II4 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
[The following is practically a reprint of Bulletin No. 15, of this Station, 
issued in October, 1895. ] 
FOOD INVESTIGATIONS. 
BY W. O. ATWATER AND CHAS. D. WOODS. 

The message of His Excellency Governor Coffin, to the 
January (1895) Session of the General Assembly of Connec- 
ticut, contained the following: 
Investigations of Food Economy.—The nutritive values of 
‘‘ different foods, and their proper preparation for the use of 
‘“man, is a subject of vital interest to our people. Half the 
‘earnings of the wage-workers of Connecticut—indeed, more 
‘“‘than half the incomes of the bread-winners of Christendom, 
‘‘are spent and must be spent for their food, and any infor- 
‘‘mation that enables the laborer to select his food according 
‘to its nutritive value, and to prepare it in the most advan- 
‘‘tageous manner, must result in much saving of his hard- 
‘“earned money, lightening his burdens and increasing the 
‘“happiness of his home. ‘The careful, scientific investigation 
‘‘of the values and uses of food, and making them known to 
‘‘the people, is one of the purposes of the Experiment Sta- 
‘‘tions. In this investigation, also, Connecticut takes the 
‘lead. The pioneer work in this line, as in the case of the 
‘Agricultural Experiment Stations, was begun at Wesleyan 
‘“University, and has been continued by the Storrs Experi- 
‘““ment Station and in cooperation with several scientific 
‘‘departments of the United States Government. The fruits 
‘“have been so valuable that other institutions have followed 
‘“the example, and Congress has lately made a special appro- 
‘‘priation for the distribution of such inquiries throughout 
‘‘the Union. What has been done in our State has been 
‘“accomplished largely by private gifts; but the extent and 
‘“importance of the field thus auspiciously entered, call now 
‘‘for such examination of the facts of the situation as will 
‘“determine whether it may have become the duty of the 
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