348 Kansas Academy of Science. 



Devices for use on binders when cutting grain in wet fields. 



By Prof. F. A. Wirt and R. E. Wiseman, K. S. A. C. 



Use of straw spreaders. 



By Malcolm Aye, under the direction of Prof. F. A. Wirt, K. S. A. 0. 



Foundry and machine shop problems with attention to Kansas mate- 

 rials. Hardness tests on cast iron. 



By Prof. W. W. Carlson, K. S. A. C. 



Work to be started in 1917 : 



Durability of Kansas pavements. 

 Survey of available concrete aggregates in Kansas. 

 Shrinkage of concrete in setting. 

 Laws of pressure in viscous materials. 

 Water discharge over horizontal circular weirs. 



Silt-carrjring capacity of the Kansas river, and its relation to stage 

 of the river. 



By Departments of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of 

 Kansas. 



Power requirements in the metal-manufacturing industry. 



By the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kansas. 



Investigations with steam engines and turbines, steam meters and 

 Diesel oil engines. 



By Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. S. A. C. 

 ENTOMOLOGY. 



Work vnder way : 



A study of the life history habits, and methods of control of the Hes- 

 sian fly. 



By Prof. Geo. A. Dean and J. W. McColloch, K. S. A. C. 



Heat or high temperature as a means of controlling insects. 



By Prof. Geo. A. Dean, K. S. A. C. 



A study of the life history, habits and methods of control of the 



corn-ear worm. 

 A study of the life history, habits and efficiency of the chinch-bug egg 



parasite. 

 A study of the Thysanoptera of Kansas. 



By J. W. McColloch, K. S. A. C. 



A study of the life history, habits, and methods of control of the kafir 

 ant and the maize bill-bug. 



A study of the life history, habits and methods of control of subter- 

 ranean insects, such as white grubs, wireworms, and false wire- 

 worms. 



By J. W. McCuUoch and W. P. Hayes, K. S. A. C. 



A study of the Rhynchophora of Kansas. 



By W. P. Hayes, K. S. A. C. 



A study of the life history, habits and methods of control of fruit in- 

 sects. 



A study of the life history, habits and methods of control of termites. 



A study of the life history, habits and methods of control of shade- 

 tree insects. 



By Prof. J. H. Merrill and A. E. Ford, K. S. A. C. 



