316 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The unfermentable sugar (pentose) and furfurol formation in wines, 

 R. Haid (Ztschr. Garungsi)hysiol., 2 {1912), No. 2, pp. 107-109) .—The furfurol 

 in wines originates from a pentose wliich is not an arabinose. Tiie formation 

 of tliis aldehyde is gradual and its production increases with the concentration 

 of the wine. 



METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



Report of the meteorolog'ical station at Berkeley, California, for the year 

 ending' June 30, 1913, W. G. Rked {Univ. C<il. Pubs. Geogr., 1 {IDUi). A'o. 6, 

 pp. 247-SO6, pis. 3, figs. 8). — Observations on pressure, temperature, precipita- 

 tion, cloudiness, and wind at Berkeley during the year ended .June 30, 1913, 

 are summarized and discussed in this paper. The mean temperature for the 

 year was 57° F. ; the precipitation was 15.63 in., or 10.54 in. less than the 

 average. September and November had more than the average rainfall, but all 

 the other months had less. 



Meteorological observations made at Berkeley from July 1, 1887, to June 

 30, 1912, A. O. ivELScnNKR {Univ. Cal. Pith^. <}fiogr., 1 {1914), No. 5, pp. 241- 

 246). — Observations on temperature, pressure, rainfall, humidity, and cloudiness 

 at Berkeley from July 1, 1887, to June 30, 1912, are summarized in this report. 



The mean pressure, calculated from these observations, is 30.019, the 25-year 

 range 1.633; the mean temperature 54° F. ; maximum temperature, June 6, 

 1903, 101.1° ; minimum temperature, January 14, 1888, 24.9° ; the mean rainfall, 

 26.62 in.; mean relative humidity. 85.5 per cent; minimum humidity, October 

 28, 1890, 2 p. m.. 27.3 per cent; and average number of clear days 156, fair days 

 88, foggy days 56, and days on which rain fell 71. 



Meteorological summaries for the year 1911 {Kentucky Sta. Rpt. 1911, pp. 

 347-350). — Observations at the State University at Lexington on temperature, 

 pressure, precipitation, cloudiness, wind, and miscellaneous phenomena are 

 reported in tables. 



The climate of British Columbia, B. B. Reio) et al. {Bur. Prov. Inform. 

 [Brit. Columbia] Bui. 27, 2. ed. {1914), pp. 12, pi. i).— Data, mainly on tempera- 

 ture and precipitation, at different places in British Columbia during 1911 to 

 1913 are compiled and briefly discussed, the characteristic features of the 

 climate of the Province being indicated. 



The weather of Scotland in 1913, A. Watt {Trans. Highland and Agr. Soc. 

 Scotland, .'>. scr., 26 {1914), PP- 288-300). — " This report consists of (1) a general 

 description of the weather over the Scottish area from month to month; (2) a 

 selection of rainfall returns, in which each county in Scotland is represented 

 by one or more stations. . . . The outstanding feature of the year was per- 

 haps the long -continued spell of dry weather in summer." 



Temperature, precipitation, and water-table fluctuations in northern 

 Europe, A. Wall^n {Met. Ztschr., 31 {1914), No. 5, pp. 209-220, figs. S).— These 

 fluctuations are shown diagrammatically and briefly explained. 



Analyses of mineral and potable waters, A. M. Peter. S. D. Avekitt, and 

 O. M. Shedd {Kentucky Sta. Rpt. 1911, pp. S29-^//6).— Analyses (mostly partial) 

 of miscellaneous samples are reix)rted. 



The fertilizing value of sewage and sewage sludge, H. W. Ck.ARK ( Surveyor, 

 45 {1914), No. 1162, pp. 687, 688). — ^A summary of an article previously noted 

 (E. S. R., 30. p. 621). 



SOILS— FERTinZERS. 



Economic waste from soil erosion, R. O. E. Davis ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Yearbook 

 1913, pp. 207-220, pis. 6). — The author in a general survey of the economic 

 aspects of soil erosion points out that the fertility of the fields in many hilly 



