II CONTENTS. 



I'ago. 



Essential oil and alcohol in flavoring extracts, Hortvet and West 108 



New state lal)()ratories for suppressing frauds, Le Koy 108 



Practical guide for the analysis of milk, J. M. and P. Perrin 108 



\ new method for the rapid analysis of milk, Rolet 109 



Determination of proteins and formaldehyde in milk, Agrestini 109 



A new method for the calculation of the proteins in milk, Olson 1 09 



The determination of sugar in cow's milk, Wijsman and Meulenhoff 109 



The determination of milk sugar with ammonia-copper solution, Shimidzu ... 109 



Comparis( m of methods for preparation of milk serum, Lythgoe and Nurenberg. 109 



On the value of reductase as a test for impurity of milk, Barthel 109 



Distillation of butter fat, coconut oil, and fatty acids, Caldwell and Hurtley. . 110 



Metallic salts of fatty acids of butter and coconut oil, Paal and Amberger 110 



Detection of coconut oil in butter, Paal and Amberger 110 



Determination of the Maumene value of oils and fats, Tortelh 1 10 



Halphen's test for cotton-seed oil, Wagner and Clement 110 



A^aluation of willow bark by von Schroeder's method, Appelius and Merkel . . Ill 



A sensitive reaction for galalith, Wolter - Ill 



A vegetable tallow from Irvingia oUveri, Crevost Ill 



[Miscellaneous analvses], Hooper HI 



Report of the work in 1908 of the analytical laboratory of Liege, De Molinan . Ill 



Report of agricultural chemist of Danish Agricultural Society, 1908, Rordam. . Ill 



Report of chemical analyses, Stein's Laboratory, 1907, Christensen Ill 



Report of the chemical station at Alnarp, 1908, WeibuU Ill 



[Miscellaneous analyses] HI 



Progress in agricultural chemistry in the year 1908, Stutzer HI 



Progress in agricultural chemistry for the second half of the year 1908 112 



International catalogue of scientific literature. D — Chemistry 112 



International catalogue of scientific literature. D — Chemistry 112 



Proceedings of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, 1908, ed. by Wiley. 112 



METEOKOLOdV WATER. 



Monthly Weatlier Review 112 



Monthly Weather Review - H-^ 



[Annual meteorological summary, 1908], Mitchell 113 



Meteorological observations 113 



Relation of the weather service to the farmer, Yoorhees 114 



Some climatic features of Wyoming, and their relation to dry farming. Palmer. 114 



Weather conditions and statistics, Harcourt : 114 



On the climate of Sitka, Krcmar 114 



[Meteorological observations in Orange River Colony, 1907-8], Lyle 114 



Studies on the evaporation of water over lakes and reservoirs, Bigelow 115 



The significance of Bacillus coli in potable waters, Guiraud and Maudoul 115 



Role of septic tanks in the purification of sewage water, Mi'intz and Laine 115 



SOILS FERTILIZERS. 



Causes of decrease in fertility in Groningen and Drenthe, Sjollema and Hudig. 115 



Experiments with soils, fertilizers, and farm crops, Mooers 116 



Soil drainage and fertility, Lyon, Cavanaugh, and Fippin 117 



Judging of the productiveness of soils by their composition, Fleischer 117 



The salinity of soils, Dumas 117 



On certain physical-chemical processes in the formation of soils, II, Rohland. 117 



Observations and researches on soil temperature. III, De Grazia 117 



Tanks for soil investigation at Cornell University, Lyon 117 



On a method of bacteriological investigation, Fischer 117 



Bacteriological-chemical investigations, Lemmermann, Fischer, et al 118 



Investigations on bacterial growth in sterilized soils, Fischer 118 



Nitrification in soils and in solutions, Stevens, Withers, et al 118 



Nitrification in soils and in solutions,, Stevens, Withers, et al 119 



Investigations on nitrogen assimilation in its relation to soil climate, Remy .. 119 



On nitrification in soils in place, Pouget and Guiraud 119 



The gum produced by Bacillus radicicola, Buchanan 120 



Nitro-bacterine, nitragin, or soil inoculation, von Feilitzen 120 



New ideas in fertilization and inoculation of the soil, Giglioli 120 



Fertilizer problems, Wein 120 



Chemical industry and agriculture, Frank 1 20 



