IV CONTENTS. 



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The asparagus rust, L. F. Kinuey 968 



Studies on Puccinia ribis of red currants, J. Eriksson 969 



Contribution to the knowledge of Coleosporiums and the leaf rust of pines, 



G Wagner 969 



The leaf-spot disease of walnuts, H. Boltshauser 970 



Notes on the Michigan disease known as "little peach," E. F. Smith 970 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Some inj urious insects, A. L. Quaintance 972 



A serious attack on the apple fruit by Argyreslhia conjugella in Europe, E. 



Reuter 971 



On the relations of a species of ant (Lasius americanus) to the peach-root louse, 



F. M. Webster 971 



Second report on the San Jose scale, II. P. Gould 975 



FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



On the cleavage products of casein in pancreatic digestion, U. IJiffi 976 



Dietary studies in Chicago, reported by W. (.). Atwater and A. P. Bryant 976 



Foods rich in protein. The advantage of a guaranteed composition, E. 13. 



Voorhees 977 



The curing of bacon 992 



Tables for computing rations for farm animals, J. L. Stone 992 



The chemical life history of lucern, II, J. A. Widtsoe and J. Stewart 977 



Summary of digestion experiments with Kafir 983 



Feediug experiments at Mains of Laithers, 1897, A. P. Aitken 984 



Sheep- feeding experiments at Ferney Castle and Whitelaw, A. P. Aitken 985 



The by-products of the dairy, F. B. Linfield 986 



Experiments with geese, C. O. Flagg 990 



Goose breeding, C. O. Flagg 992 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



A feeding experiment with rations consisting of forage only and of forage and 



feed, E. B. Voorhees and C. B. Lane 992 



Experiments with milch cows on the effect of work on the yield and composi- 

 tion of the milk, A. Morgen et al 993 



Composition and nutritive value of different kinds of cheese, Ballaud 993 



Trial of milking machines, J. Drysdale 994 



The persistence of bacteria in the milk ducts of the cow's udder. A. R. Ward . . 994 



Bacillus typhi abdominal is in milk and butter, H. L. Bolley and M. Field 995 



The presence of bacteria in butter, Hormann and Morgenroth 995 



Further contributions on the presence of tubercle bacilli in butter an I cheese, 



Hermann and Morgenroth 995 



The rancidity of butter and the effect of pasteurizing cream on the keeping 



quality of butter, H. Schmidt 996 



Pure cultures for Cheddar cheese making, J. R. Campbell 996 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Anthrax in the lower Mississippi Valley 998 



Enzootic cerebro-spinal meningitis in horses and hog cholera in Idaho, W. L. 



Williams 998 



Contagious diseases in European countries 998 



Investigations relative to sheep scab 998 



Investigations of alleged rabies in Nebraska, W. II. Gibbs 999 



