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The detection of coconut fat in butter and lard, Polenske 716 



Determination of fat in feeds by extracting in the cold, Grimme 716 



Grading rosin at the still, Veitch and Sam met 716 



Oil from plants belonging to the order Papilionaceae, Grimme 716 



Heat of combustion of bagasse from Hawaiian cane, Norris 717 



Sisal and the utilization of sisal waste, Wilcox and McGeorge 717 



Report of the Pommritz Experiment Station, 1911, Loges 718 



International catalogue of scientific literature. D — Chemistry 718 



METEOR,OLOGY — WATER . 



The correla|ion between sunspots and the weather, Gockel 718 



[Weather observations], Blake, Halsted et al 718 



Weather report, Day 719 



Swedish meteorological observations, 1911, Hamberg 719 



Duration of sunshine and insolation at Stockholm and Hafringe, Westman 719 



Frosts in New York, Wilson 719 



Electric Niagaras and recent storms, Laforest 719 



Well water, Harcourt 719 



SOILS — ^FERTILIZERS . 



The soils of Oregon, Bradley 719 



Sandy soils of western and northern Michigan, Jeffery 720 



Results of chemical studies of the cane soils of Java, Marr 720 



Soil mapping and geological-agronomic maps, Koehne 720 



The Mangum terrace in its relation to efficient farm management, C'ates 720 



Bacteriological studies of field soils. — I, The effects of lime, Brown 720 



Bacteriological studies of field soils. — I, The effects of liming. Brown 720 



Bacterial activities in frozen soils. Brown and Smith 720 



The law of mimmum and the law of physiological ratios, Maz6 721 



The law of minimimi, Mitscherlich, Pfcifier, and Frohlich 721 



Ammonia and nitrate formation in soils, Lipman, Brown, and Owen 721 



Influence of sugar on productivity of soils, Pfeiffer and Blanck 722 



Action of alumina gel on assimilation of phosphoric acid, Pfeiffer and Blanck 722 



Effect of heating and antiseptics on fertilizing ingredients, Jensen 722 



Influence of micro-organisms in night soil on the fertilizing effect, Masoni 722 



Report of Leteensuo Moor Experiment Station, 1912, Simola 723 



Report of the South Oesterbotten Moor Experiment Station, 1912, Rautakoski. . 723 



The nitrate of soda industry of Chile, Ossa 723 



The use of nitrate of soda in commercial fertilizers, Cathcart 723 



Availability of nitrogenous materials found by ammonification, Lipman et al. . . 723 



Experiments with new nitrogenous fertilizers, 1908-1911, Rhodin 724 



Destruction of wild mustard oy means of lime nitrogen, Lipschiitz 724 



Seaweed, potash, and iodin: A criticism, Knudsen 724 



The extraction of potash and alumina from feldspar, Foote and Scholes 724 



Production of available potash from natural silicates, Cushmau and Coggeshall. 724 



Pot experiments with different potash minerals, Prianishnikov 724 



To what extent can potash of fine-ground feldspar be utilized? von Feilitzen. 725 



Comparative tests of phonolite, 40 per cent potassium salts, and kainit, Ohme. 725 



Thomas phosphate meal, Hissink 725 



The a^icultural value of electric slag, De Molinari and Ligot 725 



Assimilation of phosphatic fertilizers in rotation, Miintz and Gaudechon 725 



The assimilation of phosphoric acid by plants, Miintz and Gaudechon 725 



Effect of cow dung on availability of rock phosphate, Hartwell and Pember. . . 726 



Action of calcium carbonate in fertilizing oats with phosphate, Simmermacher. 726 



The mechanism and fertilizing action of sulphur, Boullanger and Dugardin — 726 



Action of manganese oxid on nitrogenous compounds, Leoncini and Pieri 726 



Indigenous manures of South India and their application, Harrison 727 



Comparative trials of hand peat-litter machines 727 



Fertilizer statistics, Zolla 727 



Ferlilizei-s, Rose and Heimburger 727 



Fertilizer analyses, McDonnell et al ^ 727 



Inspection of commercial fertilizers, season 1911 and 1912 727 



List of fertilizer manufacturers and importers 727 



The Ume inspection law of Maryland '.. 727 



