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lication of Bulletin 8(5 of the Mississippi Station (E. S. R.. IP., i). 002). are 

 presented. 



A sawfly (Acordiilrrrrii nioiini) was found on pecan leaves at AKricnltnral 

 College, Miss., though not in sufficient numbers to jtroduie serious injury. 

 Other si»ecies noted as occurring on pecans in the State are a large unde- 

 termined species of sawHy, Aitldcaspi.s jirirtagona, Chnj'iO)ni)Jia1us obscurus. 

 Phylloxera carycPcaiiUs, and the San Jose scale. 



Insects on imported nursery stock, P. J. Parrott (Jour. Econ. Ent., 2 

 (1909), No. Jf, p. 305). — Eggs of the rusty tus.sock moth (\otolophus antiqua) 

 and several colonies of the larvje of the little ermine moth (Hyponomeuta 

 padella) which were feeding on cherries, as well as the brown-tail moth, are 

 stated to have been found in New York on imported seedlings. 



Division of nursery and orchard inspection, N. E. Shaw (Ohio Dcpt. Ayr.. 

 Div. Nursery niul Orchnrd Jiisp. Rpt. IDOS, pp. -'/6, figs. 5). — This is a brief 

 report of the work of inspection in 1008, to which a list of the nurserymen in 

 the State is appended. Brief notes are included on several of the more im- 

 portant insects of the year including the San Jose scale, woolly aphis, apple 

 leaf-hopper, locust hispa (Odontota dorsalis), white-marked tussock moth, 

 elm-leaf beetle (Galerucella luteola) rose chafer, and wheat jointworm 

 ( Isosom a tritici ) . 



Nursery inspection in Louisiana, A. H. Rosenfeld (Jour. Econ, Ent., 2 

 (1909). No. .'/, pp. 2SS-285). — A description of the inspection methods followed 

 in nurseries in which deciduous stock is grown. 



The fumigation of nursery stock with hydrocyanic-acid gas, W. Newfxl 

 (Crop Pest Coin. La. Circ. 29, pp 1S9~I5(>. fiys. .')). — This circular gives direc- 

 tions for the construction of fumigation houses and the carrying out of the 

 process. 



Fumigation, dosage, and time of exposure, J. L. Phillips (Jour. Econ. 

 Ent.. 2 (1909), No. '/. pp. 280-283). — A brief discussion of the subject as re- 

 lated to fumigation of nursery stock. 



Analysis of Paris green, 1908, F. D. Fuller (Penn. Dcpt. Ayr. Bui. 176. 

 pp. 31). — The results of analyses of 400 samples are presented in tabular 

 form. The amount of arsenic, calculated as arsenious oxid. varied from .53.04 

 to 60.97 per cent, with an average of 57 per cent ; the arsenic in water-soluble 

 forms from 0.70 to 4.96 per cent, with an average of 1.47 per cent ; the arsenic 

 combined with copper from 45.91 to 58.28 per cent, with an average of 54.35 

 per cent ; and the amount of copper exi)ressed as copper oxid from 21.68 to 

 .30.98 per cent, with an average of 29.18 per cent. There was apparently no 

 adulteration with white arsenic. 



Publications of the station entomologist, E. D. Sandersox [Jour. Econ. 

 Ent., 2 ( 1909), No. '/. pp. 268-271). — The author here discusses important points 

 relating to station i»ublicatious. 



FOODS— HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Durum wheat flour, E. F. Ladd and Emily E. May (North Dakotd 8ta. Spec. 

 Bui. 19. pp. 10.1-11 ',). — The results of milling and baking tests with durum flour 

 are briefly reported in comparison with other flours. 



"The patent flour [from the durum wheat] was of good quality, the yield 

 was 74.4 per cent: for the first clear, 22.7 per cent; and for the second clear. 

 2.9 per cent of the total flour ; while the total yield of the flour was 70.7 per 

 cent of the wheat milled, or not quite as high an average as was found for the 

 durum flours in the experiments [previously] reported [E. S. R.. 20. p. 859], 



