II CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The determination of phosphoric acid in the soil, Hornberger 16 



Citrate-soluble phosphoric acid in phosphates, Starodubowa and Jakuschkin ... 16 



The alundum crucible for the determination of phosphoric acid, Liberi 17 



In regard to fertilizer analysis, Mitscherlich and Simmermacher 17 



The determination of cellulose with nitric acid, Rao and ToUens 18 



Estimation of sugar in honeys, comfits, jellies, sirups, etc., Muttelet 18 



Detection of technical invert sugar with /?-naphthol, Litterscheid 18 



About honey examination, Buchner 18 



Determination of sugar in bagasse. Pellet 18 



Hot and cold digestion in beet analysis, Pellet 18 



Relationship between weight of sugar beet and composition, Harris and Gortner. 19 



Report of the department of chemistry, Jacobson and Adams 19 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Weather science, Lempfert 19 



Weather forecasting, Deeley 19 



The agricultural meteorological service in Germany, Bornstein 19 



Present organization of agi-icultural meteorology in Sweden, Hamberg 20 



About climatical variations, Arctowski 20 



The thermal state of the atmosphere, Boutaric 20 



Measiu-ements of the emanations content of soil air, Kahler 20 



Variation with altitude of radium emanation of atmosphere, Wright and Smith. . 20 



The climate and weather of San Diego, California, Carpenter 21 



Climate and meteorology of New Zealand, Bates 21 



Monthly and annual rainfall from 1837 to 1912 at St. Paul, Minnesota 21 



Composition of rain water collected in the Hebrides and in Iceland, Miller 21 



The economic value of tropical rainfall, Capus 21 



The genesis of dew, Godden 22 



A sliding rule for the determination of the dew point, Korff-Petersen 22 



Combating hail 22 



Electrical protection against hail in Gironde, Courty 22 



Surface water supply of St. Lawi-ence River Basin, 1912, Covert et al 22 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



The characterizing of soil according to the zeolitic silicates, Gans 22 



Earth flows and structure soil in polar and subpolar regions, Sapper 23 



Knox County soils, Hopkins, Mosier, Pettit, and Readhimer 23 



Soil investigations, Sharp 24 



Heat movement in pseudo-isotropic soil, Anderk6 24 



An erosion studyj Coffey 24 



Lysimeter investigations, 1913, Richter 24 



The effect of heat on solubility of mineral constituents of soil, McGeorge 25 



The decomposition of cellulose in moor soil and peat, Daszewska 25 



The decomposition of soil carbonates, Mclntire 25 



Management of soils to prevent blowing, Jardine 25 



Contribution to the physiology of soil, Bernbeck 26 



The distribution of bacteria m various soil types. Conn 26 



Real and apparent nitrifying powers, Gainey 26 



Studies on soil protozoa, Cunningham and Lohnis 26 



Action of antiseptics in increasing growth of crops, Russell and Buddin 27 



Fertilizers and soil organisms, Lumia 27 



The purpose and interpretation of fertilizer experiments, Coffey 28 



On the plans of fertilizer experiments, Gile 28 



Row fertilizing experiments, Ahr 29 



Pond fertilizing experiments, Kuhnert 29 



An incompatibility in fertilizer mixing, Keitt 29 



Injuries to the cornea by artificial fertilizers, Eickmeyer 29 



The trade in fertilizing materials, Lambert 29 



Consumption, production, and commerce in fertilizers in Russia, Piettre 29 



Source, availability, and suitability of different plant foods, Williams 30 



Composition and fertilizing A'alue of farm crops and other materials, Williams. . 30 



[The guano situation in Peru] 30 



Peat-moss litter, Todd 30 



Sulphate of ammonia industry of Germany, Skinner 30 



