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Chemical composition of clay obtained in Schlnesing-Grandeau method, Blanck. 409 



A precipitin with which to differentiate boiled insoluble protein, Schmidt 410 



Utility of ester method for mouoamino acids, Abderhalden and Hanslian 410 



Comparative study of methods for phosphorus in vegetable products, Ponte 410 



The ash of \dnegar, Remington 410 



The Fiehe reaction for the examination of honey, Stoecklin 410 



The occurrence of boric acid in honey, Biittner 410 



Detection of nitric acid in watered frmt juices, Cohn 411 



Methods for sugar analysis and allied determinations. Given 411 



Lactose and the by-products of lactose manufacture, Burr and Berberich 411 



The chemical and bacteriological methods for examining milk, Riihm 411 



What is the best test for judging the quality of milk? Stapeus^a 411 



Methods for determining iron in milk, Nottbohm and Weisswange 411 



The iron content of cow's milk, Edelstein and von Csonka 412 



Notes on the analysis of margarin, Cribb and Richards 412 



Time required to sterilize canned goods at different temperatures, Serger 412 



The preparation of berry and other fruit wines, Arauner 412 



Milling of cane considered in relation to volume occupied by the fiber, Deerr. . 412 



Stohmann's handbook of sugar manufacture, re\'ised by Schander 413 



Centenary of the manufacture of beet sugar, 1812-1912, Liudet 413 



Thirty-fourth report of Swiss Agricultural-Chemical Institute at Zujich, 1911. . 413 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Weather and agriculture, Schmauss 413 



Monthly W'eather Review : 413 



General weather review, 1910-11, Esten and Mason 414 



Meteorological ob-servations 414 



Report of the meteorologist, Stockton 414 



[Meteorology of Finland] 414 



" Red rain " dust. Steel 414 



Predicting water supply for the farmer. Alter 415 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Investigations on soils from crystalline rocks in process of weathering, Busch. . . 415 



Gray sand and hard pan (Ortstein), Wilhelm Graf zu Leiningen 416 



Regarding brown soils, Glinka 416 



Unproductive black soils, Conner and Abbott 416 



The soils of Alabama and their adaptations to crops, Duggar 417 



[Analyses of soils oi the Burirhat Station Farm] 417 



Weeds in relation to soils, Brenchley 417 



The chemical characterization of soils, Russell 417 



More recent investigations in soils science, Albert 417 



Colloid chemistry studies on humus in limed and unlimed soils, Thaer 417 



Concentration of phosphoric acid near the old centers, Hughes and Aladjem 418 



Radium and thorium emanations in the air of certain soils, Sattorly 418 



Production and movement of nitric nitrogen in soils, Stewart and Greaves 418 



Nitrates in soils, Stevens 419 



The influence of molasses on nitrification in cane soils. Peck 419 



Bacteriological studies of fixation of nitrogen in Colorado soils, Sackett 419 



Regarding legume cultivation and inoculation experiments, Eichinger 419 



New method of soil aeration 419 



On the penetration of soluble fertilizers into the soil, Demolon and Brouet 420 



Chemical composition of manure as a measure of value, Crowther and Ruston. 420 



The manufacture of nitrates from the atmosphere, Scott 420 



The manufacture of nitrates from the atmosphere, Cottrell 420 



Potash salts a protection against frost, Maas 421 



Potash salts a protection against frost, Golte 421 



Fertilizer experiments with ground phonolite, Thaer 421 



Results of investigations of the potash deposits of Upper Alsace, Forster 421 



The composition of the Pacific kelps, Turrentine 421 



Significance of the word kainit, Zaragiieta - 422 



Discovery of chalk and phosphalic sands in the Yonne, France, Negre 422 



Report on departmental ex])erim<'nts with ground limestone, Colbourn 422 



Some bacteriological effects of liming. Brown • 422 



Experiments on the action of sulphur as a fertilizer in 1911, Bemhard 422 



