Vol. Ill KEBRUARY, 1915 No. 5 



JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURAL 

 RESEARCH 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Life History of tlie Mediterranean Fruit Fly from the 



Standpoint of Parasite Introduction . . . 363 



E. A. BACK and C. E. PEMBERTON 



Relation of Simultaneous Ovulation to the Production of 

 Double-Yolked Eggs 375 



MAYNEE R. CURTIS 



Brachysm, a Hereditary Deformity of Cotton and Other 



Plants 387 



O. F. COOK 



Ability of Colon Bacilli to Survive Pasteurization . 401 



S. HENRY AYERS and W. T., JOHNSON, Jr. 



Fitting Logarithmic Curves by the Method of Moments . 411 



JOHH RICE MINER 



Organic Phosphoric Acid of Rice 425 



Ai-ICE R. THOMPSON 



Two Clover Aphids 431 



EDITH M. PATCH 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



WAS H IN OT ON , D.C. 



WAFHiNiiTON : QOVERNMENT PfltNTISQ OFFICE : 1»T6 



