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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS,
Washington, D. C., October 5, 1901.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith an article on principles
of nutrition and nutritive value of food, by Prof. W. 0. Atwater,
special agent in charge of nutrition investigations, prepared in accordance
with instructions given by the Director of this Office. For a
number of years the Department has carried on studies regarding the
kinds and amounts of foods consumed by persons of different occupations
and with different incomes, the composition of food, the relative cost
of nutrients when furnished by different foods, and many more technical
questions. The present bulletin discusses the general principles
of nutrition, as well as a number of the more important phases of the
subject, with special reference to the results obtained in Department
investigations and the closely related work of the agricultural experiment
stations. As the work has progressed the earlier ideas have
been modified, and the present bulletin is designed to supplement and
replace earlier Department publications by the author having a similar
scope. In preparing this bulletin Professor Atwater has had the
assistance of Miss Helen W. Atwater.
It is believed that the article is a useful summary of available information
on the subject, and its publication as a Farmers' Bulletin is
therefore recommended.
Respectfully, A. C. TRUE,
Director.
Hon. JAMES WILSON,
Secretary of Agriculture,
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