VI CONTENTS. 



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Basal metabolism and creatinixi elimination, Palmer, Means, and Gamble 359 



Metabollflm in muscular tissue. — I, Amino-acidmixtiires, Matthews and Nelson. 359 



The role of carbohydrate in nutrition, Cathcart 359 



Chemical studies of growth. Funk and Macallum 360 



A substance in butter fat which stimulates growth, McCollum and Davis 360 



Contribution to the study of the origin of fatigue, Viale 360 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Recent studies in animal pigmentation, Schiedt 360 



Hairs and hair pigments, Onslow 361 



Race-horse breedmg, VII, VIII, Robertson 361 



Tables for statisticians and biometricians, edited by Pearson 362 



Action of sugar in nutrition, Gouin and Andouard 362 



The effect of sugar on the digestion of nitrogen, Gouin and Andouard 362 



Comparative feeding experiments with various grades of hays, Tacke et al. . . . 363 



Influence of storage on composition and digestibility of hays, Honcamp et al. . . 363 



The feeding value of apple pomace, Lindsey 363 



Bacteriological researches on forage conservation in the silo, Goriui 363 



[Ensilage experiments with lactic acid culture], Remn and Weiske 364 



A new process of preparing potatoes for ensilage, Foth 364 



Agriculture in Argentina, Hermes and Holtmeier-Schomberg 364 



The Flemish breed of cattle, Raquet 364 



Red Flemish cattle, Raquet 364 



Breeds of cattle in French West Africa, De Cordemoy 365 



Origin of caracul sheep, Young 365 



Quality in wool, Bailey and Engledow 365 



South African sheep and wool, McKee 365 



Influence of feeding on the animal body, Henseler 365 



Effect of calcium and protein fed pregnant swine on offspring, Eward et al. . . 366 



[Swine feeding experiments] 366 



[The antiquity of the horse in South America], Cardoso 366 



The teeth of the horse and its age, Symous 366 



Short-faced Abyssinian mules, Dechambre 366 



The bare necks, Davenport 367 



Variations caused by various feeds on ducks belonging to same brood, Magnan. . 367 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



Present state of the dairying industry in Bombay, Knight and Horn 367 



Experiments on the profitable feeding of milch cows, Goldschmidt 367 



Manuring for milk 368 



Cost of production of milk, Murray 368 



New method of calculating the production value of feedstuffs, FingerLing 368 



A new record milk yield 368 



Segregation of fat factors in milk production. Hills and Boland 368 



Composition of milk as shown by analyses of samples of known purity, Lythgoe. 369 



The iron content of milk, Nottbohm and Dorr 370 



Dairies and cow sheds. — Their effect upon the purity of the milk, Dewberrj' 370 



Shrinkage in handling milk at city milk plants 370 



Experiments with commercial and homemade starters, Funder 370 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



A text-book of bacteriology. Hiss and Zinsser 371 



A text-book of general bacteriology, Jordan 371 



Blood pressure. — Its clinical applications, Norris 371 



Special pathology and therapy^ of the domestic animals, Hutyra and Marek 371 



A study of Bacterium mallei, with special reference to ' ' kornige " form, Clarke. . 372 



Quantitative application of Abderhalden serum test, Van Slyke and Vinograd. . 372 



Serum sensitization as related to dosage of antitoxin. Park et al 372 



Influence of protein on absorption of antitoxin and agglutinin, Park et al 372 



Effect of gentian violet on protozoa and on tissues growing in \dtro, Russell 373 



Increasing resistance against diseases with CaClo, Emmerich and Loew 373 



Report on the civil veterinary department, Burma, for 1914, Rennie 373 



Annual report of veterinary department for the year 1912-13, Stordy 373 



An outbreak of anthrax due to tannery refuse, Pickens 373 



