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Determination of quercetin in wine, von Fellenberg 412 



Estimation of the bromin absorption of wines, von Fellenberg 412 



Practicum of milk chemistry, von Sobbe 413 



A new method for proteins in milk, De Graaff and Schaap 413 



Determining fermenting capacity of feeding stuffs, milk, and galactase, Rosam. 413 



The determination of nitrobenzol in peanut oil, Lucas 413 



Determination of total formaldehyde, Hinman, jr 414 



The thermal figure of oil of turpentine, Grimaldi and Prussia 414 



Loganberry by-products, Lewis and Brown 414 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Agricultural meteorology, Stupart 415 



Comparative agricultural and forestry meteorology, Cuif 415 



Climatological data for the United States by sections 415 



Meteorological observations at Massachusetts Station, Ostrander et al 415 



Meteorological observations, 1913 416 



Temperature records, Thompson 416 



American temperatures and European rainfall, Humphreys 416 



Chemical composition of rain in the Union of South Africa, Juritz 416 



Electrical hail protection, Angot 416 



Studies in water supply, Houston 416 



The utilization of sewage in agriculture, Grossmann 417 



Sewage disposal. Fowler 417 



Sewage irrigation and disease organisms, Ciocalteu 417 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Report of international commission for the examination of soil, Schucht 417 



New classification of granulation products in mechanical analysis, Kopecky. . . 418 



Vegetation and agricultural soil, De Angelis d'Ossat 418 



The radio-actiWty of some type soils of the United States, Moore 418 



Olifants River irrigation scheme. — Agricultural survey of the soils, Juritz 418 



Pakihi lands: Note on their treatment, Aston 419 



The storage and use of soil moisture, Burr 419 



Mineral acid soils, Loew 419 



Some notes on soil protozoa, Martin and Lewin 420 



Ammonification and nitrification in soil and solution, Lohnis and Green 420 



Absence of nitrate formation in cultiu-es of Azotobacter, Kellerman, and Smith . 421 



Fertilizers in relation to soils and crop production, Harcourt and Gibson 421 



Manurial requirements, McConnell 421 



Inefficiency of fertilizers in dry farming regions, Couston and Garrigues 421 



Fertilizer experiments in the German colonies 421 



The plant food content of liquid manure, Liechti and Truninger 421 



Escape of ammonia from soil treated with liquid manure, Liechti and Ritter. . 421 



Sodium nitrato v. ammonium sulphate, Po^plsil 422 



Experiments with sulphate containing sulpnocyanid, Stutzer and Goy 422 



Mixing lime nitrogen with Thomas slag and kainit, Gerlach and Tiedemann. . 422 



Effects of ensilage on solubility of floats, Forbes and Fritz 422 



The production of phosphate rock in 1913, Phalen 422 



The fertilizing value of phonolite, Neumami 423 



Potash salts and other salines in the Great Basin region. Young *. 423 



A plea for the increased use of lime, Hendrick 424 



Agricultural lime analyses 424 



Sulphur fertilizer for alfalfa, Reimer 424 



The world's production and consumption of chemical fertilizers 424 



State fertilizer tonnage 424 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Plants and their uses, an introduction to botany, Sargent 425 



Some honey plants of Guam, Thompson 425 



Some new tuberous species of Solanum, Wittmack 425 



A study of the vegetation of the sand hills of Nebraska, Pool 425 



Sand plants on lime soils, Biisgen 425 



A study of nutrient solutions for plant cultures, Tottingham 425 



The functions of nutritive materials in higher plants, Faack 426 



