II CONTENTS. 



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Corrosion of metallic food containers, Gudeman 412 



Detecting adulteration in feeds with the so-called anaphylaxis reaction, Schern . 412 



German and Russian official methods for raw sugar analysis, Gross 412 



Jolles' method for quantitative estimation of saccharose, Bruckner and Welwart . 412 



Determining saccharose quantitatively among other sugars, Jolles 412 



Hygromipisimetry ; a method for examining milk, Binaghi. . ; 412 



Milk, Darbishu-e and Goodwin 412 



Differentiation of the proteins in cow's and woman's milk, Bauer and Engel . . 412 



In regard to the refractometry of calcium chlorid milk serum, Fendler 413 



Methods for detection of adulteration in milk and butter, Granvigne and Cassez . 413 



Tests and observations for separation of water from butter, Hoffmeister 413 



A new method for determining volatile fatty acids, Welde 413 



The use of glycerin in saponifying fats in the titer test, Kerr 413 



Rapid saponification of fats for titer determination, Zoul 414 



Saponification of fats for titer determination, Campbell and Long 414 



The absorption spectra of oils, Marcille 414 



On the interpolation method of oil analysis, Kessler and Mathiason 414 



The dimethyl sulphate test of creosote oils and creosote dips, Chapin 414 



Lime-sulphur spray, Harris 414 



About a sensitive glue reaction, Schmidt 415 



Report of the agricultural experiment station at Hildesheim, Aumann 415 



Drying machinery and practice, Marlow 415 



The drying of beets, Fabre 416 



Molasses feeds, Vallier 416 



In regard to the preparation of adenin in molasses waste, Andrlik 416 



Yearbook of sugar manufacture. Bock 416 



The raw materials and methods of the soft-drink industry, Goettler 416 



On apple aroma, Walter 416 



Alcohol from the carob bean, Morgan 416 



[A new plant wax], Olsson-Seffer 416 



[In regard to candelilla wax], Olsson-Seffer 416 



Candelilla wax 417 



The chemistry of and the progress in tanning technology, Kohnstein 417 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, 1909-10 417 



Monthly Weather Review 418 



Meteorological observations 418 



Weather observations, Blake and Farley 418 



The normal temperature of Porto Rico, West Indies, Fassig 419 



Meteorology 420 



Straw as protection against frost, McAdie 420 



The drought of 1910 in the principal spring- wheat growing States, Day 420 



Forecasting the supply of water for summer from the depth of snow, McAdie. . . 421 



Surface water supply of the Ohio River basin, 1909, Horton, Hall, and Bolster. . 421 



Surface water of Hudson Bay and Upper Mississippi basins, Follansbee et al.. 421 



Preliminary report on ground waters of Estancia Valley, New Mexico, Meinzer. 421 



Geology and underground waters of southern Minnesota, Hall et al 421 



The bacteriology of water: Its present position, Frankland 422 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Agricultural chemistry and vegetable physiology,, Hall 422 



Colloid studies in scientific soil investigations, Ramann 422 



Bacteriological methods for the estimation of soil acidity, Lipman 423 



Ex]^eriments on ammonia and nitrate formation in soils, Lipman et al 423 



Methods of determining the lime requirements of soils, Christensen and Larsen. 424 



The color of soils, Robinson and McCaughey 424 



Movement of soil material by the wind, with a bibliography, Free and Stuntz. 424 



Soil erosion, McGee 425 



The chemical and mechanical composition of pine forest soils, Vityn 426 



The use of soils east of the Great Plains region, Whitney 426 



The Cecil sandy loam, Bonsteel 426 



The Cecil clay, Bonsteel 426 



The Hagerstown loam, Bonsteel 426 



The heaths of UckermOnde, Seelheim 426 



