IV CONTENTS. 



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A Lecaninm scale infesting plum trees in western New York. V. H. Lowe 613 



The San Jose scale, F. M. Webster 613 



The palmetto scale, T. D. A. Cockerell 609 



Dactylopius or mealy hugs, T. D. A. Cockerell 603 



Biologj' of the cockchafer 610 



lusects injurious to stored grain and cereal products, A. L. Qiiaintance 610 



Some Mexican and Japanese injurious insects liable to l)e introduced into the 



United States 610 



Eeport of entomologist, T. D. A. Cockerell 611 



Annual report of the zoiilogist for 1896, C. Warburton 611 



An emulsion for chicken lice 612 



Practical entomology, A. D. Hopkins and AV. E. Rumsey 612 



Bibliograiihy of the more important contributions to American economic ento- 

 mology, S. Henshaw 614 



FOODS — ANIMAL PROinC'TION. 



Dietary studies at Purdue University in 1895, W. E. Stone 614 



Composition and digestibility of linseed meal, H. Snyder 615 



Analyses of bean straw, stalks, and pods 623 



Sugar in cornstalks 623 



The food value of corn scorched by hot winds, G. L, Holter 615 



Analyses of feeding stuffs, M. B. Hardin 623 



On the influence of the addition of fat and of starch to the ration upon the 

 assimilation of nutrients and upon the metabolism and gain of nitrogen in 



the animal body, A. Wicke and H. Weiske 616 



On the influence of the addition of increasing quantities of fat to the ration 

 upon the metabolism and gain of nitrogen in the animal body, A. Wicke and 



H. Weiske 617 



The distribution of nitrogen in meat, Salkowski and Geiske 618 



The protein compounds of muscle plasma, von J^iirth .• 619 



Relation of sex in thoroughbred calves, P. Collier 619 



Sheep-feeding experiments with different nitrogenous feeding stuffs with and 



without the addition of salt, E. Wolff, J. Mayer, Sieglin, and Kreuzhage . .. 620 



Sheep-feeding ('X])erinients with molasses, Ramm 621 



Experiments with geese, S. Cushman 622 



VETERINAKY SCIEXCE AND PRACTICE. 



Crimson clover hair balls, F. Y. Coville . = . = . 623 



Charbon, or anthrax, S. B. Staples and W. H. Dalrymple 625 



Distemper in horses and mules, W. E. A. Wymau 625 



Founder in horses, W. E. A. Wyman 625 



Red water in cattle, W. E. A. Wyman 625 



Texas cattle fever, W. M. Miller 625 



BoviiiB tuberculosis in North Louisiana, W. C. Stubbs. S. B. Sta|)les, and W. H. 



Dalrymple 625 



Tuberculosis in cattle, E. A. A. Grange 625 



The application of tuberculin in the suppression of bovine tuberculosis, 



B. Bang 624 



Tenth and Eleventh Annual Reports of the Bureau of Animal Industry 626 



DAIRY FARMING AND DAIRYING. 



Investigations on the effect of the seed of common vetch on milk secretion, 



W. J. Quick 626 



