IT CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Report of the chemist, R. C. Kedzic 863 



Changes in and additions to methods of analyses adopted at the thirteenth 



aunnal meeting of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, H. W. 



Wiley 863 



r.OTANY. 



The germination of harley with restricted moisture, T. C.Day 863 



Effect of stem ringing on hroad-leavod, deciduous trees. A. D. Richardson 864 



The production of inoculating materials (Nitragin; for use in agriculture, J. 



A. Yoelcker 865 



Report of the consulting hotanist, C.F.Wheeler 866 



]MKT^"OI!OLOGY. 



The influence of the weather on sugar-heet crops during 1891-'95, W. Rimpau,. 868 

 Meteorological observations at Michigan Agricultural College, 1894, R. C. 



Kedzie 870 



WATER — SOILS. 



The reduction of nitrates in cultivated soil, P. P. Deherain 870 



On the question of the nitrification of soils, Kochenovski 871 



FERTILIZERS. 



Experiments on the pre.servation of harnyard manure, B. E. Dietzell 872 



The fertilizing value and the preservation of nitrogen of harnyard nuinure, 



J. Aehy, R. Dorsch, F. Matz, and P.Wagner 873 



Contribution to the subject of the changes occurring in the decomposition of 

 nitrogenous organic substances, T. Pfeiffer, E. Franke, C. Giitze, and H. 



Thurmann v 875 



The improvement of light lauds by green manuring 880 



Chemical experiments toward rendering available the phosphoric acid of min- 

 eral phosphates, F. T. Shutt 877 



Fertilizers 877 



Fertilizer control, H. B. Battle 879 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, F. W. Woll 880 



The decomposition of organic matter and the humus compounds 38 related to 

 the culture of the soil, E. Wollny 879 



FIELD CROrS. 



Experiments with crimson clover to study the influence of time of seeding 881 



Experiments with corn, 1896, J. F. Duggar 881 



Fertilizer experiments with corn on muck land, C. D. Smith 882 



Field experiments with fertilizers 883 



Grasses and forage plants of the Dakotas, T. A. Williams 883 



Millet, A. A. Crozier 885 



Essex rape and crimson clover, II. H. Hortou 883 



Report of the agriculturist, C. D. Smith 883 



A study of a rotation for dairy farms 884 



Practical suggestions in reference to systematic and economical methods of 



using barnyard and chemical manures 885 



HORTICULTURE. 



Field experiments with fertilizers . . . ., 885 



Edible fungi, L. M. Underwood 886 



