IV CONTENTS 



Plant Breeding. — • 966. Experiments in Siberia, on Different Varieties of Oats. — 967. Work 

 in Tobacco Selection at the Experimental Station of Djcmbcr, Residence of Besoeki, Java, 

 from 1912 to 1915. 



Agricultural Seeds. — 968. A new Method of Determining the Impurity of Cereal Grains 

 caused by the Presence of Seeds of Agrostemma Gilhae/i. 



Cereals and Pulse Crops. —969. I^itiuid Manure with Addition uf Sulphuric Acid as Spring 

 Manure and Means of Control against Weeds and lyodging of wheat. Sulphur Treatment 

 against the Parasites of I,odged Wheat. — 970. Action of Ammoniacal Salts on the (irowtli 

 of Barley. — 971 . Oat Growing in the State of Washington, United States. — 972. Destruc- 

 tion of the Bean Germ. — 973. Some Factors affecting the Cooking of " Dholl " (Cajanus\ 

 indicus) . 



vStarch Crops. — 974. Comparative Experiments in the Growing of some Varieties cjf l'otat( 

 at the Scientific Agricultural .Station of Flahult, Sweden. 



Forage Crops, Meadows and Pastures. — 975. Economic Desirability of Tree Planting in 

 Grasslands. — 976. Moisture Content and Shrinkage of Forage and the Relation of these 

 Factors to the Accuracy of Experimental Data. - — 977. Investigations into Factors affeei 

 ing the Handling of Wheat Hay, including a Study of the Digestibility. — 978. Paspakm 

 spp.. Forage Plant in Argentina. — 979. Natal Grass {'Iricholaena rosea), a Forage Plant 

 for Hot Countries. —980. Experimental Studies in Italj', for determining the Cultivation 

 Value of Two Wild I,ucernes. — 981. Medicago orbicularis, Attempts at Introduction into 

 the United States. — 982. The Green Pea as a Forage Plant in North America. — 983. Cy- 

 tisus as Forage. — 98.1. Comparative Experiments on the Growth of some \'arieties of 

 Carrot at the Scientific Agricultural Station of Flahult, Sweden. 



Rubber, Gum and Resin Plants. — 985. Gum-yielding Plants of Brazil. 



Stimulant, Aro^l\tic, Narcotic and Medicinal Plants. — 986. Tobacco-Growing in Por- 

 tugal. 



Vine Growing. —987. Cultivation and Selection of Vitis rotiindifolia and V. Munsoniana 



(Muscadine Grapes) in the United {States. 

 Forestry. — 988. Relations between Forest Valuation and Management. 



III. — Live Stock and Breeding. 



a) General. 



Breeding. — 9S9. The Detection of the Prepotency of Sires. — 990. A Sex-limited Colour in 

 Ayrshire Cattle. 



Stock-raising : Org.\nisation and Encouragement. — 991. Encouragement of the Breeding 

 of Small lyivestock and Bee-keeping by the Prussian State Railway Administration. — 

 992. The Adaptation of Different Breeds to the l^ivestock Industry in the United States. 



h) Special. 



Horses. — 993. Horse Breeding in Minnesota. 



C.\TTLE. — 994. Statistical Data as to increased \\'eight and Food Consumption of the Jersey 

 and Holstein -Frisian Breeds from Birth to first Calving. — 995. Progress of the Holstein 

 Breed in the United States. — 996. The Portuguese Cattle Breeds Barrosa and Maronesa. 



Pigs. — 997. Experiments in Pig-Feeding carried out b3' thp Experimental Sub-Station of 

 North Platte, Nebraska, United States. — 998. Specific Effects of Different Rations on the 

 Growth of Pigs ; Experiments at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, United States. 

 — 999. Wheat as a Food for Fattening Pigs, Experiments in INIissouri, United States. 



Poultry. — 1000. Egg-laying ComiJetition in Australia. 



Sericulture. — looi. Experiments in Breeding different Races of Silkworms, at the Silk- 

 worm Station of Puerto de Santa Maria (Seville, Spain). 



Fish Culture.— 1002. The Migration of Fish of the Genus Mitgil, in the l,ake of Thau. 



