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orjjnnisms, onzyius, jrlucosids, cynno.^c'iicsis, foods .mihI reeding', crops, strength 

 in wheat, qnalit.\- in liarlcy, sngfir, tea, tobaceo, einehona, cassava, eygs, and milk. 



It is stated that the most notable progress made during tlie year was in investi- 

 gations relating to tlie utilization of the nitrogen of the air by artificial means 

 and l)y nucro-organisms, although considerable progress was made in investiga- 

 tions relating to green manuring, strength in wheat, and the sugar industry. 

 In the reviewer's o])iniou, the utilization of the nitrogen of the air l)y artificial 

 means now resolves itself sinii)ly into a (juestiou of cost, and on tins i)oint noth- 

 ing is at present definitel.v known. 



The numerous experiments which have been made indicate quite clearly that 

 the calcium nitrate, or lime niter, is in general as efiicient as sodium nitrate as 

 a fertilizer, and sometimes produces better results, particularly on soil needing 

 lime. Calcium cyanamid, or lime nitrogen, has been found under favorable 

 conditions and on soils not I'ich in hunms or deficient in lime to be nearly as 

 efficient as anmionium sulpliate or sodiiun nitrate for most crops. It seems, 

 however, not to be well suited for toiMlressing or mixing with other fertilizing 

 materials and luidergoes deterioration in storage. 



The reports of investigations on which the review is based have been noted 

 from time to time. 



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Monthly Weather Review (Mo. Wcailtcr Rev., So (J907), Xos. 1. pp. 1-50, 

 JUjs. 3. charts J It; 2. pp. 51-102, figs. 5, charts 9). — In addition to the usual re- 

 jiorts on forecasts, warnings, weather and crop conditions, meteorological tables 

 and charts for the months of January and February, 1!>(»7, monthly review of 

 the jirogress of climatology throughout the world, recent papers bearing on 

 meteorology, recent additions to the Weather Bureau library, etc., these numbers 

 contain the following articles and notes : 



No. 1. — The Kingston Earthquake, by C. F. Marvin; Tiie Geodetic Institute at 

 I'otsdam ; Permanence of Climatic Conditions; The Adirondack Rainfall Sum- 

 mit (iluus. ), by R. E. Horton ; The Climate of Kansas (see below) ; Waterspouts 

 in INIaryland, by W. L. Mayo ; Weather Bureau Men as Educators ; The Climate 

 of Yukon Territory, by R. F. Stupart ; Problems in ^Meteorology, by C. F. von 

 Herrmann ; Pi-oblems in Mixtures of Air and Vapor ; and The (Jrowth of Fog 

 in Unsaturated Air (illus.), by F. W. Proctor. 



No. 2. — Notes of a Meteorologist in Europe, jiy II. .1. Cox; A Beneficent 

 Scientific Mission : Interconversion of Centigrade and Fahrenheit Degrees ; 

 .Meteorological Work at Camp Wellman, Danes Island, Spitzbergen ; A Climatic 

 Sketch of Tacoma, Wash., by E. B. Gittings, jr. ; Snow Rollers at Canton, N. Y. 

 (illus.), by M. L. Fuller; E. Scharf on the Effects of Hail on Crops; Long- 

 range Indian Monsoon Forecasts; Long-range Seasonal I"((rec;isls for South 

 Africa; Wilhelm von Bezold ; A Winter Waterspout (illus.), liy D. Cuthljertson ; 

 International Meteorology; Rainfall and Outflow Above Bohio, in the Valley of 

 the Chagres, by H.'L. Abbot; Panama Rainfall, by E. B. Garriott; Observation 

 of Cloud Altitudes at Nighttime ; and Fog on the Newfoundland Banks, by C. T. 

 Brodrick. 



The climate of Kansas {Mo. Weather Rev.. 35 {1901), \o. 1, pp. 13, IJf).— 

 This article gives a verbatim coi)y of the stenograjibic report of the testimony 

 of the Ctiief of the Weather P.ureau before the Committee on Agriculture of 

 tlie House of Representatives .January S, 1007. bearing on the subject of climate 

 of Kansas, as well as a statement sunnnarizing observations on rainfall at 

 (litf(>rent points in Kansas and contiguous territory during the last 30 years. 



The data are classified in 10-year i)eriods. The averages show that the first 

 and last 10 years were periods of fairly abundant rainfall and that the middle 



