IV CONTENTS. 



FOODS— ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Page. 



Composition of pie melon, G. L. Holter and J. Fields 377 



Compilation of analyses of fodder articles and dairy products, 1868-'97, E. 15. 



Hoi land 377 



Tallies of the digestibility of American feed stuffs, J. B. Lindsey 377 



The distribution of galactan, J. B. Lindsey and E. B. Holland 372 



On the distribution of fat and protein in the bodies of animals poor in Ilesh, 



together with observations on a method of determining fat, M. Shulze 372 



Digestion experiments with sheep, J. B. Lindsey, E. B. Holland, and G. A. fal- 

 lings 373 



Sheep feeding, J. A. Craig 377 



The rape crop : Its growth and value for soiling and fattening sheep and swine, 



J. A. Craig 371 



Feeding experiments with pigs, J. 13. Lindsey, E. B. Holland, and G.A.Bil- 

 lings 371 



Poultry experiments, W. P. Brooks 376 



Standard varieties of chickens, G. E. Howard 378 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



The cleaning of milk, Backhaus 378 



The influence of silage odors in the air on milk, F. H. King and E. H. Farring- 



ton 378 



Fat determinations iu samples of milk by different methods 379 



Gerber's milk test ( acid butyrometer), N. Engstrom 380 



Report of Swedish chemical control stations for 1895 380 



The effect of narrow and wide rations on the quantity and cost of milk anil 

 butter, and on the composition of milk, J. B. Lindsey, E. B. Holland, and 



G. A. Billings 381 



Feeding experiments with skim-milk feed for milch cows, P. Hausson 382 



Experiments with stack silage conducted in Ultima Agricultural Institute, 



1896, H. Juhlin-Dannfelt 382 



Tests for pure cultures lor cream ripening, X. Engstrom. , 383 



Comparative trials with the Radiator and the separator with churn. N. Engs- 

 trom and A. Sjostrom 381 



A test of hand separators, H. Hay ward 386 



The cheese industry: Its development and possibilities in Wisconsin, S. M. 



Babcock and H. L. Russell 387 



Report on Swedish dairying, 1891-'95, with a list of Swedish creameries and 



cheese factories. G. Liljhagen 388 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Annual report for 1896 from the principal of the Royal Veteriaary College. 



J. McFadyean 389 



Report of the veterinary department. A. W. Bitting 391 



The spaying of mares, W. L. Williams 391 



Glanders, Texas lever, and symptomatic anthrax. I.. L. Lewis 3?)1 



Check list of the animal parasites of geese, A. Hassall 392 



On formic aldehyde as a means of influencing animal diseases, W. Eber 390 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



The construction of silos and the making and handling of ^ily^e. F. H. King.. 3'3 



Irrigation in humid climates, F, H. King 394 



Pumping water for irrigation, H. M. Wilson 394 



Irrigation near Phoenix, Arizona, A. 1'. Davis 395 



Sewage irrigation, G. W. Rafter 395 



