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Effecl of alcohol, sugar, and tea upon the muscles, A. F. Hellsten 492 



Excretion of carbon dioxid when differenl sorts of sugar are consumed, J. E. 



Johansson, J. Billstrom, and C. Ileijl 493 



Muscular contraction and energy, A. ( 'hauveau 493 



Observations on hygiene, A. Proust, A. Netter, and H. Bourges 493 



ANIMAL PBODUCTION. 



Fodders and feeds, L. A. Voorliees et al 493 



Changes in composition of corn meal due to molds, J. P. Street 493 



Inspection of concentrates, J. B. Lindsey 494 



Report of the chemist, W. Frear 494 



Cactus as feed for farm animals, A. Jehanne 494 



The forest as a source of forage tor farm animals, L. Grandeau 494 



Pie melons as a fodder crop 494 



Laws regarding feeding stuffs 494 



Stock raising in the Philippines 494 



Calcium phosphate as a part of a ration, V. Sehenke 494 



Does an excess of calcium carbonate in feed exercise an effect upon digesti- 

 bility ? J. Volhard 494 



Notes on the absorption of fat, U. Lombroso 495 



Concerning the formation of fat from carbohydrates, M . Fischer 495 



Cooperative slaughterhouses in Denmark .". 495 



The autodigestion of pepsin, A. Herlitzka 495 



Anaerobic gaseous exchange of animal organs, 1, J. Stoklasa 495 



Dried molasses-beet-pulp, J. B. Lindsey 495 



Feeding beet molasses ami pulp, L. A. Merrill and R. W. Clark 496 



Feeding steers, E. B. Ferris 496 



Experiments in feeding steers, D. 11. Otis 496 



Feeding cattle with different quantities of concentrated foods 497 



Calf feeding experiments with skim milk, V. Jonson 498 



Breeding and feeding pigs, D. H . Otis 498 



Experiments in pig feeding, H. T. French '. 498 



Peptone feed for pigs, W. Midler 499 



The nutrition of horses, J. B. Lindsey and P. H. Smith 499 



Feeding horses and mules on home-grown feed stuffs, C. M. Connor 499 



Spanish goats, J. Crepin 500 



Phosphated fowls, H. d'Anchald 500 



Cooperative egg and poultry societies 501 



Duck breeding at Netherby, C. J. Cornish 501 



Experimental studies in oyster propagation, 1903, J. Nelson 501 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



Report of the dairy husbandman, C. B. Lane 501 



Cooperative experiments with milch cows, 1902-3, H. Goldschmidt et al 504 



The dairy, J. Mahon 504 



Investigations on the electrical resistance of milk, F. Petersen 504 



Splitting up of fat globules in cows' milk on agitation, C. Barthel 505 



On fat determinations in separator skim milk and buttermilk, E. Holm 505 



Sin-acid butyrometry 506 



The bacterial contamination of milk and its control, F. C. Harrison 506 



New bacterial species giving the aroma to butter, Severin 506 



Bacterial flora of Russian-Swiss and Emmenthaler cheeses, Budinov 506 



Contributions from Johan-Olsen's laboratory, G. Troili-Peterson 506 



The manufacture of dried milk, R. Crowe 506 



Milk powder; a new industry, H. Vanderyst 506 



State milking courses of 1903, and what they have taught us, O. L. Danils... 506 



Oleomargarine legislation in Denmark and other countries, H. Faber 506 



VETERINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 



Report of the State veterinarian, L. Pearson 506 



Report of the veterinary service in the Kingdom of Saxony for 1903 507 



The influence of surra upon metabolic processes, R. Stiihelin 507 



HeportonBaciUusviolaceutmanikc, a pathogenic micro-organism, P. G. Woolley. 507 



Penetrability of the intestinal wall for micro-organisms, B. Klimenko 507 



