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moth, nut mite, daddy lonff l<\!is, larcli disease, turnip and calibage aphis, wire- 

 worms, turnip fly, surface caterpilhirs, a new potato disease, and tlie autler moth 

 are mentioned. 



Means for the destruction of insects injurious, to cane, and especially the 

 white louse. F. A. F. C. Went ( IVcsf Java Siujav Sta. (ontr. 11, pp. IS-JO). — Eecom- 

 inends a pyretbrum extract made with a mixture of alcohol and annnonia water. 



Concerning the parasites of the insect enemies of sugar cane, J. D. Kobus 

 (East Java Expt. Sta. Coiitr. 8, n. ser.,pj}. 9, figs. 5). — Notes on the bacterial, fungus, and 

 insect enemies of sugarcane insects, with something of the life histories. The wings 

 of some of the Hymenoptera are figured. 



The destruction of grubs by Botrytis teuella, J. H. Wakker {East Java Expt. 

 Sta. Contr. 10, ii. ser., pp. 7). — A review of the European experiments. They have not 

 been so successftil in .lava. 



Remedies for cutworms [Dent, lanclw. Presse, 21 (1S94), Ko. 58, p. 570,fuis. S). — 

 Note on Agrotis segetum. Lights in the field are advised to attract and destroy the 

 adult moths. 



Bordeaux mixture for apple pests, H. Garmax (Eentucky Sta. Rpt. 1303, pp. 

 S2-54,Jhis. ;.').— Reprint from IJullctin 44 of the station (E. S. R., 4, p. 659). 



Analyses of insecticides (Massachusetts State St((. lijit. 1893, j). 324). — Analyses 

 of 2 patented articles, /. c, Oriental fertilizer and bug-destroyer, and Nou-poisonous 

 bug-destroyer, are reported. 



FOODS— ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Digestion experiments with sheep, J. B. Lindsey {Mnssachnsetts 

 i^fare tSt((. R])i. J8!Jo, jjp. 140-178, pi. 1). — Dioestiou exi)erinieiits are 

 reported on 2 sami>les of hay of mixed grasses, Buffalo gluten feed, 

 old aud new-process linseed meal, dried brewers' grains, corncobs, 

 bran of spring and winter wheat, and wheat middlings, 4 sheep being 

 used. The trial with each feeding stuff lasted 14 days, the excreta 

 being collected for analysis the last 7 days. Hay of mixed grasses 

 was fed with each of the commercial feeding stuffs. The complete data 

 for the experiments are tabulated, including analyses of the feeding- 

 stuffs used. 



A summary of the results is given below: 



Coefficients of digextiljilitg ivitli sleep. 



Drj' I Crude 

 matter. I celhilo.se. 



Hay of mixed gra.sses (a) 



Sheep 2 



Sheep 3 



Sheep 4 



Average 



Hay of mixed grasses (b) 

 ' Sheep 1 



Sheep 2 



Slieep :; 



Sheep 4 



Average 



Buflalo gluten feed: 



Sheep 2 



Sheep 4 



Average 



Kew-process linseed meal 



Sheep 2 



Sheep 3 



Average 



I'er- cent. 

 60.67 

 62.00 

 61. 43 

 61.37 



bo. 84 

 55. 10 

 55. 56 

 55. 86 



7.J. 53 

 80.44 



79 8G 

 82. 60 

 81.23 



Per cent. 

 62. 08 

 65. 86 

 04.73 

 64.46 



.57. 30 

 55. 90 

 57.38 

 57.98 

 .57. 14 



39. 92 



' 46. 28 



43.10 



49.24 

 73.21 

 61. 23 



Nitrogen- 

 free 

 extract. 



Per cent. 

 63.46 

 63.37 

 63. 14 

 63.32 



58.16 

 56.80 

 58.24 

 58.19 

 57. 85 



78.44 

 84.37 

 81.40 



86.31 

 84.71 

 85.51 



