Vol. XXVII 
FEBRUARY 23, 1924 
No. 8 
JOURNAL OF 
Page 
CONTENTS 
Breeding, Feeding, and Other Life Habits of Meadow Mice 
(Microtns) - - ‘ ' ■ *“ 
(Contribution from Bureau of Biological Sumy) 
Inheritance of the Crinkly* Ramose, and Brachytic Characters 
of Maize in Hybrids with Teosinte - ” 337 
J. H. KEMPTON 
(Contribution from Bureau of Plant Industry) 
The Utilization of Lactose by the Chicken - - - 397 
T. S. HAMILTON and L. E. CARD 
(Contribution from Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station) 
The Occurrence of Lactase in the Alimentary Tract of the 
Chicken _ - - - - - - - - - 60S 
T. S. HAMILTON and H. H. MITCHELL 
(Contribution from Illinois Agricultural Experiment Station) 
The Life History of the Grape Rootrot Fungus Roesleria hypo- 
eaea Thtlm. et Pass. - - • - " - “ “ “ 
6 “ ANGIE M. BECKWITH 
^Contribution from Bureau of Plant Industry) 
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 
WITH THE COOPERATION OF. THE ASSOCIATION 
OF LAND-GRANT COLLEGES^ 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1924 
