Property of the United States Governmenf. 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editur: K. W. ALLEN. I'n. L)., As.si.sUiiit Director. 



KDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



]\r('((>()rol().i,',v. Soils. ;iih1 l'"('rf iliziM-s — W. II. Real. 



Ajxfi cultural ISotan.v and NCj^etablo I'atliology — W. II. Kvans, I'll. D. 



Field Crops — .L I. Sciiulte. 



Horticulture and Foi-(>str,v — C. li. Smith. 



Zooteclmy and Human Nutrition — C. F. Langworthy. Ph. I). 



Agrotechny. Dairy Farming, and Dairying — H. W. Lawson. 



Agricultural CluMuistry — W. H. Real, C. F. Langworthy. and II. W. Lawson. 



Economic Zoology, Entomology, and Veterinary Medicine — E. V. Wilcox, Pli. D. 



Rural Engineering — R. P. Fleming. 



Rural Economics — ,T. R. Morman. 



Agricultural Education — D. J. Crosby. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XVIII, NO. 7. 



Editorial notes : Page. 



The American lireoders" Association 001 



Scientific asjiect of plant breeding work a (i02 



The retirement of Dean W. A. Henry 005 



Recent work in agricultural science _1 007 



Notes 092 



SURJECT LIST OF ARSTRACTS. 



agrtciu.tural chemistry. 



Principles and jiractice of ;igricultu)'al analysis, Wiley GOT 



P.acteriological method in chemical research, Onielianski 007 



The duly of chemistry to agriculture, Hojikins 007 



On chemical examinations of arable soils, Eggertz 007 



(Jnaiititative determination of iKitassium, Pajetta 008 



Solubilit.v of gy])sum in i)hosphoric-acid solutions, Taber 008 



The detection of nitric and nitrous acids, Wagner , i 008 



Nitron: A new reagiMit for nitric acid 008 



Determin.-ition of nitrates, Sinnatt 008 



Distillation with and without condensing in Ivjeldahl method. Pescheck_ 008 



Determination of ammonia in water b.v Nessler's reagent. Ruisson 009 



Volhard method for chlorin in i)otable waters. Shutt and Charlton 009 



Table cf tlie principal iihysic:il and chemical constants of fats, Sidersky_ 009 



New method for determination of casein in cheese. Trillat and Sauton 009 



Ciassihcation of animal and vegetable proteids, Millar 009 



Concerning glutamins, Schulze (t09 



Liberation of jdiosphorus from nuclein compounds, Scott 010 



Effect of volume of lead pi-(>cipitate in cane sugar analysis. Deerr 010 



Chemic;il conii)ositi(ai of crude fiiier of sugar cane. (Jeerligs 010 



Furfurol constituents of lignocellulose, Frondierz 010 



Determination of mineral acids in vinegar. Richardson and Rowen 010 



Fuller's earth te«t for caramel in vinegar, Dubois 010 



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