Vol. XIII APRIL 1, 1918 No. 1 



JOURNAL OP 



AGRICULTURAL 

 RESEARCH 



CONTENTS 



Studies on Capacities of Soils for Irrigation Water, and on 

 a New Method of Determining Volume Weight - - i 



O. W. ISRAELSEN 



(Contribution fiom Callloniia Agriculttiral Experiment Station ) 



Some Stoneflies Injurious to Vegetation - - - - 37 



E. J. NEWCOMER 



(Contribution fiom Bureau of Entomology) 



Basal Katabolism of Cattle and Other Species > - - 43 



HENRY PRENTISS ARMSBY, J. AUGUST FRIES, 

 and WINFRED WAITE BRAMAN 



(Contribution from Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station) 



Further Notes on the Oriental Peach Moth, Laspeyresia 

 molesta --- - - - - - - - 59 



W. B. WOOD and E. R. SELKREGG 

 (Cootribotlon from Bureau of Entomology) 



PUBUSHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 



WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN 



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXPERIMENT STATIONS 



WASHINGTON, D. C 



WASHIHQTON lOOVeRHMENr PRIHTIHa OPFIOB I IttS 



