IV _ CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Report of the entomologist, A. D. Hopkins 857 



Annual report of the entomologist, A. D. Hopkins 858 



Notes on the insects of the year, F. L. Harvey 858 



The army worm, B. H. Warren 858 



The red spider, G. H. Perkins 859 



A new garden Smyntkurid (Smynthurus albamaculata), F. L. Harvey 860 



The San Jos6 scale in Missouri, J . M. Stedman 862 



A report on the occurrence of the cahbage root maggot, F. A. Waugh 862 



A bacillus pathogenic upon the phylloxera and certain acarids, L. Dubois 860 



FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Report of preliminary investigations on the metabolism of nitrogen and carbon 



in the human organism, W. O. Atwater, C. D. Woods, and F. G. Benedict.. . 863 



The chemistry of the corn plant, F. T. Shutt 865 



Analyses of fodders and feeding staffs 866 



Composition of Utah feeding stuffs, J. A. Widtsoe 872 



Dried brewers' grains, H. P. Arnisby 873 



Miscellaneous fodder crops, J. L. Hills 873 



Sunflowers and English horse beans as silage crops, J. M. Bartlett 866 



The feeding value of broken hop vines, F. T. Shutt 867 



Lacteo vituliue (calf meal), F. T. Shutt 867 



Relative digestibility of cheat and clover, G. W. Shaw and H. T. French 867 



The composition of package tea, J. A. Widtsoe 8b8 



The curing of meats 873 



Dietary studies at the Maine State College 873 



The computation of rations for farm animals, H. P. Armsby 873 



Feeding steers, 1895-'96, W. Saunders 868 



Feeding steers, S. A. Bedford 869 



Experiments with cattle, A. Mackay 969 



Notes on the cattle show of the Smithfield Club, G. Rogers 869 



Pig feeding, J. L. Hills 870 



Experiments in the fattening of swine, W. Saunders 871 



The value of dairy by-products in pig feeding, F. B. Liniield 871 



Experiments with swine, S. A. Bedford 872 



Ducks and geese, G. E. Howard 874 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



Dairying in Oregon, H. T. French, (!. W. Shaw, and F. E. Kent 886 



The effect of various preparations of molasses on milk secretion, Kamm 874 



Studies of methods of experimental feeding trials, J. L. Hills 877 



Some observations on the relation between body conformation and production 



in cows, E. A. Bogdanow 879 



Experiments on the effect of different grain and concentrated feeds on the 



milk production of cows, Ranim 879 



Feeding experiments with milch cows, J. M. Bartlett 881 



The food requirements and production of different breeds of cows, R. Gripeu- 



berg 882 



Feeding trials with silage and potatoes, J. E. Hills 883 



Record of the station herd for 1895-'96, J. L. Hills 883 



Care of milk on the farm, R. A. Pearson 886 



A calculation of the total solids of milk, M. E. McDonnell .• 888 



The effect of food upon the quality of butter, J. L. Hills 884 



Report of the dairy investigator, F. B. Linfield 884 



Preliminary investigations concerning the number and nature of bacteria in 



freshly drawn milk, V. A. Moore 884 



