IV CONTENTS 



Plant Breeding. — 857. " Thule " a Variety of Wheat suited to Central Sweden. 



AGRICULTURAI, Seeds. — 858. Experiments on the Germination Capacity of Beet Seeds in 

 Bohemia. 



Cereals. — 859. The Wheats of the State of jWashington U. S. A. — 860. Injuries to Rye and 

 Wheat Grain produced by Threshing and their Consequences. 



Starch Crops. — • 861. CuUural, Food and Industrial Value of Some Varieties of Potato tested 

 in Hungary. — 862. Influence of Excess of Water in the Soil, during the Second Half of 

 the Summer, on the Formation of Secondary Potato Tubers and their Starch Content. — 

 863. Comparison between the Effects of Manuring Potatoes with Nitrate of Soda and Sul- 

 phate of Ammonia. 



Plants yielding Oils, Dyes, T.\nnins etc. — 864. Wild Oil Plant of Para, Brazil. 



Sugar Crops. — 865. Description of the Varieties of Sugar Cane under Extensive Cultivation. 

 — 866. The Problem of Nitrogenous Manuring of the Sugar Cane in Java (Sulphate of 

 Ammonia or Oil Cakes) ; Results of 10 years of Experiments. 



Stimulant, Aromatic, Narcotic and Medicinal Crops. — 867. A Pre-fermentation of To- 

 bacco in Special Stacks. — • 868. Investigations into the Combustibility of Tobacco. 



Fruit Growing. — ^869. Attempted Classification of Pears. — 870. Pyrus caUeryana, an In- 

 teresting Species of Pear Tree. — 871. The Orange Tree in Algeria. — 872. Diospyros 

 virginiana (« Persimmon ») in the United States.. — 873. The Date Palms of Egypt and 

 the Sudan. 



Vine Growing. — 874. Raisin Production in the United States. 



Forestry. — 875. Hot water Treatment of Tree Seeds used in Reafforestation and of Poor Ger- 

 minating Capacity. — 876. The Eucalyptus in Algeria. 



III. — Live Stock and Breeding. 

 * a) General. 



Hygiene of IvIVESTOCK. — 877. Experiments in Control of I^iv^estock Epidemics by means of 

 Methylene Blue. — 878. Influence of Colour in Horses on the Ciure of Mange. — -879. A 

 Contribution to the Study of the Treatment with Sugar of Surgical Injuries of the Foot in 

 Horses. 



Feeds and Feeding. — 880. The Importance of Silage in the Economics of I<ivestock Feed- 

 ing, on Farms in East Anglia. — 881. Experiments on the Digestibility of Various I<ittle 

 Used Cattle Foods. — 882. Nutritive Value and Digestibility of Wood ; Feeding Exper- 

 iments in Germany. 



Breeding. — 883. Experiments with Dogs in connection with the Mendelian I<aws of Heredit^^ 



b) Special. 



Cattle. — 884. Relation between the Quantity of Milk Formed and that obtained in Milking. 

 — 885. Effect of Water in the Ration on the Composition of Milk. — 886. The Value of 

 Maize Silage Fed in Big Rations in the Feeding Economy of Cattle. - — 887. Scale of Points 

 adopted by the " American Jersey Cattle Club ". — 888. Progress of Guernsey Cattle in 

 the United States according to Particulars of the " American Guernsey Cattle Club ". 



Pigs. — 889. Pig Breeding and Intensive Maize and Soya Pasturage, in the United States. 



Sericulture. — 890. On the Value of lyime in Relation to Silkworm Nutrition. — 891. Study 

 of Sericulture in Madagascar. 



Fish Culture. — 892. Researches on the Digestibility of Different Foods used for Rearing 

 Young Fish. — 893. Fish Breeding in Switzerland. 



Various. — 894. Cross between a Wild and a Domesticated Fur Rabbit in order to obtain a 

 Good Fur. — 895. Gum I^ac and the Breeding of Tachardia. 



