EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



EDITED BY 



A. C. TRUE, Pii. D., Director, 



AND 



E \V. Allen, Ph. D., Assistant Director — Chemistry, Dairy Faruiiiig, and Dairying. 

 W. II. Beal — Meteorology, Fertilizers (iiu-luding uiethods of analysis), Soils, and 



Agricultural Engineering. 

 Walter H. Evaxs, Ph. D. — Botany and Diseases of Plants. 

 F. C. Kexyon, Ph. D. — Entomology and Veterinary Science. 

 F. H. HALL^Field Crops. 



C. r. LAXtiWORTiiv, Ph. D.— Foods and Animal Production. 

 With the cooperation of the scientitic divisions of the De})artment and the Abstract 



Committee of the Association of Ctiicial Agricultural Chemists. 



CONTENTS of Vol. VIII, No. 8. 



Page. 



Editorial note : The nitrogen-free extract of feed ing stuffs 639 



Nitro«(en-free extract of plants and feeding stutfs, B. Tolleus 641 



Recent work in agricultural science 662 



Notes 737 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



CHEMISTRY. 



The action of enzymic ferments upon starches of diflerent origin, W. E. Stone. 662 

 Determinations of alumina and oxid of iron in nuneral phosphates, manures, 



sulphate of alumina, alum, etc., R. T. Thompson 663 



A modification of the Gunning method for nitrates, J. Fields 663 



The determination of sulphuric acid or of barium, J. Edmunds 663 



The carbohydrates of wheat, maize, flour, and bread, W. E. Stone 6(>1 



The (|iiantitative determination of carbohydrates in food stutils, I, W. K. Stone. 664 



'J'he iiuantitative determination of carbohydrates in food stulls, II, W. E. Stone. 665 



Method of determining the acidity of milk, A. Devarda 666 



Contribution to the knowledge of the rancidity of fats, E. Spaeth 666 



On the determination of stearic acid in fats, O. Hehner and C. A. Mitchell 666 



The chemical examination of cheese, A. Stutzer 667 



Valuation and standardization of XJcrmangauate solutions, E. Riegler 667 



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