 The experiment would lead to the development of modern nutritional science.In 1881, agricultural chemist Stephen M. Babcock returned to the United States after earning his doctorate in organic chemistry at the University of Göttingen, Germany to accept a position at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York where his first assignment was to determine the proper feed ratios of carbohydrate, fat, and protein from cow feces using chemical analysis.His findings determined that the feces' chemical composition was similar to that of the feed with the only major exception being the ash.