IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Diseases of the tomato, P. H. Rolfs 1053 



The stem-rot diseases of the carnation, F. C. Stewart 1054 



Penioillium as a wood-destroying fungus, H. M. Ward 1055 



Nematode worms, G. E. Stone and R. E. Smith 1055 



Investigations on means for increasing adherence of fungicides, J. Perraud. .. 1056 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Proceedings of the tenth annual meeting of the Association of Economic 



Entomologists 1058 



Some miscellaneous results of the work of the Division of Entomology 1061 



Twentieth report of the State entomologist on the noxious and beneficial 



insects of the State of Illinois, S. A. Forbes 1064 



Thirteenth report of the State entomologist on injurious and other insects of 



the State of New York, 1897, J. A. Lintner 1065 



Fourteenth report of the State entomologist on injurious and other iusects of 



the State of New York, E. P. Felt 1066 



Report of the entomologist, A. D. Hopkins 1067 



Preliminary report upon the insect enemies of tobacco in Florida, A. L. 



Quaintance 1068 



The chinch bug, F. M. Webster 1063 



The periodical cicada, C. L. Marlatt 1071 



The grapevine flea-beetle, M. V. Slingerland 1073 



The Hessian fly in the Uni ted States, H. Osbom 1074 



The use of hydrocyanic-acid gas for fumigating greenhouses and cold frames, 



A. F. Woods and P. H. Dorsett 1075 



POODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



The constituents of the seed of Phi us cembra, E. Schulze and N. Rongger 1077 



Vinegar adulteration and the extent to which it exists in the samples for sale 



in North Carolina, W. A. Withers and J. A. Bizzell 1077 



The adulteration of coffee and tea, W. A. Withers and G. S. Fraps 1089 



Wheat offals sold in Maine in 1898, C. D. Woods 1089 



Concentrated feed stuffs, J. B. Lindsey et al 1077 



Feeding-stuff inspection, C. D. Woods 1089 



Dried grains as a substitute for hay, J . A. Voelcker 1078 



The maintenance ration of cattle, H. P. Annsby 1079- 



Experiments on the value of meadow hay, W. von Knieriem 1082 



Investigations on the value of different concentrated feeding stuffs, W. von 



Knieriem 1083 



The relative values of different fibrous foods for sheep, J. A. Voelcker 1084 



The influence of manures on the production of mutton, W. Somerville 1084 



Some experiments on the fattening value of certain foods gathered by ^igs, 



R. L. Bennett 1085 



Feediug acorns, G. W. Carver 1086 



Poultry notes, F. E. Hege 1087 



DAIRY P ARMING — DAIRYING. 



The water content of butter, B. Martiny 1090 



The causes of the rancidity of butter, C. Author 1091 



Tubercle bacilli in market butter, Obermiiller 1092 



Experiments with calcium chlorid for rendering heated milk suitable for cheese 



making, Klein and A. Kirsten 1092 



An inquiry concerning the source of gas and taint-producing bacteria in cheese 



curd, V. A. Moore and A. R.Ward 1093 



Changes in fat during the ripening of cheese, A. Kirsten 1094 



Changes in fat during the ripening of cheese, H. Weigmaun 1095 



