II CONTENTS. 



METEOROLOGY. 



Page. 



The climate of Geneva, New York, P. Collier 567 



Meteorological report, 1895, Khode Island Station , N. Helme 567 



WATER — SOILS. 



Analyses of water, H. J. Wlieeler 574 



Analyses of waters, M. B. Hardin 574 



Alkali, B. C. Buffiim 568 



Investigations on the water capacity of the soil, R. Ulrich 569 



A contribution to the study of nitrification, Marcille 569 



Nitrilication, E. Golde wski 569 



Forestry -meteorological observations, E. Wollny 570 



The recognition of the acidity of upland soils and its bearing upon agricultural 



practice, H.J. Wheeler, B. L. Hartwell, and G.M.Tucker ' 571 



Further observations for the purpose of determining in how far the results 



secured in a soil test with a given plant are applicablfe to others, H. J. 



Wheeler and G. M. Tucker 571 



North Dakota soils, E. F. Ladd 572 



Soils from Kamerun, Senegambia, and German East Africa, and an improvefl 



method of soil analysis, F. Wohltmanft and H. Kratz 573 



A hrief discussion of the cultivated soils of Courland and Livonia based on 



examinations made by the Riga Polytechnic Institute, C. Thorns 573 



Texture of some important soil formations, M. Whitney 574 



The climate of Geneva, New York. Soil temperature observations, P. Collier. 573 



FERTILIZERS. 



The sources and cost of fertilizing materials, C. E. Thorne, J. F. Hickman, and 



W. J. Green 584 



The home mixing of fertilizers, C. E. Thorne, J. F. Hickman, and W. J. Green. 584 



The value of the manure from animals fed on linseed meal, H. Snyder 575 



The so-called " natural-plant food "' a soft phosphate, A. D. Selby 575 



The role of sulphate of iron, Coste-Floret 575 



Ammonium thiocyanate as an impurity in ammonium sulphate, H. J. Wheeler 



and B. L. Hartwell 575 



Field experiments with fertilizers, C. E. Thorne, J. F. Hickman, and W. J. 



Green 576 



On the substitution of soda for and its value in connection with. potash, H. J. 



Wheeler and G. M. Tucker 579 



Further observations upon the growth of various plants upon an upland acid 



soil before and after liming, H. J, Wheeler and G. M. Tucker 580 



Experiments with various kinds of barnyard manure alone and compared 



with nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, and urine, ^laercker 581 



Comparative action in granitic soils of dift'erent phosphatic fertilizers on the 



cultivation of potatoes, G. Battanchon 581 



Commercial fertilizers, P. Collier and L. L. Van Slyke 582 



Fertilizer analyses, R. C. Kedzie 584 



Analyses of fertilizers and fertilizing materials, M. B. Hardin 584 



FIELD CROPS. 



On the relative growth of common sorrel {Eumex acetoscllay and clover upon an 

 upland acid soil before and after liming, C. O. Flagg, H. J. Wheeler, and G. M. 



Tucker 584 



Indian corn experiment, C. O. Flagg and G. M. Tucker 585 



Crimson clover, F. W. Rane 586 



The draft of flax on the soil and the compositiou of flax soils, H. Snyder 586 



