1017] CONTENTS. VII 



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Studies on the life history of Liz/i/rus gibbosus, Hayes 567 



Notes on an introduced weevil ( Ceutorhynchus marginahis) , liyslop 568 



The strawbeiTy root weevil in British Columbia, Treherne '. 568 



[The rice water Aveevil], Qiiereau 568 



A newlv-introduced clover beetle {Sitoncs hispidulus), Van Dyke 568 



The A B G and X Y Z of liee culture, Root 568 



Diprion simile in North America, Rohwer 568 



The Argentine ant as an orchard pest, Smith 568 



Ants protecting acacia trees in C^entral America, Schwarz 569 



Notes on Trichograimna minutvm, Harland 569 



A nearctic species of Dolichurus, Rohwer 569 



Life history and successful introduction of Sicilian mealy bug parasite, Smith. . 569 



Some new Australian chalcid flies, mostly of the Encyrtidse, Girault 569 



New Australian chal(?id flies, Girault 569 



A chalcid parasite of the pink bollworm, Girault 569 



Two ])ethylid parasites of the pink bollworm, Rohwer 569 



Occurrence of the genus Paracluygocharis in the United States, Girault 570 



Two apple leaf mites of economic importance, Brittain 570 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Goat's milk as food for infants and very young children, Jordan and Smith 570 



Milling properties of Ohio wheat, Oorbould 570 



The value of sugar and honey as foods, Perucci 570 



Miscellaneous drug preparations. Woods 570 



[Food and drug inspection], Ladd and Jolmson 570 



Preliminary report of the dairy and food commissioner for 1916, Foust 570 



Food and drug laws of the State of Rhode Island 570 



What to eat in war time, Lusk 571 



Food economy in war time. Wood and Hopkins 571 



Food values and the rationing of a countrj^ Smith 571 



The restricted supply of food: Its relation to health and efficiency, Pembrey. . 571 



The gaseous-exchange of subjects receiving a rice diet, Bamoino.'. ". . . 571 



The physiological belia\-ior of raffinose, Kuriyama and Mendel 571 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



The function of live stock in agriculture, Rommel 572 



[Japanese cane for steers], Kerr 572 



Progress in handling the wool clip: Development in the West, Marshall 572 



The production of pork in the four-year rotation, Kerr 572 



Stallion legislation and the horse-breeding industry, Glenn 572 



The poultrynaan's problems in 1917, Lewis * 573 



The Thanksgiving turkey, Weiant 573 



Fur farming as a side line, Dearborn 573 



A critique of the theory of evolution, Morgan 573 



DAIRY FARMING DAIRYING. 



An experiment in community dairying, Welch 573 



The cow makes farming more profitable, Holden and Cai'roll 574 



Beginning of the dual-purpose Shorthorn type, Graham 574 



Cooperative bull associations, Wiiikjer 574 



[Dairy herd records] 574 



Pasturing cows v. stable feeding 574 



Cost of milk production 575 



Standard calf rearing chart 575 



Goat's milk for infant feeding, Jordan and Smith 575 



Goat milk good for babies 576 



Dairying 576 



Skim-milk cheese 576 



VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



Meat inspection service of the Department of Agiiculture, Ditewig 577 



Report of State veterinarian for 1914 and 1915, Marshall 577 



Report of proceedings under the diseases of animals acts, 1915, Prentic«- 577 



Further note on life history of Gongyloneina scutatum, Ransom and Hail 577 



