CONTENTS. VII 



Page. 



Yearly and monthly prices of foodstuffs in Prussia, 1911 68 



Dining at the Alexandra Trust 68 



Portable rations, Fahey 68 



[Menu making and the nutritive value of meals], Jacobs 68 



Feeding experiments with isolated food substances, Osborne, Mendel, and Ferry 69 



Influencing the bone growth by food poor iu phosphorus, Schmorl 69 



The functions of the liver in the metabolism of fats, I, Raper 69 



On the reinspiration of expired air, Crowder 70 



Air in mills with reference to artificial humidifications, Clark and Gage 70 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Genetics, Walter 70 



The present state of the question of inbreeding in Germany, Kraomer 70 



Respiration and assimilation in ruminants, Zuntz, vou der Heide, Klein, et al . . 71 



Value of the principal phosphorus compounds to the ruminant, Fingerling 71 



Calculation of market value of feeding stuffs, Pfeiffer 71 



Estimating the market value of feeding stuffs on the Kellner basis, Neubauer. . 71 



Digestibility of chloroform extract of hays and fodders, Fraps and Rather 71 



Variation in physical comj)osition of wheat milling offals, Cranfield 71 



The making and feeding of silage, "Woodward et al 72 



Silos and ensilage, Dodson and Staples 72 



Composition and value of grapevines as feed material, Kling 72 



Commercial feeding stuffs, Stallings 73 



Feeding stuff inspection 73 



The analysis and registration of commercial f eedstuffs, Fitz 73 



Feeding stuffs, Sandles 73 



Live stock of the United States 73 



Live stock report, Chicago, 1913 74 



Beef production in the South, Ward and Gray 74 



Experiments on the moorland pastures, Tacke 74 



Utilization of skim milk as feed for calves, Pirocchi 75 



The jerked beef industry in Argentina, Richelet 75 



Primitive breeds of sheep and their crosses 75 



Breeds of sheep for the fai-m, Marshall 75 



Mutton, Paterson 75 



The Angora goat. Heller 75 



The utilization of skim milk and potatoes by feeding to pigs, Hansen 75 



Advertising stallions and jacks under the Indiana stallion law, Thompson 75 



Diversified poultry farming, Clark 76 



A new method for the industrial preservation of eggs, De Keghel 76 



Importation of eggs from China, Olmstead 76 



Pigeon raising, Macleod 76 



DAIRY-FARMING — DAIRYING. 



Making the dairy pay, Hull 76 



Conformation of cows and milk yield, Reimers 76 



Report of the Dickinson County Cow-Testing Association, Reed 76 



Dairy feeding and the home mixing of feeds, Cook 77 



[Feeding experiments] 77 



Comparison of alfalfa hay and silage for dairy cows, True et al 77 



Prickly pear cactus as a feed for dairy cows 77 



Effect of concentrated feeds on butter 77 



Weight of butter 77 



Comparison of microscopical and plate method of counting bacteria, Brew 78 



Pure milk production and the abortion bacillus, Schroeder 79 



Fruity or sweet flavor in Cheddar cheese, Edwards 79 



[Dairy laws] 79 



Cost of milk inspection 79 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



Report of veterinary director general and live-stock commissioner, Rutherford . . 79 



Determination of the mineral lethal dose of drugs, Dreyer and Walker 80 



Nitrous oxid as an anesthetic in animal experimentation, Dolley 80 



Poisoning by castor seeds (Ricinus), Lauder 80 



