VI CONTENTS. 



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Influence of extractives of meat on digestibility of vegetable food, Wolff 365 



Effect of polished rice on the nitrogen and phosphorus of the brain, Funk 365 



The physiological effect of benzoic acid and sodium benzoate, Gerlach 365 



Calorimetric observations on man, Macdonald 367 



A new calorimeter for small warm-blooded animals, Hill 367 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



General review of zoologj^, I, CauUery 368 



The mechanistic conception of life, Loeb 368 



The comparative physiology of response in animals, von Uexkiill 368 



Behavior of chicken sarcoma implanted in embryo. Murphy and Rous 368 



The structure of reproductive organs of domesticated animals, Schmaltz 369 



The function of the accessory reproductive glands in male mammals, Iwanov. 369 



The origin of sexual differences, Kam merer 369 



Recent work on the determination of sex, Doncaster 369 



Studies on hair and hair colors in domesticated animals, Wiegmann 369 



Hair and the hair coat system of mammals, Toldt, jr 369 



Comparative anatomy of supernumerary digits in ungulates, Share-Jones 369 



The continuous origin of certain unit characters, Osborn 369 



The inconstancy of unit characters, Castle 369 



Mendelian proportions and the increase of recessives, Ramaley 370 



Mendel's laws and stock breeding, Wilson 370 



Mendelism and sex inheritance, Rail 370 



Mendel's law and the occurrence of sex 370 



Are horns in sheep a sex-limited character? Castle 370 



Recent studies on color inheritance in horses, Sturtevant 370 



Hybridization studies. — V, Spermatogenesis in hybrids, Poll 371 



The domesticated animals of ancient Egypt, Kuschel 371 



The extinct fauna of Crete and its relation to the Minotaur legend, Keller 371 



Report of the Live Stock Commission, New Jersey, Gill et al 371 



Fodders and feeding stuffs, Shutt 371 



[Analyses of feeding stuffs]. Rose and Greene 371 



Feeding stuffs, Voelcker 371 



[Feeding experiments in 1910], Grisdale et al 371 



Fattening beef calves in Alabama, Gray and Ward 372 



Shorthorn herds in Ireland, 1911. 373 



Sinus hairs of the ox, Tretjakoff 373 



Wool, Barker 373 



Pig-feeding experiments, Scott 373 



The pig industry. Archer 373 



Studies on conformation, function, and pilosity in horses, Krynitz et al 373 



Feed, care, and management of horses, Minkler 373 



The horse-breeding industry in Yorkshire, Fawcus 374 



Report of the poultry manager, Gilbert 374 



Housing farm poultry. Philips 374 



Egg records for the year 1910-11 374 



The important subject of eggs, Morse 374 



Preservation of eggs by freezing, Lescardi^ 374 



Raising Belgian hares and other rabbits, Lantz 374 



Pond culture problems 374 



DAIRY FARMING— DAIRYING. 



The feeding problem, Lassen 374 



Sugar-beet slices as a food for milch cows, Turner and Stewart 374 



Dairy cattle, Grisdale 375 



Winter dairying and creameries 375 



Dairying in Denmark, 1911, Boggild 375 



The dairy industry in the different crown lands, Reinisch et al 375 



Cow mortality tables 375 



The inheritance of milk yield in cattle, Wilson 375 



The "escutcheon:" A guide to milking merit, McFadzean 375 



Testing the dairy cow, Middaugh 375 



Secretion in the mammary gland, Hoven 375 



