11 CONTENTS. 



Paj-e. 



A method of determining alcohol in wine, Duboux and Dutoit 913 



Benzoic v. cinnamic acid in food analysis, Scoville 913 



Rapid measurement of potassium bichromate in milk, Gouere 914 



Analysis of butter for the detection of falsification, Crispo 914 



A new constant for butter analysis, Hodgson 914 



The oxygen equivalent of cocoanut oil, Hodgson 914 



A method for the detection of cocoanut oil in butter fat, Hodgson 914 



The dependence of the Polenske number on manipulation, Arnold 914 



The estimation of fat in feces, Hall 914 



Microscopy of technical products, Hanausek, trans, by Winton and Barber 914 



New apparatus for rapid determination of dry matter in gluten, Bremer 915 



Use of Abbe refractometer for determination of dry substance, Geerligs 915 



Agricultural chemistry in the first half of the year 1907, Zielstorff - 91 5 



General index of Chemisches Centralblatt, 1902-1906, Hesse and Bloch 915 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



The study of the weather as a branch of nature knowledge, Newbigin 915 



Smithsonian meteorological tables, McAdie, Marvin, and Abbe 915 



Organization and development of meteorological service of Mexico, Pastrana. . . 915 



Monthly Weather Review 915 



Meteorological observations 916 



Meteorological records for 1906 916 



Meteorological, magnetic, and seisinic observations, Haliana, 1906, Gangoiti. . . 916 



Meteorological observations, Sedgwick 916 



The weather of the year 1905 in Hertfordshire, Hopkinson 916 



Phenological phenomena oljserved in Hertfordshire during 1905, Mawley 917 



The meteorology of Scotland during 1906 917 



[Temperature and rainfall of Cape of Good Hope] 917 



Hourly meteorological observations at the Manila central ol)servatory, 1905 917 



Some air temperature readings on sloping ground, Vinson and Russell 917 



Clouds, rains, and fires, Memery 918 



Rain-producing east winds and their influence, Richardson 918 



Rainfall on the plains, Carpenter 918 



Notes on rainfall at Savannah, Ga. , de Bruyn-Kops 918 



Hailstorms in Prussia in 1905 918 



A simplification of Gallenkamp's rain-measuring apparatus. Sprung 918 



The underground waters in forest and open soil, Ivanov and Sazhin 918 



Well waters from farm homesteads, Shutt 918 



Drinking water on the farm.Denoel 918 



[Sewage disposal at Nottingham, England] '. 919 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



The composition and properties of some Texas soils, Fraps 919 



The chemical composition of some Texas soils, Praps 920 



Preliminary report on surface soils fnnn the Abitibi region, Shutt 920 



Notes on character of soil between Langdon and Gleichen, Alberta, Shutt 920 



An investigation of soils of southern Sweden, ^^'(■il)ull 920 



[Analyses of tea soils], Kingsford and Bamber 922 



Reports upon the Irish peat industries, part 1, Ryan 922 



Method of treatment of peat and peat bogs, Miintz and Girard 922 



Burning clay soils for cultural purposes. Bagger 922 



The control of moisture in orchard soils, Shutt 923 



Work of chemical laboratory of Ploti Experiment Station in 1906, WelHel 923 



Further improvement of inoculation methods for leguminous plants, Stormer. . 924 



Growing and distrilKiting nitrogen-gathering bacteria, Earp-Thomas 924 



The ferments of. the soil and the nutrition of plants, Hermenegildo Gorria 924 



Methods for determining fertilizer requirements of soils, Snyder 924 



Peas as a fertilizer in the Northwest, Shutt 925 



Nitrate of soda, ammonium salts, and lime nitrogen, Wagner et al 925 



Fall application of nitrate of soda, Castelli 926 



Experiments with crude ammonia, Voglino 926 



The action of ammonium sulphate on light sandy soils, Imelmann 926 



Experiments with lime nitrogen on oats, fodder beets, and potatoes, Svoboda . 926 



Recent experiments with lime nitrogen and other nitrogeneous fertilizers 926 



