IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Report of the eiitomolof;;i8t, M. H. Beckwitli 502 



Entomological work for 1895, H. Osboru and C. W. Mally 503 



Entomological work 504 



Some destructive insects, F. M. Webster 505 



Eeport on insect pests, A. Koebele 506 



Insecticides 507 



FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Examination of food ;irodncts sold in Connecticut, A. W. Ogden, A. \j. Wmton, 



and E. H. Jenkins 508 



Fod<ler analyses, C. L. Penny 508 



Analyses of feeding stuffs 520 



Hay substitutes, C. S. Phelps 520 



Dietary studies at the University of Missouri in 1895, and data relating to bread 



and meat consumption in Missouri, H. B. Gibson, S. Calvert, and D. W. May; 



comments by W. O. Atwater and C. D. Woods 509 



Composition and digestibility of corn silage, cowpea silage, soja-bean silage, 



and corn fodder, C . G. Hopkins 509 



Digestion experiments 510 



Eeport for 1895 of the agricultural station at Gembloux, Belgium, A. Petermanu 512 



The nutritive value of casein, G. Marcuse 513 



Experiments on the nutritive value of the horse-chestnut, P. Gay 513 



The formation of pentoses and their behavior in the plant and animal organism, 



K. Goetze and T. Pfeift'er 513 



The absorption of water by the gluten of dittereut wheats, F. B. Guthrie 514 



The decomposition of fat by molds, H. Ritthausen and Baumanu 515 



Cattle feeding in Colorado, W. W. Cooke 515 



Maturing skim milk calves, C. F. Curtiss 517 



On fattening experiments and slaughter tests with swine, M. Herter 519 



Molasses ;',s food for swine, E. Frederiksen = 519 



Why not improve your poultry ? F. E. Hege .521 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Cornstalk disease of cattle, N. S. Mayo. 522 



Bacteriological studies in contagious abortion in cows, F. D. Chester 522 



Anthrax, A. T. Neale et al 523 



On the germicidal power of menthol vapor and its action on the development 



of anthrax, F. D. Chester 523 



Bacteriological work upon anthrax, F. D. Chester 524 



Cerebro-spiual meningitis in horses, A. T. Neale et al 524 



Glanders, A. T. Neale et aJ 525 



Mallein tests for suspected glanders in horses, R. R. Dinwiddie 525 



Tetanus or lockjaw in horses, A. T. Neale et al 523 



Texas cattle fever in various localities, R. R. Dinwiddie 525 



Bovine tuberculosis, A. T. Neale et al 523 



Tuberculosis, bacteriological work, F. D. Chester 523 



Weights of cultures of tubercle bacillus, C. L. Penny 524 



Investigations of hog diseases, R. R. Dinwiddie 525 



Parasites of domestic animals, G. McCarthy 525 



On the toxic pro)>erties of molds, 11. R. Dinwiddie 524 



Shoeing for special purposes, E. P. Niles 525 



Veterinary work 525 



