II CONTENTS. 



METEOROLOGY. 



Weather record at Newport (Arkansas) Substation for the season 1894, 6. B. 



Irby 382 



Meteorological observations at Camden, Arkansas, 1894, C. L. Newman 382 



Meteorological observations, 1895, C. S. Phelps 381 



Meteorological summary for 1895, V. E. Muucy 381 



Meteorological summary for 1895 382 



WATER — SOILS. 



Water analysis, J. B. Lindsey et al 385 



The effect of acidity on the development of nitrifying organisms, E.E. Ewell 



and H.W. Wiley.'. 385 



The Florida parishes of east Louisiana, W. W. Clendenin 382 



FERTILIZERS. 



Commercial fertilizers, E. B. Voorhees 390 



The best economy of concentrated fertilizers, 8. W. Johnson 391 



The assimilability of nitric and amnioniacal nitrogen Vjy plants, Pagnoul 386 



Vegetation experiments on the availability of nitrogen in certain nitrogenous 



materials, S. W. Johnson, W. E. I5ritton, and E. H. Jenkins 387 



Loss of fertilizer nitrogen, E. H. Jenkins and W. E. Britton 388 



Sewage disposal on the farm, T. Smith 391 



The cultural value of different i)liosphates, P. de Vuyst and P. Nyssens 388 



Fertilizers 389 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. A. Scovell. A. M. Peter, and H. E. Curtis . . 391 



Composition of commercial fertilizers, H. B. McDonnell et al 391 



Official inspection of commercial fertilizers and general chemical work in 1895, 



C. A. Goessmann 392 



Compilation of analyses of fertilizing materials, H. D. Haskins 392 



Analyses of fertilizers, C. A. Goessmann 392 



I'lELD CROPS. 



Observations on the growth of maize continuously on the same land for 8 



years, E. H. Jenkins 392 



Field experiments with fertilizers on corn, potatoes, and tobacco 401 



Cotton, R. L. Bennett and G. B. Irby 401 



Cowpeas, K. L. Bennett and G. B. Irby 401 



Forage plants, C. L. Newman 401 



Mixed forage crops, C. A. Goessmann 393 



Grasses and clovers, K. L. Bennett - 402 



Experiments with arotation of manures upon permanent grass lands, meadows, 



and pastures, C. A. Goessmann 402 



Fertilizer experiments on hemp 402 



Oat exi)eriments ' 402 



Fertilizer experiments on oats, C. A. Goessmann 393 



Peanuts, C. L. Newman 402 



The com]iarative effect of muriate and sulphate of potash on the potato crop, 



E. H. Jenkins 393 



Jerusaleui artichokes, turnips, and mangel-wurzels, R. L. Bennett and G. B. 



Irby.. 402 



Observations on the agricultural chemistry of sugar cane, T. L. Phipson 394 



Report of the results obtained with sugar cane on the experimental tields at 



Dodd's Reformat«ny, 1895, .1. P. d'Albucjuerque 394 



Experiments in growing tobacco with different fertilizers in 1894, E. H. 



Jenkins 395 



