Vol. Ill DECEIVTBER, 1914 No. 3 



JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURAL 

 RESEARCH 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Changes in Composition of Peel and Pulp of Ripening 

 Bananas 187 



H. C. GORE 



Assimilation of Colloidal Iron by Rice .... 205 

 P. L. GICE and J. O. CARRERO 



Coloring Matter of Raw and Cooked Salted Meats . 211 



RALPH HOAGLAITO 



Oil Content of Seeds as Affected by the Nutrition of 



the Plant 227 



W. W. GARNER, H. A. AIXARD, and C. L. FOUBERT 



Studies in the Expansion of Milk and Cream . . . 251 



H. W. BEARCE 



Life History of the Melon Fly 269 



E. A. BACK and C. E. PEMBERTOR 



Identification of the Seeds of Species of Agropyron . . 275 

 ROBERT C. DAHLBERG 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



WASHINGTON , D.a 



WASMMtaTOH S aOVERMMEUT PDWrNa OFFICE S I>I4 



