II CONTENTS. 



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Sumac leaves as an adulterant of pepper, Netolitk y 10 



Adulteration of ground red pepper, (irandniont 10 



New method of examining impure sirups with refractometer, Tischtschenko. . 10 



Identilication of olive oil which gives Baudouin reaction, Zega and Todorovic. 1 1 



Determination of snlphates, acidity, and tannin in wine, Uutoit and Duhoux . U 



Analytical study of the acidity of 'wine, Dutoit and Duboux 11 



Estin"iating total suli>hurous acid in wine, Blarez and Chelle 11 



Cryoscopic examination of wine, Mestrezet 11 



Fluorin in wine, Mensio H 



Beer analytJis, liace ---- H 



Determination of sulphurous acid in food materials, especially gelatui. Bade. . 11 



Detection of hvdrogen ])eroxid, formaldehyde, and persulphates, Rothenfus.>^er. 11 



Calcium sulpliate and lead ■ in commercial tartaric acid, Gomez 11 



Second reportof conference for feeding stuff inspection. Van der Wal and W'ijs. 1 1 



The detection of watered milk by the aid of the refractometer, Ackermann. . . 11 



On the detection of watered milk with the refractometer, Ackermann 11 



On the methods of estimating fat in milk. Beau 12 



Mitchell- Walker test bottle, Mitchell and Walker 12 



The examination of milk treated with lime-sugar solution, Baierand Neumann. 12 



On the valneof tests for lime-sugar solution in milk and miik products, Liihrig. 12 



The detection of ' ' sugardime " in milk and cream, Frerichs 12 



A means of distinguishing goat's milk from cow's milk, Horrocks 12 



Valueof the Bolenske test in the analysisof oils and fats, Tatlock and Thomson . 13 



lodin value of oils, Levi and Manuel 13 



Denaturing of cotton-seed oil, Winterfeld 13 



Sulvadora oleoldes fat. Hooper 13 



Some oils of Japanese plants, Tsujimoto 13 



The analysis of chestnut wood, Alsop 14 



Destructive distillation of pine, tir, birch, and beech woods, Klason et al 14 



Production of alcohol from cellulose, Koerner 14 



Report of the Hildesheim Agricultural Experiment Station, Aumann 14 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



The ]\It. Rose Weather Observatory, 1906-1908, Church, jr 14 



Bulletin of the Mount Weather Observatory 15 



The present status of meteorology, Esclangon .-. . . 15 



Warm months in relation to sun-spot numbers, McDo wall .' 15 



The weather for 1908, Hayes 15 



Meteorological observations at Massachusetts Station, Ostrander and" Lindblad . 15 



Meteorological summary for the year 1907, Smith 15 



Meteorological observations in Brunswick, 1906-7, Dorr 16 



Weather and crop conditions in Bohemia during 1906-7, Belohlav 16 



Climate [of Cuba], Olmsted and (iannett 16 



Atmospheric humidity and the flow of springs, Haedicke 16 



The rainfall and the springs of Limousin, Garrigou -Lagrange 16 



Underground waters of JNlaine, with records of wells, Clappand Bayley 16 



Ground waters of Indio region, with sketch of Colorado Desert, Mendenhall.. 16 



Underground water resources in southern California, Mendenhall 17 



Analyses of Salton Sea water, Vinson and Ross 17 



The mineral constituents of the Ottawa River water, 1907, Shutt and Spencer. 17 



Amount and composition of drainage waters collected during 1907-8, Burt 17 



SOILS FERTILIZERS. 



Forest soils, Henry 18 



Soil analysis, Hare 18 



Soils, Aston 18 



Netherlands soils and Rhine and Maas deposits, Tesch 18 



Soil of acid reaction, Kozai 18 



The erosion of the veld. Van Rooy 18 



Soil resources and their utilization, Carr 18 



A possible method of reclamation for the arid West, Mieir 19 



Study of absorbent power and solutions of soils, Rousseaux and Brioux 19 



Suspension of solids in fluids and nature of colloids and solutions, King 19 



Some phases of soil investigation, Hunt 20 



Roles of the soil in limiting plant activities, Livingston 20 



