II CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Note ou the distinction between boiled and unboiled milk, Kubner 25 



Rajjid methods for butter exaiuination, Ostertag 25 



Proceedings of tlie twelfth annual convention of the Association of Offlcial 



Agricultural Chemists, H. W. Wiley 26 



150TAXY. 



On the action of different colors ujiou plants, C. Flammariou 26 



Formation and assimilation of asparagin, O. Loew 27 



On the occurrence of nitrates in germinating plants, E. Schulze 27 



Nitrogen assimilation in the cotton plant, C. E. Coates and W. R. Dodson 27 



METEOltOLOGY. 



The work of the station of agricultural climatology of Juvisy, France, in 1895, 



C. Flammarion - 29 



The determination of the relative quantities of aqueous vapor in the atmos- 

 phere by means of the absorption lines of the spectrum, L. E. Jewell 30 



The diurnal lunar waves and the secular variations of the barometer, P. Gar- 



rigon-Lagrange - 31 



Protection from lightning, A. McAdie 31 



North Carolina weather during the year 1895, H. B. Battle, C. F. von Herr- 

 mann, and K. Xunu 31 



Meteorological observations, H. B. Battle, C. F. von Herrmann, and R. Nunn.. 34 



Meteorological observations in Wyoming, 1891-96, .1.1). Conley 32 



The work of the AVeather Bureau in connection with the rivers of the United 



States, W. L. Moore 33 



Report of the third annual meeting of the American Association of State 



Weather Services 34 



WATER— SOILS. 



Analyses of drinking water, J. L. Hills and B. O. White 37 



The improvement of unproductive black soils, H. A. Huston 34 



Soil temperature and water, C. Flammarion 36 



Soil temperatures, J. D. Conley 36 



FERTILIZEKS. 



A phosphate deposit in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, M. C. Ihlseng and M. S. 



McDowell 37 



Comparative tests during 1893 and 1894 of sulphate of ammonia and nitrate of 



soda, li. Grahl 39 



Pot experiments with refuse lime from beet-sugar factories, G. Faye 39 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers in Kentucky 40 



Inspection of fertilizers in Maine in 1896, W. H. Jordan, J. M. Bartlett, and 



L. H. Merrill 40 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers in New York, L. L. Van Slyke 38 



Fertilizer analyses in North Carolina, H. B. Battle 40 



Analyses of fertilizers in Vermont, J. L. Hills and B. O. White 41 



FIELD CROPS. 



Cotton culture, R. J. Redding 41 



Cowpea, W. C. Stubbs, AV. R. Dodson, and M. Bird 42 



Forage plants for South Dakota, T. A. Williams 46 



Experiments with oats, C. C. Georgeson, F. C. Burtis, and D. H. Otis 43 



Miscellaueous fodder crops, J. L. Hills 43 



