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Report of the experiment station at Jena. I, Afrriciiltural-clu'inical division. 12 



Report of Orebro Chemical Station and Seed Control Station, l'J08, Widt'n... 12 



[Analyses of koa and ohia l)ark and slum gum], Thompson 12 



The by-products of the lemon in Italy, Chace 12 



Denatured alcohol from tunas and other sources, Hare et al 13 



Sterilization of canned goods, Duckwall 13 



Cause of cloudy li(juor on peas, Duckwall 13 



Pure yeast selection and control, M ussi) 13 



The nomenclature of the lactic-acid bacteria, Wolff 13 



Proposals for the nomenclature of the Lipoids, Rosenheim 13 



A cold-storage evaporimeter, Hastings 14 



Refrigeration and the cold-storage industry, Ferretti 14 



METEOIJOLOGY — WATER. 



Study of meteorology as a branch of agricultural science, Dunlop 14 



Treatise on physical geography, De Martonne 14 



Effect of climate on crops, Palmer _. 14 



Meteorological, magnetic, and seismic observations at Havana, Gangoiti 14 



The climate of Buenos Aires in 1908 14 



The weather during the agricultural year 1907-8, Brodie 14 



Meteorological observations 14 



Report of the Meteorological Commission for 1908, Smith et al 14 



Climate [of Japan], Shimooka 15 



On the extreme variations in rainfall, Hellmann 15 



Percolation, evaporation, and condensation, Latham 15 



The nature and extent of air jiollution by smoke, Cohen and Ruston 15 



Water: Its origin and use. Coles- Finch 16 



Surface water supply of the South Atlantic coast, 1907-8, Hall and Bolster. . . 16 



Underground water resources of Connecticut, Gregory and Ellis 16 



Geology and underground waters of South Dakota, Darton 16 



Farm water supplies of Minnesota, Kellerman and Whittaker 16 



Typhoid fever in Ohio, with observations on outbreaks at various places, Platter. 17 



Bacteriology of drinking-water supplies in tropical climates, Clemesha et al.. 17 



The purification of some textile and other factory wastes. Stabler and Pratt . . 17 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Crop yields and soil composition in relation to soil productivity, Whitney 18 



Preliminary report on Volusia soils, their problems and management, Carr. . . 18 



The minus quantity in California soils, Shaw 19 



The agricultural soils of Cape Colony, Juritz 19 



The physical composition of some Cape Colony soils, Juritz 20 



The importance of mechanical analysis of soils, Eberhart 20 



The determination of the external and internal soil surface, Scheeffer 20 



Heat transference in soils, Patten 20 



The system water, calcium carbonate, carbonic acid. Leather and Sen 20 



The influence of snow cover on soil temperature, Friesenhof 21 



Recent investigations in soil bacteriology and their value, Simon 21 



The influence of depth of cultivation upon soil bacteria. King and Doryland. . 21 



The assimilation of atmospheric nitrogen by soil micro-organisms, Stranak. . . 22 



BacUlns ami/lohacter and the power of assimilation of free nitrogen, Weiss 22 



Denitrification by indirectly denitrifying bacteria, Grimbert and Bagros 22 



Bog toxins and their effect upon soils, Dachnowski 22 



The physiological action of soil extracts, Fischer 23 



Soil culture in dry regions where irrigation is impossible, Kostritsine 23 



Observations on the value of stall manure, Pfeiffer 23 



The influence of fertilizers on the composition of plants 23 



Experiments with fertilizers and manure on tobacco, corn, wheat, and clover. 23 



Fertilizers for cotton soils, W^hitney 23 



New nitrogenous fertilizers utilizing atmospheric nitrogen 24 



Utilization of atmospheric nitrogen, particularly for air saltpeter, Bernthsen. . 24 



Calcium cyanamid and dicyandiamid, Prianishnikov 24 



Nitrolime, Pagondet 24 



Do certain potash salts exert a beneficial influence on the growth of plants 



through their water-holding capacity? Tacke 24 



The injury resulting from kainit in bedding domestic animals, Brandes 24 



The use of potash silicate as a fertilizer, Wein 24 



Phonolith, a new potassium fertilizer, Verwey 25 



