CONTENTS. 



Sterilized soil for carnation stem rot, W. R. Pierson 266 



Fungus pests of the earuation family, M. C. Cooke 266 



Observations on the bacterial rot of the calla lilly, C. O. Townsend 266 



The toxic properties of some copper compounds, J. F. Clark 267 



ENTOMOLOCJY. 



Some insects of the year 1899-1900, C. Fowler 267 



Some insects of the year 1901, R. H. Pettit 267 



Insect record for 1901, C. M. Weed , 268 



Report of the entomologist, E. D. Sanderson 268 



The resisting power of insects, C. Sterne 269 



Insects injurious to tobacco in the Island of Reunion, E. Bordage 269 



The sugar-cane borer, H. Maxwell-Lefroy 269 



The natural enemy of the sugar-cane beetle in Queensland, W. W. Froggatt. . 270 



A parasite of sugar-cane beetle grubs, H. Try on 270 



The chinch bug, J. j\I. Stedman 270 



The squash bug, C. M. Weed and A. F. Conradi 270 



Experiments with insecticides for the San Jose scale, S. A. Forbes 270 



A scale insect infesting the fig tree, and its enemies, Trabut 271 



The grapevine and CajMjjJiagus ecli'moj^iis, S. Jourdain 271 



Destruction of grapevines by Ca'pophagus ccJdnopus, L. Mangin and P. ^'iala . . 271 



Trap lanterns, or ' ' moth-catchers, ' ' M. V. Slingerland 272 



Suggestions for insect control in the West Indies, H. Maxwell-Lefroy 272 



Circular to nurserymen relating to shipment of nursery stock, AV. B. Alwood. 272 



The salt marsh mosquito ( Culex soUicitans), J. B. Smith 273 



The maggot fly, C. Fuller 273 



The distance apart at which apiaries should be placed, De Soignie 273 



The relationship of honey to wax, C. P. Dadant 273 



Do bees injure fruit? 273 



Sericulture, J. Bolle 273 



Sericulture in Tunis, F. Verry 274 



FOODS — NUTRITION. 



Human food investigations, H. Snyder 274 



Report on a standard emergency ration, M. E. Jaffa 276 



The diet of native laborers, J. M. Orpen 277 



Hygiene of food and digestion, H. Staedtler 277 



Effect of fineness of division and of cooking food upon its digestibility, K. B. 



Lehmann, F. Meyer, and M. Gotz 1 277 



Testing the baking quality of flour, G. Barth 277 



A study of the banana and its future possibilities, G. C. Nuttall 2^7 



Toxic and injurious properties of certain coal-tar colors, G. W. Chlopin 277 



Inspection and analyses of foods, M. A. Scovell and R. M. Allen 277 



Use of serum diagnosis in examination of foods, G. V. Rigler 278 



Serum agglutination and its value for examination of meat, Miessner and Ilerbst. 278 



A new method of preserving eggs 278 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Preliminary report on steamed silage, J. Withycombe and A. L. Knisely 278 



Keeping qualities and properties of peat-molasses feeds, Ar Herzfeld et al 278 



The role of sugar in nutrition, L. Grandeau 279 



Food value of pie melons, M. E. Jaffa 279 



Foods, feeding stuffs, and fertilizers, M. E. Jaffa 279 



Analyses of commercial feeding stuffs, H. J. Wheeler and A. W. Bosworth 279 



Licensed concentrated feeding stuffs, F. W. Woll and A. Vivian 279 



Experiments in wintering and fattening steers, H. J. Waters 279 



Feeding problem this winter, H. J. Waters 280 



Steer feeding, H. T. French 281 



Sheep-feeding experiments, W. J. Kennedy and F. R. Marshall 281 



Feeding lambs, H. T. French 282 



The food value of sugar beet, A. D. Hall 283 



A comparison of feeds for pigs, D. W. May 283 



Growing swine of various breeds and crosses, T. Shaw 284 



