteria of milk, 
butter, and cheese, and their effect in dairying.’’ 
- With this very material help the Station is able to greatly 
increase the amount and value of its inquiries in these direc- 
tions. At present all of the food investigations of the Station 
are being conducted in co-operation with the general govern- 
ment, by which a considerable share of the expense is paid. 
By such co-operation a much larger amount of research is 
being carried on by the Station than the State appropriation 
provides for, and, at the same time, the contribution by this 
State to the enterprise is made much more fully available to 
the country at large. ‘There is a like co-operation in the pub- 
lication of the results of the inquiry. In this way the practical 
results of the work of the Station are made available to the 
citizens of the State, through the Station Reports and Bulletins, 
while much of the more technical details which are of decided 
scientific importance, but of less special interest to farmers 
and the public at large, are published by the general govern- 
ment. 
