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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD 



Potassium— Continued. 



and calcium sulphate, preparation, (32) 424. 

 assimOation by plants, (31) 219. 

 availability in soils, (33) 517; (35) 429. 

 bichromate — 



as milk preservative, (27) 677; (32) 576. 

 effect on germination of seeds, (20) 820. 

 effect on milk, (31) 507; (33) 503. 

 effect on plants, (27) 131. 

 bisulphate, use in manufacture of superphos- 

 phates, (27) 627. 

 bromate, effect on enzym action, (38) 611. 

 bromid, effect on composition of milk, (30) 178. 

 carbonate- 

 effect on germination of dodder, (27) 28. 

 effect on germination of seeds, (29) 328. 

 fertilizing value, (29) 632; (38) 218. 

 chlorate injection into trees, (32) 754. 

 chlorid— 



absorption by plants, (35) 435. 

 action on humus, (39) 514. 

 analyses, (28) 326. 

 chlorid, etTcct on — 



activity of malt diastase, (29) 528. 

 activity of soil bacteria, (31) 821. 

 ammonification and concentration of soil 



solution, (39) 323. 

 composition of cereals, (37) 827. 

 composition of turnips, (29) 418. 

 germinating plants, (33) 128. 

 germination of seeds, (29) 327. 

 nitrogen content of soil, (38) 213. 

 quality of sugar beets, (28) 44. 

 wheat, (38) 439; (40) 244. 

 chlorid— 



fertilizing value, (26) 329, 526, 630, 736; (27) 

 32, 137, 234, 325, 338; (28) 832; (29) 625, 

 830; (30) 25, 427, 437, 636; (31) 731, 829; 

 (32) 136; (35) 535; (36) 121; (38) 218, 422, 

 816, 825; (39) 434, 737, 740; (40) 516. 

 for asparagus, (28) 339. 

 carnations, (27) 844. 

 citrus fruits, (31) 634. 

 cranberries, (34) 150. 

 imports into United States, (31) 726. 

 preparation, (40) 801. 

 secondary and subsidiary effects, (30) 26. 

 use with seaweed, (33) 331. 

 waste liquors, effect on water supplies, (30) 

 714. 

 content of muscles, (26) 566. 

 content of spinach, (40) 451. 

 cyanid — 



analyses, (38) 643. 



as greenhouse fumigant, (32) 536. 



as larvicide, (27) 452. 



conduction in plants, (38) 855. 



effect on permeability, (37) 326. 



effect on permeability of vegetable plasma 



membrane, (34) 333. 

 effect on trees, (33) 154, 556, 725. 

 injection into trees, (32) 152, 754, 846. 

 inoculation, effect on trees, (39) 225, 762. 

 insecticidal value, (35) 755. 

 toxic action on Paramecium and Didinium, 

 (40) 465. 

 deficiency, effect on oat plant, (40) 324. 

 detection as cobalti-nitrite, (20) 607. 

 detection with tartaric acid, (32) 608, 6C9. 

 determination, (28) 5C9; (29) 307, 609; (32) 714; 

 (33) 710; (34) 503; (35) 315; (36) 111, 299, 611; 

 (37) 110; (39) 413, 714. 

 determination — 



as platinic chlorid, (20) 108; (27) 409. 

 in blood, (40) 116. 



fertilizers, (29) 409; (35) 12. 

 foods, (29) 809. 

 minerals, (27) 805. 

 potassium silicate, (30) 412. 

 potassium sulphate and kainit, (28) 710. 

 soils, (27) 109; (28) 204. 

 vegetable ash, (38) 311. 

 distribution in renal cells, (30) 277. 

 effect on — 



Aspergillus fumigatus, (29) 30. 

 Aspergillus niger, (28) 527. 

 grapas, (31) 339. 



growth of tubercle bacilli, (29) 381. 

 hydration and growth, (40) 818. 

 yield of rubber, (31) 444. 



Potassium — Continued. 



excretion under normal and pathological condi- 

 tions, (29) 106. 

 ferrocyanid — 



fertilizing value, (34) 27. 



residue, fertilizing value, (26) 323. 



toxicity in soils, (40) 726. 

 hydroxid and sulphur, reaction between, (31) 



409. 

 importance in animal nutrition, (31) 663. 

 in metabolism of Aspergillus niger, (30) 727. 

 iodid, effect on ammonification, (28) 724. 

 iodid, stimulation of radishes by, (39) 730. 

 iodid, therapeutic value, (35) 382. 

 localization and function in plants, (26) 823. 

 mobility in vegetable tissue, (32) 128. 

 nitrate — see also Saltpeter. 



absorption bv plants, (35) 432. 



deposits in Brazil, (39) 817. 



deposits in New Mexico, (27) 127. 



deposits in western America, (26) 226. 

 nitrate, effect on- 

 alcoholic fermentation by Sterigmatocystis 

 nigra, (37) 223. 



baking quality of flour, (30) 555. 



burning quality of tobacco, (38) 140, 239. 



flow of rubber latex, (29) 748. 



germinating plants, (33) 128. 



germination of dodder, (27) 28. 



germination of seeds, (29) 328. 



legume bacteria, (29) 733. 



nitrogen-assimilating bacteria, (38) 724. 



toxic salts, (30) 31. 



wheat seedlings, (31) 426. 

 nitrate — 



exports from India, (26) 524. 



fertilizing value, (31) 518; (36) 626; (38) 218. 



in hops, (32) 502. 



in plants, (27) 26. 



preparation, (40) 801. 

 of biotite, availability, (33) 722. 

 Of soils, studies, (28) 30. 

 oxalate, effect on starch ferments, (27) 109. 

 oxalate, toxicity, (28) 601. 

 oxid, determination in soils, (31) 313. 

 palmitate, use in water analysis, (31) 502. 

 permanganate — 



action with plant peroxidases, (37) 726. 



antiseptic and germicidal value, (37) 176. 



as antidote for poisonous plants, (37) 688. 



as soil disinfectant, (31) 621. 



as soil sterilizer, (26) 322. 



determination of arsenious acid with, (28) 

 804. 



effect on moor soils, (35) 724. 



effect on plant growth, (35) 434. 



effect on root growth of cuttings, (39) 826. 



effect on sweet peas, (27) 621. 



fertilizing value, (28) 820; (33) 841. 



reduction in plants, (30) 31 . 



relation to tobacco gummosis, (28) 243. 



solution, standardization, (3l) 501. 



solutions, preparation, f38) 412. 



therapeutic value. (38) 585. 



treatment for seed grains, (34) 844. 



use against grape oidium, (28) 152. 

 persulphate, oxidation of carbohydrates by, (33) 



602. 

 phosphate, effect on wheat seedlings, (31) 426 . 

 phosphate, fertilizing value, (27) 342. 

 platinic chlorid, reduction, (27) 409; (40) 711. 

 relation to carbohydrate formation and decom- 

 position, (27) 635. 

 removal from soil, (39) 517, 724. 

 requirements of B. subtDis, (39) 619. 

 requirements of barley and oats, (37) 34. 

 salt as an adulterant of table salt, (29) 867. 

 salts — see also Potash salts. 



absorption by plants, (35) 433. 

 salts, effect on— 



ammonia fixing power of soUs, (27) 323. 



Aspergillus niger, (28) 824. 



bacterial flora of soils, (28) 815. 



catalase, (26) 504. 



composition of plants, (29) 419, 



frost resistance in plants, (28) 38. 



germination and growth of crops, (34) 125 



hydrogen-ion concentration in soils, (39) 425. 



nitric-nitrogen accumulation, (40) 722. 



plants, (32) 538. 



