II CONTENTS. 



METEOROLOGY WATER. 



Page. 



Meteorological reports, Georgeson 209 



Meteorological statistics for 1905, Loud 209 



Colorado Springs weather records between 1872 and 1903, Angel! 209 



Meteorological observations, Ostrander and Barry 209 



The weather for 1905, Doten -• 209 



Annual preciiiitation in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Slaughter 210 



Meteorology, Carpenter and Hamner 210 



Meteorological conditions in Denmark, 1904-5, Willaume-Jantzen 210 



Extension of river and flood service of Weather Bureau, Frankenfield 210 



Influence of shelter tent upon temperature and moisture, Frear 211 



Certain relations of rainfall and temperature to tree growth, Gannett 211 



Cyclonic storms and Kochester weather, Fairchild 211 



Tar smudge, Thackara 211 



Guide to the weather, Bornstein 211 



Amount of chlorin in rain water, Jorissen 211 



Chlorin in rain water 211 



Composition of Indian rain and dew. Leather 212 



Prevention of the growth of alg;e in water supplies 212 



Number of bacteria and their significance in interpretation of water analysis. 



Gage ,212 



Progress of self-purification in water, Hofer ' 212 



SOILS FERTILIZERS. 



studies of Wisconsin soils, Whitson and Stoddart 213 



[Acidity and nitrogen in Hawaiian soils] , Shorey 213 



Exploitation of peaty soils, NicoUe 214 



Shifting sands, Birge 214 



Soil temperatures, Georgeson 214 



Hints for agricultural associations 214 



The improvement of wet and alkali meadows. Farcy 214 



Insoluble alkali compounds in humus substances of the soil, Berthelot 215 



The removal of salts from soils in Egypt, Aladjem 215 



A saline soil of the lower valley of the Po, Peglion 215 



Absorption of alkaline carbonates by soils, Dumont and Maquenne 215 



Influence of bacteria on nitric acid in soils, Stoklasa and Vitek 215 



[Indian soils and fertilizers]. Leather 216 



Plan for a soil test with fertilizers, Frear 217 



Cooperative fertilizer trials in Sweden, 1905, Bolin 217 



Assimilation of mineral matter in vegetation experiments, Ulbricht 218 



Agricultural value of poultry manure, Hawkins 218 



Artificial fertilizers, Lee 218 



Nitrogen from the air .• 218 



Spontaneous formation of dicyandiamid in fertilizers, Perotti 218 



Nitrate of sodat>. mixture of nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia, Feruglio. 219 



Influence of soil bacteria on solubility of phosphates, Koch and Krober 219 



Aluminum phosphate v. mineral superphosphate and Thomas slag, Bonomi.. 219 



Calcium superphosphate as compared with Thomas slag, Bonomi 219 



Economical use of potash fertilizers, Bonomi 219 



Sulphate of potash, Bargeron 219 



Salt, Engelhardt 219 



Fertilization, Redding and Starnes 220 



Analyses of fertilizers, Goessmann 220 



Compilation of analyses of agricultural chemicals, etc., Haskins 220 



Official inspection of commercial fertilizers, 1905, Goessmann 220 



Report on general work in the chemical laboratory, Goessmann 220 



Fertilizer analyses, 1905-6, Kilgore 220 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers 220 



Inspection of commercial fertilizers, 1905, WoU and Olson 220 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Report of the botanist. Stone and Monahan 221 



The numbers of bacteria in sterilized and unsterilized soils, Osmun 222 



Notes on formation of albuminoid substances in j^lants, Montemartini 222 



