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limestone, and marl; ashes (corncob and wood) ; paunch manure, barnyard 

 manure, guano, fertilizer constituents in tobacco products, ground beans, 

 peat filler, and garbage tankage; lime-sulphur solutions; and arsenate of lead 

 and Paris green. 



Quality in dry wines, E. Jordan, Jr. (San Francisco, 1911, pp. I'lG, pis. 2, 

 figs. 4)- — This is a discussion in regard to obtaining quality in dry wines 

 through proper fermentation procedures. The various chapters of the book 

 are as follows : The use of pure yeast and its action, settling or defecation of 

 white musts as a basis of quality, aeration of the must before and during 

 fermentation, the cooling of musts and control of fermentation, the artificial 

 heating of musts, and fermentations in general. 



On pulque and pulque drinking- in Mexico, J. Bland-Sutton (Lancet [Lon- 

 don], 1912, I, No. 1, pp. JtS-JfG, figs. 4). — This is a concise description of the 

 manufacture of pulque as practiced by the Mexicans. The history of its use 

 as a beverage is also discussed. 



Marking porcelain and silica crucibles, etc., P. A. Yodee (U. 8. Dept. Agr., 

 Bur. Chcin. Circ. 93, pp. 3; ahs. in Science, n. ser., 35 (1912), No. 897, p. 380). — 

 " Consecutive numbers in platinum or china colors may conveniently and 

 neatly be put upon porcelain or silica crucibles, etc., by use of rubber [stamps]. 

 To apply china colors, a sizing like ' fat oil,' is first stamped upon the crucible, 

 the dry pigment then dusted on, and after the varnish has set, the excess 

 brushed off and the crucible fired in a muffle at a red heat for an hour. 

 Blacks, especially ' lettering black,' gave very satisfactory results and the 

 numbers resisted treatment with hot nitric acid and alkali solutions." 



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International catalogue of scientifi.c literature. F — Meteorology (Internat. 

 Cat. Sci. Lit., 9 (1912), pp. r//7+23S).— The literature indexed in this ninth 

 annual issue of the international catalogue (E. S. R., 24, p. 517) "is mainly 

 that of 1909, but includes those portions of the literature of 1901-1908 in 

 regard to which the index slips were received by the central bureau too late 

 for inclusion in the jjrevious volumes. There are also entries dated 1910." 



Division of meteorology, N. Helme (Rhode Island Sta. Rpt. 1911, pp. 130- 

 IJ/S). — Daily observations at Kingston on temperature, precipitation, wind, 

 and cloudiness for each month of the year ended June 30, 1911, are summarized 

 in tables and notes. The mean annual temperature was 47.2° F. ; the maxi- 

 mum, 92°, July 9, 1910; the minimum, —1°, December 16, 1910. The annual 

 precipitation was 41.71 in., the number of clear days 153, and the prevailing 

 direction of the wind west. 



The climate of Ohio, F. Carney (Bui. Sci. Lahs. Denison Univ., 11 (1912), 

 Art. J,, pp. 191-201). — ^The characteristic climatic conditions and the Weather 

 Bureau service of the State are briefly described. 



The climate of the Continent of Africa, A. Knox (Cambridge, England, 

 1911, pp. XIY+552, maps 1',; rev. in Nature [London], 88 (1912), No. 2201, 

 pp. 305, 306). — This book describes from personal observations as well as from 

 the available meteorological records the climatic conditions prevailing in differ- 

 ent parts of Africa, giving detailed records of temperature and rainfall and a 

 number of rainfall maps. Different sections of the continent are treated sepa- 

 rately, the natural products as well as the climatic conditions of each region 

 being described. 



How one billion of us can be fed, W J McGee (World's Work, 23 (1912). 

 No. 4, pp. JfJfS-JtSl, figs. Jf). — This is a discussion of the water supply of the 

 United States as limiting food production and population. 



