II CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 On the determination and tlie clianges of hop tannin, and on the action of the 



hop tannin durinu the preparation of wort, J. Heron 461 



Eighth annual convention of the German Agricultural Experiment Stations .. 462 



The occurrence of arginin in the roots and tubers of some plants, E. Schnlze.. 466 



Efiect of cheuucal agents on germination, W. Sigumnd 467 



Concerning the activity of fungus-diseased leaves, H. Miiller-Thurgau 467 



The adaptability of tubercle bacteria of unlike origin to different genera of 



Legnminosic, F. Nobbe and L. Hiltner 468 



Some recent investigations concerning soil inoculation with pure cultures of 



tubercle bacilli for culture of legumes, F. Nobbe 469 



METEORt>LOGY. 



On periodicity of good and bad seasons, H. C. Russell 474 



Kite experiments at the Weather Bureau, C. F. Marvin 475 



Monthly Weather Review, April, May, June, and July, 1896.. 475 



Re^jort of meteorologist, W. H. Bishop 476 



Meteorological summary 476 



AVATEK — SOILS. 



Ammonia in rain water 482 



Mineral waters 482 



Clays 482 



Marls 482 



Soils, H. Snyder 482 



Soils 482 



The texture of the soil, L. H. Bailey 476 



The moisture of the soil and its conservation, L. A. Clinton 477 



Soil moisture, 1895, J. B. Weems and W. H. Heileman 477 



On the changes which the soil undergoes when sterilized, 1j. Richter 478 



Decomposition of vegetable matter in the presence of water and soil, E. Breal. 479 



On the cultivation of the soil, P. P. Deherain 480 



The influence of irrigation on meadows, J. Konig 480 



Tile drains 482 



Methods of the mechanical analysis of soils, M. Whitney 481 



I-EKTILIZEIIS. 



On the efl^ectof composting on certain phosphate.s, T. Pfeiffer and H. Thurmann 483 



The A'alue of leather refuse, J. B. Lindsey 483 



The role of fat in fertilizers, J. H. Vogel 484 



Fertilizers 484 



The contest of the Holland experiment stations against the adulteration of 



kainit with chlorids, A. Mayer 484 



Report of 1895 of the chemical laboratory of the Agricultural Institute of 



Alnarp, M.WeibuU... - 484 



FIELD CHOPS. 



Crimson clover, W. H. Bishop 490 



Egyptian clover and spurry , W. H. Bishop 490 



Fertilizer experiments upon clovers, A. von Liebenberg 485 



Corn, S. M. Tracy 490 



Corn, C. F. Cnrtiss 490 



