Prjiorty of fis Bnitsil SMss Povernmenf 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALLEN. I'li. D.. A-ssixttiiit Director. 



EUITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



Metenrolos.v. Soils, and FortiJizcM's — W. H. Beal. 



Agricultui-al Botany aiul Vegetable Pathology — W. IL Evans. Ph. D. 



Fi(>l(l Crops — J. L Sciiulte. 



Horticulture and Forestry — E. J. Glasson. 



Zootechiiy and Human Nutrition — C. F. Langworthy. Ph. D. 



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



Agricultural Chemistry — W. II. Beal. C. F. Langworthy, and H. W. Lawson. 



Economic Zoology. Entonio'.igy, and Veterinary Medicine — E. V. Wilcox, Ph. D. 



Rural Engineering — B. P. Fleming. 



Rural Economics — ,7. B. Morman. 



Agricultural Education — D. J. Crosby. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XVIII, NO. 12. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



Retirement of Dr. C. A. Goessmann 1101 



The life of the soil 1104 



Recent work in agricultural science 1107 



Notes 1175 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



agricultural chemistry. 



Revision of the atomic weight of jwtassium. Richards at al 1107 



New method of determining alkalinity of ashes. Farnsteiner 1107 



Methods of examining milk and milk products. Barthel 1107 



Methods of determining fat in milk. Beau 1107 



Tests of the salt method. Jaross 1107 



Determination of total solids in ndlk. Gobert and Bouin 1107 



Detection of cocoanut oil in butter. Ilinks 1107 



Detection of cocoanut oil in Imtter. Ludwig and Ilaupt 1108 



Practical importance (»f the reducing jiower of milk. Brand llOS 



Fractional distillation of coal-tar crtH)so1e. Dean and Bateman 1108 



Report of the division of chemistry, llartwell. Steel, and Gray 1108 



Annual reports on the progress of chemistry for 190G 1108 



METEOHOI.OCiY WATER. 



Monthly Weather Review. Vol. XXXV. Nos. 1. 2 1109 



The climate of Kansas 1109 



-Meteorological observations 1110 



Repf>i"t of meteorologist. Ilelme 1110 



The underflow of the South Platte Valley. Slichter and Wolff 1110 



Water resources of Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico. Lee 1110 



Stream pollution by acid-iron wastes. Stabler 1110 



The purification of Boston sewage, Winslow and Phelps 1111 



soils — fertilizers. 



The value of poultry manure. E. and W. Brown 1111 



The fish guano industry of Norway, Maizieres 1112 



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