IV CONTENTS. 



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 The losses and chemical changes which vegetable feeding stuff's undergo when 



kept for a long time at a high temperature, H. Weiske 679 



Fodders and feeds 682 



Average composition of fodders and feeds 682 



Market prices of commercial feeds 682 



Feeding stuffs inspection C. D. Woods 682 



The influence of muscular work on metabolism of dogs, N. Zuntz 680 



Contribution to the question of the source of muscular energy, J. Frentzel . .. 681 



Further investigations on the fat in muscular tissue, E. Bogdauow 681 



Grain rations for fattening sheep, J. H. Shepperd 682 



DAIRY FARMING DAIRYING. 



Feeding experiment with linseed oil and ground flaxseed on cows, D. Melik. 



Beglarian 683 



The question of the relation between the fat in the food and the fat in the 



milk, M. Maercker 683 



Experiments in milking twice and four times daily, Backhaus 684 



Proportion of ash and phosphates in cows' milk, L. Vaudin 685 



Concerning the phosphorus in human milk and cows' milk, J. Stoklasa 685 



Composition of the milk of Oldenburg breeding mares, P. Petersen and H. 



Hofker 685 



Milk: Composition, nature, hygienic and economic methods of handling, A. J. 



McClatchie 685 



Cost and composition of milk in cities in New Jersey 688 



Milk : Its decomposition and preservation, R. R. Dinwiddie. : 687 



Experiments with pure cultures for ripening cream, P. Vieth 687 



Action of beer yeasts on milk, E. Boullanger 687 



Annual report of the chemist, W. C. Robinson, jr 688 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Report of the biologist, J. Nelson 690 



Some parasitical diseases of sheep, E. A. Smyth and E. P. Niles 693 



Preventive vaccination against blackleg, D. E. Salmon 694 



Directions for the use of blackleg vaccine, D. E. Salmon 694 



Laboratory tests of creolin as a disinfectant, F. S. Roop 691 



TECHNOLOGY. 



The sweet potato as a starch producer, F. S. Shiver 695 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



A study of waters for irrigation; the irrigation plant, G. L. Holter and J. 



Fields 696 



irrigation in New Jersey, E. B. Voorhees 697 



The forces which operate to destroy roads, with notes on road stones and 



problems therewith connected, C. L. Whittle 697 



Highway repairing, J. O. SanfordandE. G. Harrison 698 



Going in debt for good roads, Thayer 698 



Addresses on road improvement in Maine, New York, North Carolina, and Illi- 

 nois, R. Stone 698 



STATISTICS — MISCELLANEOUS. 



Reports of director and treasurer of New Jersey Stations, 1896 698 



Annual Report of Oregon Station for 1897 698 



Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture for 1897 698 



Agricultural extension work : Sketch of its origin and progress 699 



Cost of hauling farm products to market or to shipping points in European 



countries 699 



