SUBJECT INDEX 



335 



Xiime — Continued. 



bread, description, (30) 859. 



burning, (29) 590. 



burnt, fertilizing value, (30) 822; (39) 626. 



burnt shell, fertilizing value, (33) 131. 



burnt, storing, (36) 123. 



carbonate from causticizing plant, analyses and 



fertilizing value, (31) 125. 

 caustic, effect on soil fertility, (32) 399. 

 caustic, injury to plant growth, (35) 429. 

 caustic, V. limestone, (30) 822. 

 chemistry of, (28) 223; (30) 822. 

 chlorinated, as a soil ameliorant, (30) 140, 822. 

 compounds, analyses, (40), 517. 

 compounds in soils, (26) 322. 

 cost in Connecticut, (28) 626. 

 cost of, (34) 520. 

 cost of burning, (40) 816. 

 crushing on the farm, (36) 821, 822. 

 cyanid as winter spray for fruits, (30) 641. 

 deterioration on keeping, (39) 729. 

 determination — 



as calcium sulphate, (38) 312. 



in ash of cereals, (26) 807. 

 cow feces, (30) 12. 

 peat soils, (39) 504. 

 plant ashes, (29) 609. 

 soils, (27) 514; (36) 299, 611. 

 different forms, comparison, (40) 125, 322. 

 diseases, notes, (28) 545. 

 displacement by water in leaves, (29) 219. 

 distribution and loss in soils, (29) 128. 

 distribution in loam soils, (31) 618. 

 effect on— 



action of phosphates, (35) 326. 



alfalfa, (28) 737, 830. 



alkali tolerance of wheat seedlings, (27) 500; 

 (29) 322. 



ammonia fixing power of soils, (27) 322. 



ammonifying and nitrifying efiQciency of 

 soils, (32) 818. 



apples, (29) 438. 

 effect on availability of— 



nitrogen, (28) 724. 



phosphates, (26) 427; (28) 223. 



phosphoric acid, (26) 321. 



soil organic matter, (31) 124. 



soil potash, (36) 519. 

 effect on- 

 bacterial activity of soils, (34) 623. 



basic slag, (39) 25. 



cement mortar, (40) 786. 



clover, (28; 136; (33) 333. 



composition of crimson clover, (34) 132. 



cranberries, (30) 143. 



finger-and-toe disease, (26) 630. 



grapes, (31) 339; (34) 221. 



grass lands (30) 133, 134. 



growth of conifers, (33) 739. 



humus content of soils, (38) 814. 



inoculated soil, (39) 519. 



loss of plant food from soils, (35) 216, 623. 



lupines, (35) 441. 



maturitv of cotton, (31) 40. 



moor soils, (29) 823; (34) 18. 



nitrification, (26) 721; (33) 620. 



nitrification and bacterial content of acid 

 soils, (40) 620. 



nitrification in soils, (28) 217; (29) 21, 622. 



nitrogen content of soy beans, (28) 721. 



organic compounds in soils, (26) 322. 



peat soils, (30) 120. 



phosphate reversion, (39) 521. 



plant growth, (32) 622; (36) 212. 



potash absorption, (39) 728. 



soil acidity, (38) 620; (40) 124. 



soil aldehydes, (36) 424. 



soil bacteria, (27) 720. 



soil fertility, (37) 219. 



soil granulation, (26) 420. 



soil nitrogen, (26) 320. 



soils, (27) 218; (28) 820; (29) 210; (30) 127, 220; 

 (31) 220; (35) 429, 727. 



soy beans, (39) 741. 



strawberries, (34) 150; (38) 639. 



strength of cement mortars, (36) 286. 



sulphate of ammonia, (26) 320. 



sulphur t !:K.vit nf .;. ils, (38) 327. 



superphosphate, (39) 119. 



tea seedlings, (33) 842. 



Lime — Continued. 



effect on— continued. 



utilization of nitrogen in acid soils, (36) 819. 



vegetation, (26) 325. 



water-soluble nutrients in soils, (40) 124. 



yield and composition of oats, (26) 429. 



yield and nitrogen content of corn, (35) 816. 



yield of alfalfa, (31) 228. 



yield of apples, (38) 244. 



yield of cotton, (38) 534, 816. 



yield of peaches, (38) 242. 

 examination, sampling, and guaranty of, (33) 



110. 

 feed, analyses, (26) 267; (27) 570. 

 feed, methods of analysis, (29) 311; (31) 806. 

 feeding value, (28) 265. 



fertilizing value, (26) 630, 725; (27) 32, 429, 436, 

 638, 639, 831, 835; (28) 123, 124, 520, 820; (30) 25, 

 519, 526; (31) 424; (33) 227; (34) 129, 132, 520, 

 621; (35)22,323,535,629; (36)122; (37)214,626, 

 733; (38) 133, 217, 230, 422. 

 for acid soils, (32) 812. 



Alabama soils, (27) 24. 



alfalfa, (.34) 138. 



cotton, (31) 630. 



cranberry bogs. (31) 442. 



flax, (32) 136. 



fowls, (31) 569. 



Missouri soils, (26) 434; (33) 212, 213, 214, 215. 



orchard soils, (36) 724 



South Carolina soils, (28) 726. 

 forms for grassland, (40) 824. 

 from manufacturing wastes, (38) 22. 

 grinding law in Maryland, (37) 219. 

 hydrated — 



effect on mortar and concrete, (30) 889; (31) 

 387 687 



for concrete roads, (34) 787; (35) 86, 291. 



fungicidal value, (39) 548. 



tests and uses, (33) 487. 

 importance in plant and animal nutrition, (34) 



662. 

 in New Zealand soils, (35) 715. 



phosphatic slag, (26) 34, 205. 

 road concrete, (40) 788. 

 soil as affected by kainit, (33) 326. 

 industry in United States, (32) 324, 424. 

 injurious to fish, (29) 821. 

 injurious to small fruits, (29) 40. 

 insecticidal value, (37) 262. 

 inspection in Massachusetts, (27) 327. 

 inspection in Ohio, (36) 123. 

 inspection in Pennsylvania, (37) 220, 818. 

 inspection law in Maryland, (27) 727; (33) 820; 



(34) 426. 

 long-continued use, (34) 128, 132. 

 loss from soUs, (26) 620: (27) 321; (29) 211; (35) 



813. 

 metabolism, relation to sexual glands, (28) 



370. 

 mixing with flowers of sulphur, (34) 51. 

 mud, fertilizing value, (26) 630. 

 neutralizer, detection in dairy products, (37) 



313. 

 niter, see Calcium nitrate, 

 nitrate as winter spray for fruits, (30) 641. 

 nitrogen, see Calcium cyanamid. 

 notes, (27) 326; (30) 27. 

 of feeding stuffs, digestibility, (40) 769. 

 of Fiji, analyses, (36) 319. 

 of Thomas slag, efficiency, (29) 823. 

 oils, expressed and distilled, notes, (30) 116. 

 phosphate, basic, analyses, (39) 222. 

 potash, fertilizing value, (26) 526. 

 potash, preparation and use, (27) 326. 

 production and use in United States, (31) 125; 



(36) 123. 

 production in 1913, (31) 726. 

 production in 1917, (39) 329; (40) 26. 

 production in United States, (28) 223. 

 products, analyses, (30) 822. 

 products, waste, as fertilizer, (35) 24. 

 refuse, analyses, (32) 32. 

 relation to— 



cold resistance in plants, (IP) 525. 



decomposition of organic matter in soil, (39) 

 127. 



dry spot of cereals, (29) 46. 



grape chlorosis, (26) 344 



magnesia in soils, (36) 519 



