CONTENTS. V 



Page. 



Notes on entomolojry, A. Lehmann 169 



Modem methods of studying and controlling horticultural insects, J. B. Smith. 169 



Insects and insecticides, C P. Gillette 169 



The more important insects injurious to wheat in ]\Iissouri, J. M. Stedman . . . 169 



Orchard enemies in the Pacific Northwest, C. V. Piper 169 



Principal insects lial)le to be distributed on nursery stock, N. Banks 169 



Treatment for San Jose scale in orchard and nursery, J. B. Smith 169 



Lime mixtures for eradication of oyster-shell bark-louse, AV. T. jMacoini 170 



Treatment for the oyster-shell ])ark-louse, W. S. Blair 170 



Arsenical sprays for the codling moth 170 



Chemistry of insecticides and fungicides, F. T. Shutt 170 



A new emulsion for spraying, J. D. Ormsby 170 



Carbolic emulsion, J. D. Ormsby 1 70 



The use of an acetylene gas lamp for tlie destruction of insects, R. Roger 1 70 



How insects affect health in rural districts, L. O. Howard 171 



The house Hy, C. P. Lounsbury 171 



The bumblebee, A. Gale 171 



Theapiarv, J. Fixter 171 



Bees, S. A. Bedford 171 



Treatment of foul l)rood with essence of rosemary, E. E. Bochatey 171 



FOODS NUTRITION. 



Nutritive value of alcohol, W. O. Atwater and F. (x. Benedict 172 



Some new nutrient preparations, S. Weissbein 173 



Some new foods pre}>ared from plant jti-otein, M. Wintgen 1 73 



Milk Hour in Sweden, V. E. Nelson 173 



Milk flour in Sweden, R. S. S. Bergh 173 



Edil)le fungi, A. Zega , 1 73 



( )n the composition of the fluts of (jbu/fco hiloba, U. Suzuki 173 



Cane sugar in seeds of Gingbi bilobu and Camelia theifera, U. Suzuki 173 



\Mieat and maize starches of commerce, D. Saare 174 



The leaking quality of wheat and ways of estimating it, A. Maurizio 174 



Milling and baking experiments with domestic and foreign wheat, M. Fischer . 174 



Losses in cooking meat, H. S. Crindley 174 



The manufacture of ])reserves, P. Degener .'. . 174 



The making of jelly from the fruit of J'yruf! baccata, W. Saunders 174 



Should milk be boiled ? W. B. Ransom 1 74 



Variations in body temperature with regard to effect produced on man by 



reversal of ordinary method of living, F. (i. Benedict and J. F. Snell 174 



Vegetarian diet and the production of work, Baelz 174 



Diet in the several periods of life, E. Palier 175 



The dietary of the Scottish peasant, W. G. Little 175 



rtilization of sugars (hexoses) by the body, Charrin and Brocard 175 



The digestion of carbohydrates in the stomach by ptyalin, Hensay 175 



Influence of fats and carbohydrates on protein metal)olism, T. W. Tallqvist.. 175 



Special role of carbohydrates in assimilation of insoluble salts, L. Vaudin 175 



The effect of boric acid on the metabolism of man, M. Rubner 175 



Effei'ts of forced feeding, N. D. Bardswell et al 175 



The amount of combined pentoses in the body, G. Grund 175 



The silica content of animal and human tissues, H. Schulz 176 



ANIMAL PRODUCmON. 



Spontaneous combustion of alfalfa, H. M. Cottrell , 176 



On the changes in the composition of roots during storage, F. T. Shutt 176 



Fodders and feeding stuffs, F. T. Shutt 1 76 



Compilation of analyses of fodder articles, E. B. Holland and P. H. Smith, jr. 177 



Corn by-products — gluten meal, gluten feed, etc., F. T. Shutt 1 77 



Cattle-feed inspection , J. B. Lindsey 177 



Digestibility of American feed stuffs, J. B. Lindsey and N. J. Hunting 177 



Distillery refuse, Dietrich 177 



Panicum grass better than sorghum, D. C. Shorey 177 



The exact calculation of balanced rations, J. T. \Villard 177 



Cleavage of fat by micro-organisms, K. Schreiber 1 77 



Proof that resorption of fat te.kes place in aqueous solutions, E. PHiiger 177 



