IV CONTENTS. 



Page. 



How to cure fonl brood among bees, W. McEvoy 770 



Mosquitoes and fleas, L. O. Howard 775 



Report of the State board of agriculture on the extermination of the gypsy 



moth 771 



Report of the State entomologist for 1895, J. A. Lintner 772 



The fall army worm ; Southern grass worm, A. L. Quaintance 772 



The army worm and wheat fly, C. B. Waldron 775 



FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Bread making, Marie B. Senn 785 



Soy beans as food for man, C. F. Langworthy 786 



Analyses of fodders and feeding stuffs, W. O. Atwater and F. G. Benedict. . .. 786 



Human food investigations, H. Snyder 777 



Studies of dietaries, W. O. Atwater and A. P. Bryant 779 



Dietary study of Sandow, the "strongman," C. F. Langworthy and W. H. Beal. 780 



The digestibility of different classes of food materials, W. O. Atwater 780 



Proportions of digestible nutrients in food materials, W. O. Atwater 786 



Experiments on the digestion of food by man, W. O. Atwater 780 



Two digestion experiments with an infant, A. P. Bryant 782 



The influence of borax and boric acid upon nutrition, with special reference 



to proteid metabolism, R. H. Chittenden and W. J. Gies 782 



Digestion experiments with sheep, C. S. Thelps and A. P. Bryant 783 



The action of certain bodies on the digestive ferments, F. D. Simons 783 



Silage for hogs, D. O. Nourse 784 



Feeding experiments with chickens, T. D. Hinebauch 784 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



A study of rations fed to milch cows in Connecticut, W. O. Atwater andC. S. 



Phelps 786 



Contribution to the rational feeding of cows, O. Hageman 788 



The cost and feeding value of the dry matter of dried corn fodder and of 



silage, E. B. Voorhees and C. B. Lane 790 



Further experiments in cream ripening — flavor, aroma, acid, H. W. Conn 791 



Bacillus acidi lactici and other acid organisms found in American dairies, W. 



E. Esten 793 



Butter making on the farm, C. P. Goodrich 795 



A new milk preservative, A. W. Stokes 794 



A new milk adulterant, A. W. Stokes 794 



AGRICU I.TURAL EN< UN I .E RING. 



Windmills for irrigation, E. C. Murphy 796 



An experiment with a steam drill, C. H. Pettee 797 



A practical study of road maintenance, C. H. Pettee 797 



Cheap silos in Virginia, D. O. Nourse 798 



STATISTICS — MISCELLANEOUS. 



Reports of executive committee, treasurer, and director of Connecticut Storrs 



Station, 1896 798 



Seventh Annual Report of North Dakota Station, 1896 798 



Ninth Annual Report of South Carolina Station, 1896 798 



Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1897 798 



Annual Report of Virginia Station, 1896 798 



Reports of director and treasurer of West Virginia Station, 1891 799 



Experiment station work — 1 799 



