Atwater, W. O.  1844-1907. <br/><br/>
Foods :  nutritive value and cost / 
by W.O Atwater. 
 - 32 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Farmers' bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture ;  no. 23 .
 - Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ;  no. 23. .
<br/><br/> Cover title. 
<br/><br/>The nutriment in food and how it is used in the body -- Chemical composition of food materials : quantities of nutrients -- Classes of nutrients -- How food is used in the body -- The food value of food -- Definitions of food and food economy -- Nutritive values of different food materials -- Composition of food materials -- The digestibility of food -- The fitting of food to the needs of the body -- Dietaries and dietary standards -- Calculation of daily directories -- Pecuniary economy of food -- Waste of food -- Food and health -- Tables of composition of food materials and of daily dietaries. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nutrition.<br/>Food prices.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>S21  / .A6 no.23 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>630  / Un3f, no.23 
<br/><br/><label>National Agricultural Library Call No.: </label>1  / Ag84F no.23 
<br/><br/><label>Gov. Doc. Class. No.: </label>A 1.9: 23