The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-22
COLD STORAGE CLASS
DR.. Wiley's Plan to Investigate
Chilled Food Diet.
TEST TO CONTINUE NINE MONTHS

Chickens, Reef, Fish, Vegetables and
Fruit subjected TO Refrigeration
win Constitute Fare For squad OF
Twelve Young Men-Sine-year-oid
Turkey May BE Served.
The food experiments that have
been in process for the past two years
at the department Of agriculture viii
soon pass into another stage Of the
general inquiry, says the Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger Dr. Harvey W. Wiley,
the chief chemist Of the department
has concluded his determination of the
effect on the human system Of boracie
personalities in various foods and has
now arranged to take up study Of the
use OF cold storage foods.
The experiment IS one that presents
possibly more difficulty than those
which have preceded it. Twelve young
men. most Of them college graduates.
athletic, healthy and studious, VIII
form the class that Is to sit at the
HYGIENE table to be maintained in the
chemical laboratory Of the department
Each person takes an obligation to
obey or honor the rules laid down for
the experiment and not to eat any
food but that provided in the expert
ment. and not to drink water without
reporting the amount The agreement
also absolves the government from
any responsibility for sickness or other
evil consequences to follow as a result
Of the experiment.
In the tests as to boracie preserya-
tives in food the borax was admins
tered in capsules, the quantity being
varied and increased to suit the prem
ises Of tile experiment from day to
day. Thus the appetite was not in any
4 way disturbed at the time Of taking
the food. The amounts Of borax We're
made to correspond to the amounts
found by chemical analysis to be con-
tanned iii the foods under test, With
foods preserved in cold storage the
capsule Is out Of the question. The
appetite will enter as a most important
factor, governing the amount Of food
taken into the system and thus IN
fiuencing the effect on the health.
AS far as possible ARTIFICIAL foods
Will be eliminated For instance, but
ter is supplied free from eoloring mat
ter and from salt Experts examine
the milk and cream used, and it must
contain no preservatiyes Of any kind.
Vegetables are those OF the season or
those kept in cold storage Fruits
! must be those of the season or those
preserved without antisepties Cold
storage beef, chickens, ducks, turkeys,
broilers, eggs, fish, oysters, CLAIMS, fruit
and vegetables of all kinds will be on
the bin Of fare.
These articles will be kept IN cold
storage plant to be provided at Wash
\ ington, although arrangements have
been considered for cold storage of
foods in New York and Philadelphia
Foods from various parts Of the eonn-
4 Try win be tested Chicago's food in
dustries viii be especially studied In
| the course of the test, and some deter
limitations made rs to the character Of
4 cold storage products that have to be
kept III transit several days before
II reaching the consumer.
n A search VIII be made for beef and
poultry that have been kept in cold
storage for an Unprecedented length Of
time There is a turkey III Washington
that has been on ice for nine years,
and Dr Wiley Is negotiating for II
and will serve ii to his class If its pur-
chase does not make too large inroads
III his appropriation. The test IL going
to be hard one for tile subjects. Z
Their first meal viii be a line one, but
after that they will face mysteries
that would daunt the stoutest palate
! During the tests fresh foods Will be
served and then the same foods Will
be put away In cold storage and kept
for different periods before serving
again For instance a quarter oil
beef will furnish steaks at the begin
ming of the month and then be kept
until thirty or sixty days or year
later and then tried. Expert chemists
win pass on every morsel of food con
stunned by the class. DR.. Geddings Of
the public health service win be il
| attendance on the class from day tC
day Experts in blood examinations
will be employed. and chemical analy
sis win be applied to every phase Of
effect Of the foods used on the systems
of the young men. This involves an
interminable amount Of work which is
of the greatest Importance in the de
termination of results.
One Of the interesting features Of tht
tests will be the requirement from eacf
member OF the class that he should de
scribe the taste Of the foods taken
and he will be urged to eat heartily
as an unsuspecting consumer of sucl
foods would In the ordinary conditions
Of life