VI CONTENTS. [Vol. 37 



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Notes on chalcid flies, chiefly from California, Girault 467 



Notes on coccid-infesting Chalcidoidea, II, Waterston 467 



Annual reports of the State bee inspector for 1915 and 1916, Pellett • . . . . 467 



The question of denatured sugar for the feeding of honeybees, Zarin 467 



Beauveria peteloti n. sp., a parasite of Hymenoptera, Vincens 467 



FOODS — HUMA>f NUTRmOV. 



The effect of high temperatiu-es on the nutritive value of foods, Hogan 467 



Bread making, McDonald 468 



The proteins of the peanut, Arachis hypogxa, Johns and Jones 468 



[Examination of milk, ice, oystera, ice cream, and catsup], Stokes 468 



[Report of State Food and Drug Commissioner], Caspari, jr., and Penniman.... 468 



[Pure food topics and drug inspection], Ladd and Johnson 468 



Food and efficiencv, Tracy 469 



Food, fuel for the human engine, Fisk 469 



Food values and the selection of a nutritious and economical diet, Soule 469 



Diet lists, compiled by Carter 469 



Reports of the [Massachusetts] Commission on Cost of Li\ing, Luce et al 469 



Government control of food suppUes in France 469 



Diet, body condition, and energy production, Anderson and Lusk 469 



Influence of protein intake on excretion of creatin in man, Denis and Minot.. . 469 



Inhibition of digestion of proteins by absorbed tin, Goas 470 



Ingestion of coffee, tea, and caffein and uric arid, Mendel and Wardell 470 



Action of xanthin and methyl xanthins on intestine, Salant and Schwartze. . . 471 



Action of succinate, malate, tartrate, and citrate on intestine, Salant et al. . . . 471 



ANIM.\L PRODUCTION. 



How feed inspection helps the farmer, Strowd 471 



How to feed live stock successfully, Willson 471 



How live stock is handled in the blue-grass region of Kentuckv, Arnold 471 



A study of the rate and economy of ^ins of fattening steers, Mumford et al . . . 471 



Information for horse breeders, Lewis and Shuler 473 



Preserving eggs for the home, Alder 47:5 



DAIRY FARMING — DAIRYING. 



Selecting dairy bulls by performance, Carroll 473 



Cow testing associations, Clark 474 



Feeding dairy cattle, Mc< "andlish 474 



Studies in the cost of market milk production, Auderstm and Riddell 474 



Clarification of milk, Mclnerney 475 



Pasteurization of cream, Larsen et al 470 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



Eighth biennial report of the State veterinarian of California, Keane 477 



Report of the bureau of veterinary science, Dawson et al 477 



Fifth annual report of the commissioner of animal industry, Howard 477 



Live stock sanitation. Graves 477 



Proceedings of the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association 477 



Report of State veterinarian of Wyoming for 1913 and 1 914, Da\-i8 477 



Report of State veterinarian of Wyoming, for 1914 to 1916, French 477 



Progress in veterinarv work [in India] 477 



Chlor-antiseptics, Ealdns 477 



Treatment of wounds with serum Guillaiime and Bittner 477 



Mechanism of the serum reactions, Dean 477 



Influence of serum upon the staining of bacteria in suspensions, Fleisher 478 



On the cause of negative tissue transplantation. III, Albanese •. 478 



The origin of the proteolytic ferments of the blood, Sloan 478 



Ori^n of proteolytic ferments.— II, Character of certain ferments, Sloan 478 



Desiccated anthrax antigen for immunization purposes, Fenv 479 



Special report on foot-and-mouth disease in Virginia , Fernevhough 479 



Johne's disease. — The reactions of animals to " Johnin," M't'adyean et al 479 



A new Italian method for antirabic treatment, Fermi 480 



