II EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



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Determination of the diastatic power of malt, W. J. Sykes and C. A. Mitchell. 198 



The estimation of starch in meat products, J. Mayrhofer 199 



Composition of human fat, C . A. Mitchell 199 



Determination of volatile fatty acids by the method of Leffmaun and Beam, 



W. Karsch 199 



On the probable error of the rapid milk testing methods of Babcock, Gerber, 



and Thijrner, compared with the gravimetric (sand) method, H. Schrott- 



Fiechtl 199 



Contribution to the determination of milk sugar in milk and milk products, 



B. A. VanKetel 200 



Further notes on the deteition of formalin, H. D. Richmond and L. K. Boseley . 200 



The detection of formalin, A. Hehner 200 



Note on the estimation of formic aldehyde, H. M. Smith 201 



Note on IIehner"s test for formic aldehyde, N. Leonard 201 



Physical methods of butter examination, N. Wender 201 



Photometric- method for the quantitative estimation of sulphuric acid, J. I. D. 



Hinds 201 



Photometric method for the estimation of lime, J . I. D. Hinds 20J 



Detection of small quantities of lead in drinking water, M. Antony and T. 



Benelli 202 



A new condenser, R. Walther 202 



BOTANY. 



Relation of growth of leaves to the carbon dioxid of the air, D. T. MacDougal. 20.j 

 On the resting periods of plants and the means of shortening the same, .J. 



Eriksson -..' 203 



Contributions to the physiology of woody plants, K. G. Lutz 204 



METEOROLOGY. 



On the diurnal variation of rainfall, A. Angot 206 



Observations with actinometers on Mont Blanc to determine the solar con- 

 stant, J. Vallot 206 



Monthly Weather Review, annual summary, 1895 206 



Monthly Weather Review, January, February, and March, 1896 207 



Climate and Health, Vol. II, No. 2 207 



Meteorological observations, June and July, 1896, L. Metcalf and J. L. Bartlett. 207 



Meteorological records, E. A. Beals 207 



Meteorological observations, June, 1896, H. B. Battle and C. F. von Herrmann. 208 



Meteorological observations, W. B. Alwood 208 



SOILS. 



The oxidation of the organic matter of the soil, P. P. Deh<^rain and E.Demoussy . 208 



FERTILIZERS. 



The maintenance of soil fertility: Commercial fertilizers, F. W. Woll 212 



The marls of Wisconsin, F. W. Woll 208 



Fertilizer experiments conducted at the Royal Swedish Agricultural Academy 



during 1895, L. F. Nilson 209 



Composition of commercial fertilizers, H. B. McDonnell et al 212 



Provisions of the new fertilizer law of New York, L. L. Van Slyke 212 



FIELD CROPS. 



Variety tests of barley, W. M. Hays 223 



Experiments with corn, C. C. Georgeson, F. C. Burtis, and D. H. Otis 213 



