
FOOD INVESTIGATIONS. PAY 
supply. It may be that these cases do not fairly represent 
the ordinary farmer’s diet. A large number of investigations 
must be made before general conclusions will be warranted. 
The best farmers in the State are carefully considering the 
kinds and amounts of plant foods in their soils and fertilizers 
and the composition of different feeding stuffs, and the quan- 
tities necessary to make complete and well-balanced rations 
for their cows and other animals of the farm. Is it not worth 
while to consider carefully the nutrition of themselves and 
their families as well as that of their crops and their live 
stock? 
The products of the farm are for the use of man. A large 
part are directly or indirectly for his food. This food is for 
the sustenance of the community at large. People consider 
carefully the quality and value of their clothing, their dwell- 
ings, and the thousand and one things which are needed for 
their daily welfare; but their food, the cost of which makes 
up the large share of the cost of living of the great majority, 
and which has so much to do with the health and strength 
of every one, is a subject of which they have extremely little 
definite knowledge. Is it not time that more attention should 
be given to it? 3 
The Experiment Stations of the country have hitherto 
studied the soil, the plant and the animal. By the recent act 
of Congress they are called upon to also study the nutrition 
of man. The early work of this Station in this direction had 
to be sustained from sources outside of the Government appro- 
-priation for its support. Its resources for the purpose were 
extremely limited. Now that its means are increased, it is 
endeavoring to increase its usefulness in this cinesteia Co 
FOOD PUBLICATIONS. 
The results of the investigations referred to above have 
been, and are being published by the Station and also by the 
Office of Experiment Stations of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. Lists of the publications thus far issued are 
appended herewith. 
