IV CONTENTS. 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Page. 



Report of the botanists, G. E. Stone and N. F. Monahan 259 



Report of the botanist, H. L. Bolley 260 



Report of the botanists, L. R. Jones and W. J. Morse 261 



New work upon wheat rust, H. L. Bolley 261 



Report on the root-rot investigations, Z. Kamerling 262 



Smut preventives and their effect on germination of grain, R. W. Peacock 262 



Disease-resistant potatoes, W. Stuart 262 



Potato rot in New Zealand, C. T. Musson 263 



Diseases of melons and cucumbers during 1903 and 1904, J. L. Sheldon 263 



Bacteria in relation to plant diseases, E. F. Smith 263 



Apples injured by sulphur fumigation, H. J. Eustace 264 



Spraying grapes for black rot, G. C. Butz • 264 



The powdery mildews of Washington, W. H. Lawrence 264 



The powdery mildew, O. Butler 264 



Fungi causing anthracnose of sweet pea and bitter rot of apple, J. L. Sheldon. 264 



ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY — ENTOMOLOGY. 



Kansas mammals in their relation to agriculture, D. D. Lantz 265 



Seventeenth annual meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists. . . 265 



Report of the entomologists, C. H. and H. T. Fernald 265 



Report of entomologist, G. W. Herrick 265 



Second annual report of the State entomologist, R. A. Cooley 266 



Report of the government entomologist, C. P. Lounsbury 266 



Annual report for 1904 of the zoologist, C. Warburton 266 



The Hessian fly 266 



Jul us impressus in the corn field, F. M. Webster 266 



The wormy apple, A. L. Melander 266 



The struggle with the codling moth, W. Lochhead 267 



The codling moth, W. J. Green and J. S. Houser 267 



Preliminary report on the codling moth in the Yakima Valley, E. Jenne 267 



Some destructive grape pests in Ohio, A. F. Burgess 267 



The most effective insecticidal treatment for the white fly, W. Stuart 267 



Recent invasions of forest insects in Lorraine, E. Henry 267 



The elm leaf beetle, A. F. Burgess 268 



The cocoanut beetle 268 



Thrips and black blight, H. A. Ballou . 268 



The sheep maggot fly 268 



Preparation and use of sprays; spray calendar, W. Stuart 268 



Electrical destruction of animal life 268 



Influence of stimulating food upon egg laying of queen bees, Sylviac 268 



Regeneration of the thoracic feet of the silkworm, E. Verson 268 



External characters which indicate sex in larva? of the silkworm, E. Yerson. . 268 



FOODS — HUMAN NUTRITION. 



Macaroni wheat, J. H. Shepard 269 



Report of the food commissioner, E. F. Ladd 270 



Food inspection, C. D. Woods and L. H. Merrill 270 



Saxony regulations regarding sale of foods, etc., E. Wimmer 270 



Examination of spices, W. Frear, H. L. Wilson, and R. E. Stallings 270 



The value of condiments in the diet, O. Liebreich 271 



The need of sulphur in the diet, von Oefele 271 



Protein synthesis in the animal body, Y. Henriques and C. Hansen 271 



Chemistry of peptic and tryptic digestion of proteids, II, D. Lawrow 271 



The presence of hexon bases and acid amids in meat, E. Zunz 271 



Physiology of muscular work, J. M. Lahy 272 



The ash constituents of feces, von Oefele . 272 



The mucin content of feces, von Oefele 272 



ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Studies upon the composition of timothy hav, W. Frear et al 272 



Composition and nutritive value of oats,' F. Tangl, M. Korbuly, and S. Weiser. 274 



Sorghum seed as a feeding stuff, F. Tangl, S. Weiser, and A. Zaitschek 274 



