CONTENTS. VII 



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Insect pests attacking truck crops, F. W. Mally 64 



The onion thrips, F. M. Webster 64 



An eight years' study of chinch bug outbreaks in Ohio, F. M. Webster 64 



The plant Hce of sugar cane in Java, L. Zehntner 65 



Insect enemies to fruit, and their remedies, W. B. Smith 65 



Insects injurious to fruit, A. H. Snyder 65 



lUujnchites mhmtus an enemy of the strawberry, J. Ritzema Bos 65 



Combating root louse of gooseberry and currant, J. Ritzema Bos 65 



Re])ort of the State entomologist, J. B. Smith 65 



Report un inspection of Roanoke County, Va. , for San Jose scale, W. B. Ahvood . 65 



Three conunon orchard scales, H. T. Fernald 65 



Treatment for San Jose scale, J. H. Stewart 65 



The oak scale insect, J. Ritzema Bos 66 



The oak tiea-beetle {Haltica erucx), J. Ritzema Bos 66 



Insect enemies of the pine in the Black Hills Forest Reserve, A. D. Hopkins . 66 



Some insect enemies of living trees, A. D. Hopkins 66 



The shade-tree insect problem, A. II. Kirkland 66 



Killing the eggs of the gypsy moth by means of kerosene, J. Ritzema Bos 67 



Report of committee on gypsy moth, insects, and birds, A. Pratt et al 67 



A new nomenclature for the broods of the periodical cicada, C. L. Marlatt ... 67 



General review of animal and vegetable parasites of cocoanut, A. Zimmermann. 67 



The small rose-leaf wasp {Blennocampa pusilla), J. Ritzema Bos 67 



Certain Javanese Ascomycetes which are parasitic on Coccidte, A. Zimmermann . 67 



South African locust fungus 67 



Concerning certain mosquitoes, J. B. Smith 67 



The moscjuito pest and how it may be abated, J. B. Smith 68 



FOODS — NUTRITION. 



Foods and food adulterants, W. D. Bigelow et al 68 



Chemical analysis of a flour made from India corn, S. Grimaldi 69 



Flour from Arnautka wheat, E. F. Ladd 69 



The food value of starch, flour, and grits, P. Carles 69 



Substitutes for bread used in times of famine, F. Erismann 69 



The amount of bread obtained from flour, Ballard 69 



Adulteration of wheat flour, M. Lozano y Castro 69 



A plant butter used as a substitute for cocoa butter, G. Possetto 69 



Gluten alimentary pastes, G. Teyxeira 69 



Fersan — its therapeutic and nutritive properties, H. F. Tourlet 69 



Plasmon, E. F. Ladd 69 



Infant foods, E. F. Ladd 69 



Food products of Canada and names of some exporters 69 



Preparing and preserving meat for metabolism experiments, W. J. Gies 69 



Concerning dietary studies of the people of the United States, P. O. Smolenski. 69 



Dietary computer, Ellen H. Richards 70 



Therapeutic value of vegetable diet, L. Kuttner 70 



The valuation of a vegetarian diet, Albu 70 



Metabolism on a vegetarian diet, Albu 70 



Precautions to be taken by consumers of vegetables, Ceserole 70 



The energy value of the diet of man, M. Rubner 70 



Meat and meat preparation in the diet of man, H. Poda and W. Prausnitz 71 



The power of alcohol to protect protein, R. O. Neumann 71 



Cleavage of protein in man when severe work is performed, C. Jackson 71 



Concerning the tryptic cleavage of jirotein, K. Mochizuki 71 



The influence of environment upon the properties of protein, J. Starke 71 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Commercial feeding stuffs in the Connecticut market 71 



Analyses of commercial feeding stuffs, J. L. Hills 72 



Indian food grains and fodders — their chemical composition, J. W. Leather. . . 72 



The composition of tendon mucoid, W. D. Cutter and W. J. Gies 72 



Chemical constituents of tendmous tissue, L. Buerger and W. J. Gies 72 



Composition of yellow fibrous connective tissue, G. W. Vandegriit and W. J. 



Gies 72 



The nutritive value of gelatin, O. Krummacher 72 



