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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Kditoi-: K. W. ALLIEN, I'li. ] >.. .I.s-.s/.s/a/// Director. 



EDITOKIAI, DKPAKTMENTS. 



Meteorolojry. Soils, and Fertilizers — \V. H. Ueal. 



Agricultural Botany and Vegetabk' I'atliology — W. II. Evans, Ph. I). 



Field Crops — J. 1. Schulte. 



Horticulture and Forestry — E. J. Glasson. 



Zootechny and Human Nutrition — C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. 



Agroteclniy. Dairy Farniing, and Dairying — II. W. Lawson. 



Agricultural ("heniistry — W. II. Peal, C. F. Langworthy, and II. W. Lawson. 



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



Rural Engineering — P. P. Fleming. 



Rural Economics — J. B. MoRiMan. 



Agricultural Education — D. J. Crosby. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XVIII, NO. lo. 



Editorial notes : Page. 



Semicentenidal of the Michigan Agricultural College 1)01 



Significance of the agricultural college in the development of Ameri- 

 can education tX)2 



A broad conception of agricultural education DOG 



Recent work in agricultural science 000 



Notes 097 



SUBJECi' LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



AGRICl'LTURAL CHEMISTRY. 



Nitrogen availahilities by modifications of permanganate method, Herrick_ 000 



Determination of phos])lioric acid. Pellet 000 



IMiosphotungstic acid as a reagent for ]K)tassium, Meyer 009 



Determination of the calcium carbonate content of marls, ^'.•^n't Kruijs 009 



Recommendations as to the nomenclature of the proteins 000 



Pi'ei)ar.ition of the iirott'ins in iiuantity, Osborne and Harris 010 



Hydrolysis of the wheat proteins, Osborne and Cla])p 010 



Studies on nature of gluco-proteins and leucins, Ilugounenq and Morel 010 



Increase in weight in the hydrolysis of casein. Long 010 



Hydrolytic cleavage products of caseoplasteins, Rosenfeld Oil 



Disadvantages of i»otassium bichromate for milk sami)les, Grelot Oil 



C'.emistry of Ilehner's test for fttrniiildehyde in milk. Rosenheim Oil 



Clierry-red coloration of milk in concentrated alkalis. (Jautier et al Oil 



Comp.-irison of methods foi- detection of cocoanut oil in butter, IIodgson__ Oil 



T)etermination of molecular weight of oils and fats, Xormann 012 



Detection of cane sugar in milk and creanu Anderson 012 



Conc(>rning starch, P.loemendal 012 



Polarimetric determination of sugar in honey, Lehmann and Stadlinger 012 



Intluence of basic lead .acetate on rotation of sucrose. Bates and Blake 012 



Use of polarized light in detection of rice and cornstarch, Gastine 012 



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