Excerpt from Dietary Studies at the Maine State College in 1895 Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report on dietary studies at the Maine State College in 1895, by Prof. W. H. Jordan. These investigations constitute part of the inquiries made with funds appropriated by Congress to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate and report. Upon the nutritive value of the various articles and commodities used for human food, and were conducted under the immediate supervision of Prof. W. O. Atwater, special agent in, charge 'oi nutrition investigations, in accordance with instructions given by the Director of this Office. In carrying out the provisions of the above act representative locali ties have been selected in different parts of the country and dietary studies have been made. These have hitherto been attempts to learn the kinds and amounts of food actually consumed by people of various ages and occupations in different regions. N o attempt has been made to control the kind or amount of food' used. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.