IV CONTENTS. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Page. 



Report of the apiculturist, R. F. Holterrnann 267 



Report of the department of entomology, V. H. Lowe and P. A. Shrine 268 



Entomological section, H. Oshorn and E. D. Ball 271 



Entomology, W. D. Hnnter 273 



Insect notes of the season, W. E. Britton 273 



FOOD — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Second report on food products 280 



The composition of hay as affected hy maturity, R. Harcourt 274 



Food value of California eggs, M. E. Jaffa 274 



Report of the chemical department, H. A. Huston 275 



Investigations of California cattle foods, M. E. Jaffa 276 



Analyses of feeds, A. L. YVinton, A. W. Ogden, and W, L. Mitchell 276 



Different quantities of meal for fattening steers, G. E. Day 277 



Comparison of sweet and sour whey for pigs, G . E. Day 277 



Comparison of different hreeds of swine, G. E. Day 278 



Feeding trials with crossbred swine, W. P. Wheeler 279 



The fecundity of swine, A. W. Bitting 280 



Report of the poultry manager, L. G. Jarvis 280 



Feeding experiments with laying hens, W. P. Wheeler 282 



DAIRY FARMING DAIRYING. 



On the question of the processes of milk secretion, Disselhorst 282 



Analyses of milk, A. L. YVinton, A. W. Ogden, and W. L. Mitchell „ 285 



Analyses of some California creamery butters, M. E. Jaffa 285 



Test of milk for tubercle bacilli 286 



Experiments in butter making, H. H. Dean 286 



Sweet and dent corn for mi lch cows, G. E. Day 289 



General system of feeding the dairy herd, W. P. Wheeler 295 



Effect of drought upon milk production, L. L. Van Slyke 295 



Analyses of butter, A. L. Winton, A. W. Ogden, and W. L. Mitchell 295 



Machine-drawn milk r. hand-drawn milk — some bacteriological considerations, 



F. C. Harrison 290 



Effect of the germs isolated from machine milk on the flavor and other quali- 

 ties of butter, F. C. Harrison and M. N. Ross 291 



Experiments in cheese making, H. H. Dean 291 



Bad flavor in cheese caused by undesirable bacteria in water used in factory, 



F. C. Harrison 294 



Milk fat and cheese yield, L. L. Van Slyke 295 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Report of the veterinary department, A. W. Bitting 296 



Report of the veterinary science section, M. Stalker and W. B. Niles 296 



Animal diseases, A. T. Peters 296 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Reports of director and treasurer of California Station, 1895-1897 297 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Connecticut State Station, 1897 297 



Tenth Annual Report of Indiana Station, 1897 297 



Reports of director and treasurer of Iowa Station, 1896-97 297 



Eleventh Annual Report of Nebraska Station, 1897 297 



Ninth Annual Report of Nevada Station, 1896 297 



Reports of director and treasurer of New York State Station, 1896 298 



