II CONTENTS. 



METEOROLOOY — WATER. 



Page. 



Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, 1904-5 „ Ill 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXXIV, Nos. 3, 4. Ill 



INleteorological observations, Ostrander and Barry Ill 



Meteorological observations, Ellis et al _ Ill 



Meteorological chart of the Great Lakes, Henry and Conger 112 



Well waters from farm homesteads, Shutt 112 



Fluctuations of water level in wells, Veatch 112 



Geology and water resources of eastern portion of Panhandle of Texas, Gould. 113 



Geology and underground waters of Roswell artesian area, X. Max., Fisher.. 113 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Soils, Peter and Averitt 114 



Chemical investigation of Tennessee soils, Mooers 114 



Mechanical analysis of soils 114 



Agricultural reconnaissance of Uinta Indian Reservation, McLaughlin 115 



Changes in cultivated soils, Mercier 116 



Drainage through unmanured and uncropped land, Miller 116 



Relation between lime content of soils and plants, Kadgien 117 



Lime factor for flax and spinach, Namikavva 117 



Some analyses of natural humus compounds, Michelet and Sebelien : . . . 117 



Control of soil moisture in orchard soils, Shutt 117 



Variation of land and water temperatures, Cooper 117 



Calcium sulphate in aqueous solutions, Cameron and Bell 117 



Reclamation of alkah soils, Dorsey 118 



Soil fertility, Whitney 119 



Maintenance of soil fertility in grain farming, Pettit 119 



Our soil needs managing 119 



Example of how analysis of soil may be of use, Mayer 119 



Clover sickness of the soil, Kossovich 119 



The loss of nitrogen from soils. Snyder 119 



Nitrogen enrichment of soils through growth of legumes, Shutt 120 



Inoculation for growth of legumes, Shutt 120 



Influence of charlock on nitrification in soils, Gutzeit 1 20 



Methods of bacteriological investigation of soils, Buhlert and Fickendey 120 



Green manures, Cruz 120 



Utilization of fertilizers under varying rainfalls, von Seelhorst 121 



Preservation of manure and its most profitable use, Immendorff and Forster. . 121 



Sewage disposal in small gardens, Somerville 121 



Restoring the fertility of a run-down farm, Thorne 121 



Influence of reaction of manure upon yield, Aso and Bahadur 121 



Naturally occurring fertilizers and waste products, Shutt 121 



Oxidation of nitrogen in high-tension flame, Brode 121 



Oxidation of atmospheric nitrogen with reference to manufacture of nitrates 



and nitric acid, Renouf 121 



Nitrogenous fertilizer from the air 122 



Electric production of nitrates from the atmosphere 122 



New fertilizers prepared from atmospheric nitrogen, Dusserre 122 



Water ])ower in Norwav and future of Birkeland and Eyde discovery, 



Grandeau ." ".. 122 



Manurial value of calcium cyanamid, Aso 123 



Eflicacy of calcium cyanamid under different conditions, Inamura 123 



Artificial nitrates and the preservation of soil industry 123 



Oxidation of ammonia to nitrogen oxid compounds, Schmidt and Bocker 123 



Rational process for obtaining ammonia and sal-ammoniac ... .' 123 



Application of Chili saltpeter as top-dressing for some Japanese crops, Aso — 123 



Manurial value of different [lotassium compounds for barley and rice, aso 123 



Effect of potassic manures on growth of Co/ocasia antiquonun, Namikawa i24 



Fertilizing value of steamed Thomas slag, Bottcher 124 



Factors which influence fertilizing action of diflicultly soluble phosphates, 



Prianishnikov 124 



Thomas-ammonium-phosphate lime, a new mineral fertilizer, Haselhoff 124 



Thomas-ammonium-phosphate lime, Kettler 124 



Bibliography of use of sulphate of iron in agriculture, Horton 124 



Limestone and lime industry of West Virginia, Grimsley 124 



Commercial fertilizers. Hills and Jones - 124 



