IV CONTENTS. 



DISKASKS OK I'LANTS. 



I'age. 



Reiioit of tliedcpartiuciit .if hotany, A. A. Tyler 1055 



A preliminary bulletin on the jireventioii of smut on oats, E. F. Pernot 1052 



Diseases of eelery, H. II. Hume 105(i 



Downy mildew of the encumber, H. II. Hume 1056 



Investigations on a leaf curl of nuilberry trees, :M. ^Miyoshi I05.S 



The " mal nero " of grapes, D. Cavazza I()5:i 



Copper sulphate as a remedy for grajie mildew 1058 



A sclerotioid disease of beech roots, H. von Schrenk 1054 



Chrysanthemum rust, J. C. Arthur 1054 



Concerning the rust fungus on chrysanthemums, P. ]\Iagnus 1054 



An anthracnose and a stem rot of the cultivated siiajjdragon, F. ('. Stewart. . . 1055 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Report of the entomologist, H. A. Gossard 1057 



Report of the Illinois State entomologist concerning operations under the hor- 

 ticultural inspection act, S. A. Forbes 1058 



Report of injurious insects and common farm pests during the year 1899, with 



methods of prevention and remed\- , E. A. Ormerod 1059 



The Angoumois grain moth, J. B. Smith 1062 



Report on examination of wheat stubble from different sections of the State; 



the jointworm in wheat, A. D. Hopkins 10H2 



The periodical cicada or 17-year locust in West Virginia, A. D. Hopkins 10(53 



Otjservations on field slugs, and on experiments for the purpose of destroying 



them, G. del Guercio lOH.'j 



Means of protecting barks and woods against insects, E. Mer 10<)4 



Spraying, L. C. Corbett 1064 



The con)position of arsenical insecticides, S. Avery 1066 



FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Discussion of tlie terms digestibility, availability, and fuel value, W. O. 



Atwater 1075 



The availability and fuel value of food materials, W. O. Atwater and A. P. 



Bryant '. 1069 



Composition of coininon food materials — available nutrients and fn^l value, 



W. O. Atwater and A. P. Bryant 1076 



Studies of dietaries of college students, and of members oi" families ol profes- 

 sional men, W. (). Atwater and R. D. ]\iilner - 1071 



Investigations on the metabolism of matter and energy of full-grown steers on 



a maintenance and on a productive ration, O. Kellner, A. Kohler, et al 1071 



Analyses of fodders and feeding stuffs, F. G. Benedict 1077 



Feeding steers, G. H. True 1074 



Sheep feeding, G. H. True . . . .* - 1074 



Information concerning the Angora goat, G. F. Thompson 1 077 



On the amount of water in slop fed fattening pigs, C. S. Plumb and H. E. Van 



Norman 1075 



UAIRV FARMING — DAIRYING. 



The influence of feed and care on the individuality of cows, C. F. Doane 1078 



The bacterial condition of city milk and the need of health authorities to pre- 

 vent the sale of milk containing excessive numbers of bacteria, H. W. Park. 1079 

 The vitality of patlin_'ciiic and other micfn-i-^Miisms in milk, F. Valagnssa 

 and C. Ortona 1080 



