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found by analysis, either of specimens of the food materials 
actually used or of similar materials, can be computed the total 
amounts of protein, fats and carbohydrates consumed, and the 
amounts per man per day. 
Accounts of dietary studies by the Station have been given 
in previous reports as follows: 
Dietaries of farmers’ families.—These comprise nine studies; 
Nos. 27, 45, 46, 120, 121 and 123 published in the Report of 
the Station for 1895; and Nos. 156, 157 and 174 in the Report 
for 1896. 
Dietaries of mechanics’ families. —These comprise nine stud- 
feeeNO. 1, in the Report for 1891; Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7-and 8 in 
the Report for 1892; Nos. 10 and 11 in the Report for 1893; 
and No. 21 in the Report for 1894. 
Dietaries of professional men’s families.—These comprise 
nine studies; No. 2 in the Report for 1891; Nos. 3, 9 and 13 in 
the Report for 1893; No. 4 in the Report for 1894; and Nos. 
26, 28, 29 and 169 in the Report for 1895. 
Dietartes of students’ clubs.—These comprise five studies; No. 
12 published in the Report of the Station for 1893; Nos. 16, 17 
and 18 in the Report for 1894; and No. 124 in the Report for 
1895. iy 
Miscellaneous. —'Yhese comprise eight studies; Nos. 14 (a 
widow’s family), 15 and 19 (a Swedish laborer’s family ) in the 
Report for 1894; and Nos. 23 and 24 (poor families in Hart- 
ford), 173 (a private boarding house), 175 (a man in the Adi- 
rondacks) and 176 (a camping party in Maine) in the Report 
for 1896. , 
STUDIES IN 1897. 
In the present Report six additional studies are given: 
‘No. 184, a man in the Adirondacks under treatment for 
consumption (same person as No. 175). 
No. 202, same subject as in Nos. 175 and 184. 
No. 203, a farmer’s family in New York. 
Nos. 223 and 224, a family in the Adirondacks, No. 223 was 
of the same subject as Nos. 175, 184 and 202; No. 224 wasa 
study of two ladies, relatives of the preceding. 
No. 226, a private boarding house. 

