VI CONTENTS 



b) Special 



Agricultural Botany, Chemistry and Physiology of Plants. — 741. Studies un the Root 

 System of l^lauls in Reference to Selection and Drought Resistance. — 742. Changes in 

 the Chemical Composition of Rye Seed through the Action of Some Species of Fusarium. 

 — 743. Changes in the Specific Gravity and in the Starch and Dry Matter Content of Po- 

 tatoes doing Storage. — 744. Rapid Action of Saline Solutions on lyiving Plants : Rever- 

 sible Displacement of a Part of the Basic Substances contained ^in the Plant. — 745. The 

 Relations between the Presence of Magnesium in I^^aves and the Function of Assimilation. 



Plant Breeding. — ■ 746. Comparative Tests of 4 Varieties of Barley at Torestoqi, Sweden. — 

 747. Comparative Tests with 8 Races of Oats, at Flahult, Sweden. — 748. Strawberry 

 Breeding in the United States. 



Cereal and Pulse Crops. — • 7^7. S )vving and Transplanting Rice on the " Dapog " Method, 

 peculiar to some parts of th; Pnilippines. — 750. Early Weeding of Rice Fields. — 751. Ex- 

 periments in Manuring Rice with Burnt Paddj' Husks, in Burmah. 



Forage Crops. — •Meadows and PAsraxES. — 752. Accumulated Fertility in Grass-land in 

 Consequence of Phosphatic Manuring. 



Fibre Crops. — 753. Chemical Determination of the Fibre yield of Flax for the Purpose of 

 Studying the Influence of Different Cultivation Factors on Such Yield. — 754. Piassava 

 Industrj' of British West Africa. 



Crops Yielding Oils, Dyes and Tannins. — 755. Influence of Green Manure on the Germi- 

 nation of Oil Seeds. — 756. Investigations in Reference to Henna. 



Stimulant, Aromatic, Narcotic and Medicinal Crops. — -757. Production of Medicinal 

 Plants in Italy. 



Fruit Growing. — ^758. Bridge Grafting of Fruit Trees. — 759. The Fruiting of Trees in 

 Consecutive Seasons. — 760. New or Noteworthy Tropical Fruits in the Philippines. — 

 761. The Brazilian Pitanga [Eugenia uniflora I<.), an Excellent Fruit. 



Vine Growing. — 762. Direct -bearing Hybrids in the Regions of Cotes du Rhone, France, in 

 1Q15. — 763. Observations on Direct Bearers at the Royal Oenological School of Cone- 

 gliano, Italy. — 764. An Interesting Problem in Connection with Radial Pruning. 



Forestry. — 765. Program for the Triennial Period 1913-17 arranged by the Swedish State 

 Institute of Experimental Forestry. 



III. — IvivE STOCK AND Breeding. 



a) Gener.\l. 



Hygiene. — 766. Injury to Eivestock by Simidium columhaczcnsc , in Hungary. — 767. The 

 Possible Passage of Trypanosomes into Milk. — - 768. Enquiries and Experiments in Con- 

 nection with the Immunity of Cattle against Epizootic Foot-and-Mouth Disease. 



Anatomy and Physiology : General. — 769. Osmotic Equilibrium between Blood and Milk 

 in the Cow. 



Feeds and Feeding. — 770. Grain Sereemings and Results of Feeding Experiments in Canada. 



b) Special. 



Horses, Asses and Mules. — 771. Spotted Asses. 



Cattle. — 772. The Miranda Breed of Cattle (Braganza, Portugal). — 773. Feeding Cows with 

 the .Subcutaneous Matter of Skins intended for Tanning. — 774. Skim Milk with an Addi- 

 tion of Sweetened Flour for Rearing Sucking Calves. — 775. Experiments to ascertain 

 whether the .\bility to produce Milk Fat is transmitted by the Dam or the Sire. — 776. lyist 



