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Determination of amino nitrogen in the tissues, Van Slyke 808 



Testing animal fat for phytosterol, Fritzsche 808 



Estimation of sugar by the biological method, Kluyver 809 



Estimation of iron in presence of organic substances, Salkowski 809 



The soluble nitrogenous substances in judging flours, Rousseaux and Sirot 809 



The polarimetric determination of starch in rye and wheat flours, Mach 809 



A new method for examining baked goods, Schmid 809 



Determination of saccharin in foods, Karas 810 



Examination of altered milk, Vuaflart 810 



Analysis of altered milk, Gascard 810 



Calculation of coconut-fat content of butter by Polenske method, Sundberg . . . 810 



The estimation of the Reichert-Meissl and Polenske numbers, Goske 811 



Testing butter for preservative, Gwillim 811 



Contribution to the examination of cheese, Reuchlin and Rachel 811 



Short notes from practice, Arnold 811 



Short notes from practice, Goske 811 



METEOROLOGY— ; WATER. 



Weather fallacies, Walker 811 



Meteorological observations at the Hamburg Observatory, 1912, Schorr 812 



Annual report of director of [Philippine] Weather Bureau for 1911, Algu6 812 



Influence of weather on nitric and nitrous acids in the rainfall, Anderson 812 



Artesian water in Missouri, McCoy 812 



The waters of Russian Turkestan and the future for the soil, Woeikof 812 



Influence of ocean spindrift and spray on chlorin of inland waters, Barr 813 



Location of water by the divining rod and automatic water finder, Brooks 813 



Rural water supplies, Bartow 813 



SOn>S — FERTILIZERS. 



Soil survey of Ashley County, Ark., Vanatta et al -813 



Soil survey of Bradford County, Fla., Byers et al 813 



Soil survey of Gordon County, Ga., Veatch 814 



Soil survey of Miller County, Ga., Allen and Grimes 814 



Agrology of Sahel, Pouget, L^onardon, and Chouchak 814 



Study of Hungarian soils by means of their water solutions, Ballenegger 814 



Some adsorption phenomena in soils and kaolin, Harris 814 



The nonexistence of magnesium carbonate in humid soils, Maclntire et al 815 



Effect of strongly calcareous soils on growth and ash, Gile and Ageton 816 



Sulphur in plant nutrition 817 



Forms of sulphur in plant materials and variation with the soil, Peterson 817 



Some soil changes produced by micro-organisms, Sackett 818 



Ammonification and nitrification studies of Oregon soils, Beckwith et al 818 



Influence of soils and water content on nitrogen changes, Robson 818 



The danger of bacterial destruction of nitrate in the field, Fischer 819 



Hurtful actors on cultivated plants, Jamieson 819 



Barren spots, Hutin 819 



The fertility of the soil, Miller 819 



Fertilizer experiments 819 



Fertilizer experiments, Van den Burgt et al 820 



Five years' fertilizer experiments in East Prussia, Stutzer et al 821 



Action of mineral fertilizers on the activity of certain soil bacteria, Liunia 821 



Radio-active fertilizers, Stoklasa 821 



The bacterial treatment of peat, Bottomley 821 



Experiments with bacterized peat 822 



Influence of straw on organically combined nitrogenous fertilizers, A'on May . . . 822 



Experiments on the fertilizing action of guanidin and urea nitrates, Wagner. . . 822 



The conversion of ammonia into nitric acid or ammonium nitrate, Dieffenbach 822 



The fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, Knox 822 



Lime nitrogen-superphosphate, Koppen 822 



Available phosphates by furnace treatment, Payne 823 



Availability of phosphate to various crops 823 



Notes on kelp and its potash contents, Surr 823 



Commercial fertilizers and their use, Fraps 823 



Chemical analyses of licensed commercial fertilizers, 1913, Woll and Strowd. . . 823 



