CONTENTS. HI 



Page. 



Report of the entomologists, V. H. Lowe aud F. A. Sirrine 69 



The chinch bng and other destructive insects, F. M. Webster 66 



Notes on injurious insects, II. Osl>orn 67 



The harlequin caI>l»a^o bug and the melon-plant louse, .1. I!. Smith 68 



On the life history of Brachytarsus alter natus, A. L. Quaintance :.. 68 



The blueberry span worm (Diastictis inceptaria) and the bumble flower beetle 



(Euphoria inda), M. Y. Slingerland 69 



The increase of the San Josd scale in Delaware during 1896, G. II. Powell 73 



Pests of vegetable crops and their treatment, G. McCarthy 71 



Adulterated Paris green, F. W. Morse 74 



Spraying for the destruction of insect and fungus growths, S. 'I'. Maynard, .1. II. 



Putnam, and S. \V. Fletcher 75 



foods — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Old vs. new process oil meal, ,). Wilson and C. V. Curtiss 7.". 



Report upon the value of a new corn product, II. .1. Patterson 76 



Food and nutrition investigations in New Jersey in 1895 and 1896, E. I >. Yoorhees. 78 

 On the importance of the physiological requirements of the animal body: 



Results of an attempt to grow cattle without coarse feed, E. Davenport 81 



Steer and heifer beef, J. Wilson and C. F. Curtiss 82 



Feeding lambs, J. Wilson and C. F. Curtiss 81 



Pig feeding, W. P. Wheeler 86 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



Dairying in California, F. .1. Wickson 88 



The cheese industry of the State of New York, 11. 1). Cilbert 89 



Fresh cow vs. stripper butter, G. L. McKay and C. H. Eckels 91 



The acid test for milk and cream, \V. .1. Spillman 92 



Report of the first assistant chemist, W. P. Wheeler 91 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Combating anthrax in Delaware, A. T. Neale 92 



Serum therapy in hog cholera, A. T. Peters 93 



Parasites of poultry, G. McCarthy 96 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



Notes ou irrigation, C. S. Phelps and E. B. Yoorhees 97 



STATISTICS. 



Fourteenth Annual Report of New York State Station, 1895 97 



LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ABSTRACTED. 



Experimeut stations in the United States: 

 Alabama College Station : 



Bulletin 76 40 



Delaware Station : 



Bulletin 32 92 



Bulletin 33 73 



Florida Station : 



Bulletin 38, January, 1897 45 



Illinois Station : 



Bulletin 46, January, 1897 33,38,39, 15,81 



Iowa Station : 



Bulletin 33 . . r . . 67, 75, 82, 84, 91 



