IV 



CONTENTS. 



I ( x >l>s — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Pasrfi 



Composition of feeding stuffs, F. W. Woll 581 



The (effect of adding increasing amounts of fat upon the digestibility of 



rations, A. Wickc and II. Weiskfl 576 



The feeding value of coin stover, J. B. Lindsey 577 



Analyses of wild prairie hay, F. W. Woll 577 



Inllnence of breeding on the feeding qualities of lambs, J. A. Craig 577 



Farm grains for fattening lambs, J. A. Craig 578 



Grain feeding lambs for market, J. A. Craig 579 



Corn vk. corn meal for hogs, W. A. Henry 580 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



Test of dairy cows, J. W. Decker 588 



Care of dairy utensils, R. A. Pearson 589 



Frozen milk 581 



Frozen milk 582 



Conditions affecting the consistency of milk, 8. M. Babcock and H. L. Russell. 582 

 On the restoration of the consistency of pasteurized milk and cream, S. M. 



Babcock and ILL. Russell 583 



Relation between cheese swelling and water, A. Koster 584 



The increase of the yield of cheese by means of soluble lime salts, P. Hillmann. . r 84 



On the cause of ripening of Emmenthaler cheese, E. von Ereudenreich 585 



The rise and fall of bacteria in Cheddar cheese, H. L. Russell 586 



Pure lactic cultures of bacteria in cheese making, H. L. Russell 587 



Moisture supply in cheese curing rooms, J. W. Decker 588 



List of officials and associations connected with the dairy interests in the 



United .States and Canada for 1897, H. E. Alvord 590 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



The country slaughterhouse as a factor in the spread of disease, C. W. Stiles.. 591 

 The restriction of tuberculosis by isolation and the use of affected animals for 



breeding purposes, II. L. Russell 591 



Tuberculin inoculations for the year 1896, H. L. Russell 594 



Some modern disinfectants, E. A. de Schweinitz 592 



TECHNOLOGY. 



The manufaci are of sorghum sirup, G. L. Spencer 594 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



The uses of wood, F. both 597 



Irrigation experiments, F. H. King 594 



Irrigation on the Great Plains, F. II. Newell 597 



The draft of corn harvesters, F. II. King and L. H. Adams 597 



Comfortable low-cost barns, F. E. Emery 597 



STATISTICS — MISCELLANEOUS. 



Reports of board of control and treasurer of Connecticut State Station, 18SI6. 598 



Tenth Annual Report of Illinois Station, 1897 598 



Reports of director and treasurer of Wisconsin Station, 1896 598 



Seventh Annual Report of Wyoming Station, 1897 598 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1896 598 



Crop report for November, 1897 599 





