Acknowledgment is made here of the pioneer work of those eminent food authorities, whose researches have directed attention to the value in the dietary of nuts, and of the pecan in particular.
DR. JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG, Head of Battle Creek Sanitarium
BERNARR MACFADDEN, Editor Physical of Culture Magazine
C. HOUSTON GOUDISS, Food Economist
PROF. F. A. CAJORI, Yale University
PROF. H. HAROLD HUME, Formerly State Horticulturist, of Florida
ALBERT G. Stillwell and THOMAS S. GLADDING, Chemists, New York City
W. D. SALMON and CLARA W. LIVINGSTONE
DR. B. RAYMOND HOOBLER, of Detroit, Women's Hospital and Infants' Home
W. O. ATAWATER, Dept. of Agriculture
EDWIN JACKSON KYLE, Dean of the School of Agriculture in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
H. P. STUCKEY, Director of the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
W. G. FRIEDEMANN
A. C. DEILER
Dr. LAFAYETTE B. MENDEL
DOUVEL
MENUAL
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LUTHER BURBANK
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