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ferent parts of the I'liitetl States showed an average fonnahlehydo t-ontent of 

 appi'oxiinately .'57 per eent. 



Paints and their composition, K. F. Ladd and ('. I). IIoixiov (.A'o/7// I hi /.din 

 8t(i. Bill. 70, pp. 51-J3G). — In compliance with tlie State hiw the station is un- 

 dertaking tlie examination, so far as possii)le, of all the brands of paint oITered 

 for sale in the State. One I>ulletin on this suliject has already been pul)lished 

 (E. S. R., IT, p. (!;5())- The present bulletin contains analyses of a larse num- 

 ber of paints, with information concerning frauds practiced, such as short weight, 

 the cost of paints, trade and chemical names of the principal i>aint pigments, etc. 



Report of the chemical laboratory of the Swedish Moor Culture Society, 

 1905, II. VON Fkilitzen (Si-enska Mosskulturfor. Thlskr., .iO (1006), Xu. 3, 

 pp. 163-1 S>^). — The results of analyses of 1,024 samples of moor soils, peat fuel, 

 peat litter, lake mud, fertilizers, and miscellaneous agricultural i)roducts are 

 given in the report. — f. w. woi.i.. 



Report of the chemist: Division of foods and feeding, .1. B. Lixdsey (Mas- 

 sacliKsett.s Sfa. I'pt. I'Jii'). pp. d'l-l'S). — Statements are made concerning the ex- 

 tent and character of the work of tliis division during the year. Of the 1,665 

 pieces of dairy glassware examined 1!)T were eondenuied on account of inaccu- 

 rate graduation. 



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Meteorological reports, C. C. Georgeson ( ('. S. Dcpt. Af/r., Office E.rpt. Stas. 

 Bill. Ui'.i. pp. 7, 'pi. .')■',. Gil. O.'f-lOO). — Tabular summaries are given of the reports 

 of the volunteer weather observers of the Weather Bureau of Alaska on tem- 

 perature, precipitation, and general weather conditions during the year ended 

 September 30, lOO.j, and the general weather conditions at the experiment sta- 

 tions at Sitka, Copper Center, Rampart, and Kenai are briefly discussed. 



Meteorological statistics for 1905, F. II. Loud (Colo. Col. Pub., 12 (1906). 

 Sci. Ser., A'o.s. -'/7--'/.9, pp. 215-305). — The instrumental equipment and methods 

 of making observations at the observatory of Colorado College are briefly de- 

 scribed and a detailed daily, monthly, and annua.l summary of observations on 

 temperature, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, humidity, winds, and svuishine 

 is given. 



Colorado Springs weather records between 1872 and 1903, ('. M. Angell 

 (Co/o. Col. rub., 12 (1906), Sci. Ser., Ao.s. .J7-//.9, pp. J'^O-JiS).— Tables give mean 

 monthly temperature, maximum and minimum daily temperature, mean of maxi- 

 muin and minimum daily temperatures, maximum daily range of temperature, 

 total monthly wind movement, maximum wind velocity, prevailing monthly 

 wind direction, mean monthly relative humidity, total monthly precipitation, 

 maximum daily precipitation, and number of clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy 

 days compiled from records of the observatory of Colorado College and of the 

 Denver ollice of the T'. S. Weather Bureau. 



Meteorological observations, J. E. OsTRAxnER and T. A. Bahry (Massa- 

 iJiKsctts Std. Met. Bills. 211, 212, pp. .'/ each). — Sununaries of observations at Am- 

 herst, INIass., on pressure, temperature, humidity, precii)itation, wind, sunshine, 

 cloudiness, and casual phenomena during July and August. lOOC. 'i'he data are 

 briefly discussed in a general note on the weather of each month. 



The weather for 1905, S. B. Doten (yerada Sta. Bill. GO. pp. 19. chart 1).— 

 An account is given by months of the weather conditions during the year 1905, 

 with an annual summary in which the records for 1905 are compared with those 

 for the preceding 17 years. 



The data reported include observations on temperature, precipitation, cloudi- 



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