jj CONTENTS. 



Pago- 



The loug-tailed shrews of the Eastern United States, G. S. Miller 960 



Synopsis of the American shrews of the genus Sorex, C. H. Merriam 960 



Synopsis of the Aveasels of North America, C. H. Merriam 960 



Genera and subgenera of voles and lemmings, G. S. Miller 961 



METEOROLOGY. 



Annual summary of meteorological observations in Colorado in 1896, W. L. 



Moore and F.L.Brandenburg 961 



Meteorological sunmiary for Maryland, 1896, H. J. Patterson 964 



Meteorological observations at the Massachusetts Hatch Station, October- 

 December, 1896, L. Metcalf and J. L. Bartlett 962 



Meteorological observations, L. Metcalf and J . L. Bartlett 964 



Nebraska weather and clima te, G. D. Swezey and G. A. Loveland 964 



Meteorological summary for Ob io, 1896, C . A. Patton , . . 962 



Climate of Oklahoma, G. E. Morrow 963 



The climate of Utah, J. Dryden 963 



Meteorological observations in Wyoming, 1891-'95. J. U. Conley 964 



WATER — SOILS. 



Investigations on the temperature relations of different kinds of soil, E. 



Wollny 964 



Shallow artesian wells of South Dakota, .T. H. Shepard 965 



Analyses of drinking waters, J. L. Hills and B. O. White 966 



FERTILIZERS. 



Analyses and valuations of fertilizers, L. A. Voorhees and J. P. Street 966 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. A. Scovell, A. M. Peter, and H. E. Curtis. 970 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, W. L. Hutchinson 970 



Fertilizer analyses, H. B. Battle 970 



Analyses of fertilizers, J. L. Hills and B. 0. White 970 



Commercial fertilizers, .T. L. Hills and B. O. White 970 



P^rtilizers, H. J. Wheeler, B. L. Hartwell, and C. L. Sargent 967 



Inspection of fertilizers, C. D. Woods, J. M. Bartlett, and L. H. Merrill 970 



Report on the enforcement of the fertilizer control law, H. J. Waters 970 



The consumption of commercial fertilizers in Vermont, J. L. Hills and B. O. 



White 969 



The economic value of farm manures, H. J. Waters 969 



Green manuring and the value of clovers and cowpeas in maintaining soil fer- 

 tility, H. .1 . Waters 969 



The effectiveness of artificial fertilizers 967 



Experiments with mineral fertilizers on the black soil of the Kursk govern- 

 ment, Russia, in 1895, A. Shekouu 968 



FIELD CHOPS. 



Cotton culture in Oklahoma, G. E. Morrow 974 



Flax culture, H. T. French 975 



Miscellaneous fodder crops, J. L Hills 970 



Experiments with grain crops, C. A. Zavitz 971 



Results obtained in 1896 from trial plats of grain, fodder corn, and roots, W. 



Saunders 97I 



Experiments with root crops, C. A. Zavitz 972 



.«ngar beets, W. W. Cooke and W. P. Headden 975 



A review of Oregon sugar beets, G.W.Shaw 975 



Production of sugar in Oregon from an economic standpoint, H. B. Miller 976 



