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been for the most part overcome, and the prospect for final 
success seems very good. 
Meanwhile a number of respiration experiments have been 
made and are described in some detail in the present Report. 
In each one, the subject, a man, remained in the apparatus 
from fifty-four hours to twelve days. ‘The results show very 
clearly the gain or loss of protein and fat in the body with dif- 
ferent kinds and amounts of food and under different condi- 
tions of work and rest. The success with these experiments 
has been very gratifying, and the promise for the future is, at 
present, even more so. 
The full details of these experiments have been transmitted 
to the Department of Agriculture for publication, and it is 
‘hence deemed necessary to give only the principal results in 
the present Report. 
STATE APPROPRIATION FOR INVESTIGATION 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 directions. 
GOVERNMENT COOPERATION IN FOOD INVESTIGATIONS. 
Among the numerous objects of agriculture the chief is the 
production of food for man. ‘That the experiment stations in 
the country have hitherto studied the soil, the plant, and the 
animal, and their food and nutrition, and have given but little 
attention to the food of man, is not the fault of the stations. It 
is due simply to the fact that the primary purpose has been to 
help the farmer to improve his farming rather than to help the 
people at large to improve their food economy. It was for this 
reason that the original Act of Congress providing for expert- 
ment stations in all.of the States and Territories did not include 
experiments upon the food and nutrition of man as a part of 
the work which it called upon the stations to perform. In 1894, 
however, the legislation with reference to the stations was so 
changed by Congress as to specifically authorize inquiries of 
this latter kind. At the same time an appropriation of $10,000. 
