VI CONTENTS. 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Thirteenth report on food productH for 1908, Street etal 959 



Inffuence of food preservatives on lu-alth. V, Formaldehyde, Wiley et al 961 



Results of the liivestifT'itions ^howiiij^ the effect of formaldehyde upon health. . 963 



Methods of {•aniHn<i;meats, with reference todisposalofdefectivecans, McHrydc;. 963 



Reportof conimission on certain Fi'dcral meat inspection regulations 963 



Quantity and distribution of ])hosphorus in certain foods, lleubiier and Reeb.. 963 



The bacterial content of cooked lish, J5runs 964 



Edible fishes of New South Wales, Stead 964 



Edible seavveetl, Annet t, Darbishire, and Russell 964 



The water content of bread, Mezger 964 



The behavior of ester compounds in the aging of wine, Scurti and Corso 964 



Judging alcohol-free wine, Krasser 964 



Report on the general conditions of Ichang and neighborhood. Little 964 



[Diet in a reformatory for inebriates] 964 



Proposed ration for the agricultural school of Chile '. 964 



School luncheons, llow and what to prepare for them, Schoff 965 



The new housekeeping, Barnard 965 



The importance of intestinal bacteria in nutrition. III, Schottelius 965 



The ab.sorption of proteins, Halliburton 965 



The effect of adding meat to a vegetarian diet, Albertoni and Rossi 965 



Concerning the effect of maize diet, Bezzola 965 



The availal)le alkali in the ash of milk in relation to infant nutrition, Kastle.. 965 



Nutrition i)rocesses during the growth of the child, Rubner 966 



Theory of nutrition after completion of growth, Rubner 966 



Problems of growth and length of life from the standpoint of energetics, Rubner. 967 



The problem of duration of life and its relation to growth and nutrition, Rubner. 967 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



[Experiments in animal production], Jordan and ^\^leeler 967 



The computation of rations for farm animals by use of energy values, Armsby .... 968 



Feeds and feeding, llenry, trans, by Draenert 968 



Concentrated commerciai feeding stuffs, Jones, Haworth, and Abbott 968 



Value of fodder plants at different stages of maturity, Konig and Fiirsteuberg. 968 



Tropical fodder plants, Zimmermann 969 



"Top feed " in Murchison and Gascoyne districts 969 



Defecation with a view to cattle feeding 969 



Digestibility of kale, vetch hay, and silage, Withycombe and Bradley 969 



Experiments on the digestibility of prickly pear by cattle, Hare 969 



Steer feeding. II, Winter steer feeding, 1900-7, 1907-8, Skinner and Cochel. . 969 



Steer feeding. Ill, Short v. long feeding periods. Skinner and Cochel 971 



Feeding experiments with cattle and sheep, 1904-1908, Gilchrist 972 



Cattle breeds of Morocco, De Gironcourt 972 



The advantages of cattle raising in Guipuzcoa 972 



Caracul sheep and broom meadows, von Lepel 972 



Lamb feeding , 972 



Market classes and grades of sheep, Coffey 972 



Principles of modern swine breeding 973 



The preservation of our native types of horses, Rommel 973 



Progress in AVisconsin horse breeding, Alexander 973 



French breeds and poultry culture in Russia, De Gontcharoff 973 



The poultry work of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Slocum 973 



Mrs. Basley's poultry book, Basley 973 



Cost of rearing ducklings, E. and W. Brown 974 



Miscellaneous information concerning the live-stock industry, Roberts 974 



The development of the export trade in pure bred live stock, Rommel 974 



Experiments on the absorption of fat in healthy dogs. Plant 974 



Arsenic in the animal body, Bloemendal 975 



DAIRY F.^RMING — DAIRYING — AGROTECHNY. 



Influence of nonproteid compounds upon milk production, Morgen et al 975 



The absorption of drugs by milk in the mammary glands 975 



Methods for determining bacterial content of milk, Heinemann and Glenn 976 



Bacteria in milk in relation to composition of media, Northrup and Farrand.. . 976 



Bacteria in milk. Rogers 977 



