EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



EDITKD BY 



A. C. TRUE, Ph. D., Director, 



E. W. Allen, Ph. D., Assistant Director — Chemistry, Dairy Farming, and Dairying. 

 W. H. Beal — Meteorology, Fertilizers (including methods of analysis), Soils, and 



Agricultural Engineering. 

 Walter H. Evans, Ph. D. — Botany and Diseases of Plants. 

 C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. — Foods and Animal Production. 



F. C. Kenyon, Ph. D. — Entomology and Veterinary Science. 

 R. A. Emerson — Horticulture. 



J. I. Schulte — Field Crops. 



With the cooperation of the scientific divisions of the Department and the Abstract 

 Committee of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 



CONTENTS OF Vol. X, No. i. 



Page. 



Editorial notes: The reading course as a factor in agricultural education 1 



Scandinavian seed-control stations, F. W. Woll 4 



Recent work in agricultural science 16 



Notes 99 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



CHEMISTRY. 



New method for water analysis — Application of oleic acid as an indicator in 



the quantitative determination of mineral matter, E. d'Huart 16 



Percentage of phosphoric acid in potable waters, C. Lepierre 16 



Note on the estimation of citrate-soluble phosphoric acid in Thomas slag, M. 



Passon 17 



A new method for the estimation of starch in grains, L. Lindet 17 



On the practical application of the refractometer in butter examination, A. J. 



Swaviug 17 



The examination of filled cheese, A. Devarda 18 



A new drying oven with a constant temperature, M. C. Schuyten 18 



BOTANY. 



Notes upon bean and pea tubercles, B. D. Halsted 21 



Some botanical notes on corn, L. H. Pammel and R. Combs 22 



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