IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Hay of Norwegian fodder plants, F. H. Werenskiold 268 



The ensilage of potatoes - 268 



Meat inspection, C. A. Cary 274 



The computation of rations for farm animals, H. P. Armsby 276 



Steer feeding, J. H. Connell and J. W. Carson 269 



Feeding sheep in South Dakota, E. C. Chilcott and E. A. Burnett 271 



Corn, cowpeas, and wheat bran for fattening pigs, J. F. Dnggar 272 



Molasses feed for pigs, G. Faye and E. Frederiksen 273 



DAIRY FARMING DAIRYING. 



The udder of the cow, C. S. Plumb 276 



The dairy industry in Missouri and Kansas, L. Chubbuck 278 



The dairy industry in Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota, J. H. Monrad. 279 



Dairy feeding as practiced in Pennsylvania, E. H. Hess 280 



Dairy farming, H. J. Patterson 290 



Rations for dairy cows and other matters of interest to dairymen, G. E. Day.. 281 



Dairy schools, R. A. Pearson 291 



The value of molasses feed for milch cows, R. Wahhjuist 281 



Feeding experiments with milch cows, T. Giinther 282 



The yield of milk of two Cheshire herds, C. T. Parker 282 



The composition of sows' milk, especially the fat content, Petersen and F. 



Oetken 282 



Investigations on sheep's milk with special reference to the East Friesian milk 



sheep, H. Hucho 283 



Studies on the souring of milk, H. Ho ft 2X4 



Milk and cleanliness, F. H. Werenskiold 284 



A simple method for determining fat in separator cream, M. Weibull 285 



Statistics from fifty-two Wisconsin separator creameries, E. H. Farrington. . . 286 



Theripening of cheese and theroleof microorganisms in the process, I. Shirokih. 286 



On the ripening of cheese, O. Jensen . 289 



The fungus flora of milk and its relation to the ripening of cheese, E. Baier. . 290 



VETERINAHY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Sheep scab, C. P. Gillette 291 



Splenetic or Texas cattle fever, E. P. Niles 293 



Abortion in domesticated animals, C. F. Dawson 292 



Bovine tuberculosis in Indiana, A. W. Bitting 293 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



Summary of mechanical tests on thirty-two species of American woods, B. E. 



Fernow 294 



Clearing land, F. A. Huntley 295 



Irrigation in South Dakota; plat work with forage crops, etc., J. H. Shepard 



and E. C. Chilcott 295 



Silos and silage, E. C. Chilcott 295 



STATISTICS. 



Local taxation as affecting farms 296 



Eighth Annual Report of Alabama College Station, 1895 296 



Ninth Annual Report of Colorado Station, 1896 296 



Annual Report of Florida Station, 1896 296 



The farmers' interest in finance 296 



Cereal crops of 1896 297 



The cotton crop of 1896.. 297 



