IV CONTENTS. 



Tage. 



Vegetative propagal ion of perennial weeds, A. S. Hitchcock, and G. L. Clothier. 359 



Notes gleaned by an experience in managing a weed garden, W. J. Beal 360 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Diseases of plants, H. L. Bolley 361 



Prevalent diseases of cucumbers, melons, and tomatoes, A. D. Selby 361 



Plant diseases in Java, M. Kaciborski 362 



A dangerous disease of the white pine 363 



Experiments for the control of potato scab, H. Garman 363 



The fungicidal action of acetate of copper compared with that of the Bordeaux 



mixture, A. aud F. Eavizza 364 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



The weight of bees and the loads they carry, C.P.Gillette 366 



Fterophoridse of North America, C. H. Fernald 366 



List of original types of species in the superfamily Jassoidea, C. P. Gillette. . 372 

 A few new species of Deltocephalus aud Athysanus from Colorado, C. P. 



Gillette 372 



Some strawberry insects, A. L. Quaintance 367 



Some injurious insects of the orchard, E. E. Faville, and P. J. Parrott 36!) 



The gypsy moth in America, L. 0. Howard - 370 



The San Jose scab; in 1896 and 1897, L. O. Howard 370 



The San Jose scale in Oklahoma, E. E. Bogue 373 



The chinch bug, H. Garman 372 



The periodical cicada ( Cicada septendecim), or so-called seventeen-year locust, 



in Ohio, F. M. Webster 372 



Colorado Lepidoptera, C. P. Gillette 374 



The story of the lives of a butterfly and a moth, F.M.Webster 374 



Insecticides: Their preparation and use, W. E. liritton 374 



Spray calendar, L. C. Corbett 374 



Paris green, G. W. Shaw and J. F. Fulton 375 



Recent laws against injurious insects in North America, together with laws 



relative to foul brood, L. O. Howard 375 



FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



On wheat and rye bread with special reference to the question of army bread, 



H. Foda, with preface by W. Prausnitz 375 



Report of a practical test of the use of the emergency ration by United States 



troops on active service, C. Smart 376 



The chemical composition and nutritive value of some edible American fungi, 



L. B. Mendel 376 



Chemical composition and digestibility of edible fungi, M. Stahl-Schroder.. . 377 



Feeding-stutt' inspection, C. D. Woods 381 



Experiments on the nutritive value of alfalfa, A. Miintz and A. C. Girard 379 



Investigation ou molasses iu different forms for fattening lambs, F. Albert .. . 379 

 Influeuce of different protein compounds on the gain of flesh in swine, O. 



Hagemann 380 



Data on the growth of young stock, C. C. Georgesou, F. C. Burtis, and D. H. 



Otis 382 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



Dairy department, E. E. Kaufman 388 



Investigations on the composition of colostrum with special reference to the 



proteids, II. Tiemann 382 



Goats' milk and goats' colostrum, R. Steinegger 383 



