II CONTENTS. 



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Official methods of food analysis, February, 1909 612 



New legislation in regard to adulteration of agricultiu-al products, Richard 612 



Recommendations for changes in methods for analysis of sausage, Reinsch 613 



A rapid sorting test for the detection of paraffin wax in lard, Shrewsbury 613 



The detection of starch su-up in honey and fruit juices, Fiehe 613 



Apparatus for determination of volatile acids in wines and vinegars. Gore 613 



A volumetric method for the estimation of casein in cow's milk, Hart 613 



A rapid method for the estimation of fat in homogenized milk. Hoy berg 614 



The newer methods for detection of addition of water to milk, Cornalba 614 



Detection and determination of formaldehyde in milk, Griinhut 614 



Observations with the Schardinger reaction of milk, Schern 614 



The enzyms of milk, Bordas and Touplain 614 



The preservation of milk samples, Gkard 615 



The determination of sugar in molasses feeds, Gonnermann 615 



Report of the agricultural-chemical control station at Halle for 1908, Miiller. . . 615 



Fermentation of sauerkraut with pure cultures, Gruber 615 



A new method to restore the green color and luster of dried peas, Pagniello 615 



The limit of lead in vessels employed to preserve food stuffs, Fade and Kohn. . 615 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Meteorology, Kleinschmidt 615 



Monthly Weather Review 615 



Meteorological observations at Massachusetts Station, Ostrander and Lindblad . 616 



Meteorological records for 1908 616 



Texas climate 616 



Lightning and lightning conductors, Henry 616 



Papers on the conservation of water resources 616 



Chemical composition of Nile waters, Beam 617 



On the silt deposit of some rivers in the Serajoe Valley, Mohr 617 



The purification of drinking water with chlorin or hypochlorites, Thresh 617 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Soil moisture investigations, Nelson 617 



Field operations of the Bureau of Soils, 1906 (eighth report), Whitney et al 617 



Field operations of the Bureau of Soils, 1907 (ninth report), Whitney et al 618 



General classification of Florida soils 619 



Soils, Watt 619 



Nitrification in Transvaal soils. Watt 619 



Nitrifying bacteria in North Carolina soils, Kellerman and Robinson 619 



Ammonification in soils and in solutions, Stevens, Withers, et al 619 



The assimilation of nitrogen by micro-organisms, Bierema 620 



The bacteria content of soils in relation to external influences, Engberding 620 



Soil disinfection in agriculture, Loew 620 



All agricultural wealth from the soil. Cherry 620 



The conservation of our natural resources, especially the soil, Van Hise 621 



Fertilizers and milk production, Pipers 621 



Investigations on the fertilizer requirements of different soils, Kellner 621 



The diffusion of saline fertilizers in the soil, Miintz and Gaudechon 621 



Some improvements in sand culture, Takeuchi 621 



The fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, Vageler 621 



The technical utilization of atmospheric nitrogen, Donath and Frenzel 621 



The manufacture of nitrates from the atmosphere by the electric arc, Eyde 622 



Present status of production of synthetic nitrogenous fertilizers, Ragondet 622 



Lime nitrogen, Schuster 622 



On the application of dicyandiamid as a nitrogenous manure, Inouye 622 



On manuring with dicyandiamid, Aso 622 



Nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia, Mayer 622 



Is dipotassium sulphate physiologically acid? Aso 622 



The manurial value of various organic phosphoric compounds, Aso and Yoshida . 622 



On the different forms of phosphoric acid in organic manures, Tsuda 623 



Availability of phosphoric acid in various forms in herring guano, Mitsuta 623 



Secondary calcium phosphate as a manure, Takeuchi 623 



Phosphates in Germany, Skinner 623 



The superphosphate industry in Italy, Menozzi and Gianoli 623 



