616 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



acetone-soluble substances, wliicli are usually reported collectively as resin. 

 On making a close examination of the so-called resinous substances it was found 

 that 2.7 per cent of them consisted of a carbohydrate which was identified as 

 1-methylinosit. 



In regard to helianthus tubers for alcohol production, J. von Hi;Rics-T6TH 

 and A. von Osztkovszky {Kis^rlet. Kozlem., 14 {1911), No. ff, pp. 589-59^). — 

 From the results obtained by analysis and laboratory fermentation tests with 

 helianthus tubers {Helianthus doronicoides) , it seems that this is a good source 

 of raw material for producing alcohol. The refuse also contains a high fat 

 and protein content, and is considered more nutritious than potato slops ob- 

 tained from distilleries for feeding stock. 



Annual reports of the progress of chemistry for 1911, edited by J. C. Cain 

 and A. J. Geeenaway (Ann. Rpts. Prog. Chem. [London], 8 {1911), pp. 

 IX-\-319). — This publication deals with the progress made in general, physical, 

 inorganic, organic, analytical, physiological, agricultural, and mineralogical 

 chemistry, vegetable physiology, and radioactivity during the year 1911. 



Proceedings of the twenty-eighth annual convention of the Association of 

 Oflacial Agricultural Chemists, edited by H. W. Wiley and Anne L. Pierce 

 {U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Chem. Bid. 152, pp. 268, figs. 7/).— This is the official 

 report of the proceedings of the convention held at Washington, D. C, Nov. 20 

 to 22, 1911, a summarized account of which has been previously noted (E. S. R., 

 26, p. 97). 



METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



Monthly Weather Review (Mo. Weather Rev.. >tO {1912), No.t. 5, pp. 659-813, 

 pis. 10, fig. 1; 6. pp. 815-976, pis. 9, figs. 6). — In addition to the usual climatolog- 

 ical summaries, weather forecasts and warnings for INIay and June, 1912, notes 

 on the application of upper-air observations to weather forecasting for May 

 and June, 1912 ; river and flood observations, lists of additions to the Weather 

 Bureau library and of recent papers on meteorology, a condensed climatological 

 summai-y, and climatological tables and charts, these numbers contain the fol- 

 lowing special papers : 



A^o. 5.— May, 1912, Flood in Michigan, by F. H. Coleman ; The Effect of the 

 Time of Observation on Mean Temperatures, by C. A. Donnel ; The Annual Rain- 

 fall and Temperature of the United States, by G. A. Lindsay; Unusual Hail- 

 storm, Wichita, Kans., by R. H. Sullivan ; Snow Survey on Pole Creek Water- 

 shed, Sanpete County, Utah, by B. F. Eliason ; Notes on the Rivers of the Sac- 

 ramento and Lower San Joaquin Watersheds during May, 1912, by K R. Taylor; 

 Notes on the Streams of the Upper San Joaquin Watershed, by W. E. Bonnett ; 

 and Studies in Frost Protection, Effect of Mixing the Air (illus.), by A. G. 

 McAdie. 



]\To^ 6.— Special Notes on the Weather in Florida during June, 1912, by A. J. 

 Mitchell; Severe Storms of Juno 16, 1912, by J. M. Kirk; Drainage of American 

 Bottoms, by C. J. Root; Tornado in Southwest Missouri, June 15, 1912, by G. 

 Reefer; Electric Storms in Western Kansas, by S. D. Flora; Flood in the 

 Colorado, by F. H. Brandenburg; Snow Slides and Slips (illus.), by L. Peugeot; 

 Some Effects of Surface Slope on Climate, by J. C. Alter ; Notes on the Rivers 

 of the Sacramento and Lower San Joaquin Watersheds during June, 1912, by 

 N. R. Taylor; Notes on the Streams of the Upper San Joaquin Watershed, by 

 W. E. Bonnett; Weather at Point Reyes Light, Cal., during June, 1912, by 

 J. Jones ; Preserving Mamme Caprifigs from Frost, by G. P. Rixford : Heating 

 the Atmosphere, by A. G. McAdie; Convenient Conversion Table for Frost 

 Work, by A. G. McAdie; Severe Local Storm at Pocatello, Idaho, by A. R. 



