II CONTENTS. 



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 Medicinal plants which have been collected and used in North Carolina, ('. W. 



II yams 612 



METEOROLOGY — CLIMATOLOGY. 



Report on the work of the station of agricultural climatology at Juvisy dur- 

 ing 1897, C. Flammarion 613 



Meteorological observations, C. S. Phelps G16 



Report of the meteorologist, J. E. Ostrander 617 



Meteorology, J. E. Bonebright 617 



WATER — SOILS. 



The conservation of soil moisture and economy in the use of irrigation water, 



E.W.Hilgard 617 



Measurements of soil temperatures at Norwegian observation stations, 1892- 



1897, J. Sebelien 618 



Observations on the management of sewage farms, O. Pfeiffer 618 



Nitric nitrogen produced by the pea, J. L. Beeson 618 



On denitrilication, G. Ampola and C. Ulpiana 619 



FERTILIZERS. 



Experiments with ferrous sulphate for destroying the denitrifying organisms 



of barnyard manure and the germs of Rothlauf and Schweineseuche, O. 



Miiller 620 



On denitrifying organisms, 0. Kiinnemann " 621 



Comparison of different phosphates, W. P. Brooks 622 



Natural phosphates compared with each other and with acid phosphate, W. P. 



Brooks 624 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills, B. O. White, and C. H. Jones 623 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers " 624 



Report of the chemist, department of fertilizers and fertilizer materials, C. A. 



Goessmann, et al 623 



FIELD CROPS. 



Composition of maize, H. W. Wiley 624 



Report of the agriculturist, W. P. Brooks 626 



Report of the director, II. Benton 628 



Notes on flax and hemp, H. T. French 635 



Millet, E. C.Chilcott and D. A. Saunders 629 



Forage crops of the James River Valley, J. H. Shepard and E. C. Chilcott 629 



Potato experiments, C. von Seelhorst 629 



Sugar beets in Idaho, C. W.McCurdy 630 



Sugar beets, R. H. McDowell aud N. E. Wilson 631 



Sugar beets, W. A. Withers 636 



Sugar beets in South Carolina, M. B. Hardin and J. F. C. DuPre 631 



Notes ou field experiments with tobacco in Massachusetts, 1893-1896, C. A. 



Goessmann 636 



Experiments with winter wheat, C. A. Zavitz 631 



Wheat, winter oats, barley, and lime experiments, R. H. Miller and E. H. 



Brinkley 633 



Field experiments with Avheat, oats, and barley, L. A. Merrill 634 



The influence of a temporary low temperature on the development of winter 



grains when sown in spring, C. von Seelhorst 635 



On the influence of smaller and larger amounts of water on the development 



of some cultivated plants, A. Mayer 635 



