CONTENTS. V 



The destruction of locusts, ( !. VV. Mally 



Biology of brown-tail moth and accounl of its ravages, A. Y. Grevillius 53 



Bembecia marginata in western Washington, VV. II. Lawrence ~>\ 



Injuries caused by T/ytta vesicatoria to flowers of olive, l>. Mariani .'. i 



The orange maggot, A. L. Herrera 54 



The Morelos orange maggot, E. ( !oi iper .". 1 



A Dew enemy of oranges, P. Marchal 54 



The pineapple gall of the spruce, E. R. Burdon :>\ 



North American Phylloxerinae affecting Hicoria and other trees, T. Pergande. 55 



A treatise on Bpraying, .1 . M. Stedman 



Spraying tall trees, .1. A. Pettigrew 55 



Composition of the Lime, sulphur, and Ball wash, .1 . K . Haywood 55 



An inquiry into the cyanid method of fumigating nurserj stock, W. Newell.. 56 



Notes on a light trap in Hertfordshire, P. J. Barraud 56 



Report of New Jersey Station upon mosquitoes, J. B. Smith 56 



Sulphate of copper for destruction of mosquito larvae, A. II. Dot) 57 



Effect of Aspergillus nigi /-and A. glaucus on the larvae of ( lulex and Anopheles, ">7 



B. < ralli-Valerio and Jeanne Rochaz-de Jongh 57 



Microscopic mites, C. Fuller 57 



Cattle ticks ami blood-sucking flies of hutch East [ndies, J. C. Koningsberger. 57 



The biology of ticks. P. Megnin 57 



Notes on [xodidae, L. G. Neumann 58 



Experiments regarding the attraction of flowers for bees, Josephine Wery ">s 



A practical manual of sericulture, II. L. A. Blanchon 58 



Attempts to increase the amount of silk in cocoons, K. Lafont 58 



Spider-spun silk, \Y. H. 1 1 tint 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Potatoes: A co< (king test 58 



I >oes an egg change in weight in cooking? L. ( !amus 59 



The "yolk cure" in the treatment of the underfed, 1 1. Stern. . .">!» 



Examination and valuation of raspberry juice, P. Buttenberg 59 



Examination and valuation of candied coffee, E. < >rth 59 



Note on a vegetable cheese from Kamerun, VV. Busse 59 



Studies of arsenic in a number of food products, F. Bordas 59 



Expenses for food in laborers' budgets, !•'.. Lavasseur 59 



Legislation relating to commerce in food products 59 



The value of nutrients 59 



Criticism of dietary standards, L. l'ascault 60 



Ahsorption and utilization of proteids, L. B. Mendel and E. VV. Rockw 1... 60 



Passage of different food stuffs from the stomach, VV. I>. Cannon 60 



Excretion of carbon dioxid in bicycling, G. O. Higley and VV. P. Bowen <>1 



The minimum amount of protein in the daily diet, II. Labbe 62 



The minimum amount of nitrogen required per day. A. < lantier 62 



An excess of chlorin in the diet for fifty-one days, L. Am hard 62 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Feeding of farm animals, ( >. Kellner 63 



Feeding-stuff inspection, C. D. Woods and . I. M. Bartlett ,i; '- 



how grade and high grade cotton-seed meal compared. J. M. Bartletl 64 



Licensed concentrated feeding stuffs, V. VV. Woll and G. A. Olson 64 



( lost and value of concentrated feeding stuffs. < i. have |>1 



Identification and adulteration of feeding cakes, G. D'Ippolito ,; I 



Poisonous Italian linseed cakes, J. Hughes ( >-I 



Peat-molasses, II. Pellet .. 64 



The value of am ids in animal nutrition. W. V61tz 64 



( irape pomace in the feeding of farm animals. II. I'd in 65 



Feeding experiments with rough cotton cakes, I >. A. < rilchrisl 65 



Feeding value of swedes, I >. A. < rilchrist 65 



Digestibility of vetch hay and corn silage, J. Withycombe and A. h. Knisely.. 65 



The prickly pear and other cacti as food for stock, I ». < irilliths •!■"> 



Feeding steers on sugar-beet pulp. etc.. VV. I.. < larlyle et al 66 



Cattle-feeding experiment, VV. Bruce ,; ' 



Feeding cattle different quantities of concentrated f Is, T. Winter 67 



Sheep Breeding experiments, T. Winter 67 



