II CONTENTS. 



FERMENTATION — BACTERIOLOGY. 



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An aerobic denitrifier in the germination of seeds, M. Egunov 227 



Bacteria of horse manure and their physiological role in the decomposition of 



the manure, Severin 228 



Contribution to the knowledge of anaerobiosis, N. Chudiakow 229 



ZOOLOGY. 



The birds of Colorado, W. W. Cooke 229 



METEOROLOGY. 



Meteorological observations at the botanic gardens of British Guiana 231 



The results of meteorological observations in Mandchouria and surrounding 



regions, M. Venukoff / 231 



water — SOILS. 



On the composition of drainage waters, P. P. Deherain 231 



Water analyses, A. A. Persons 233 



Variations in the temperature at the surface of soils of different character, J. 



Joubert 232 



Soil investigations, J. E. Payne 232 



Subsoiling, N. E. Hansen 233 



FERTILIZERS. 



Experiments with fertilizers 234 



Experiments with mineral fertilizers, M. Podobyed 235 



Kainit: Its importance and future in agriculture, L. Chernyaev 236 



FIELD CROPS. 



Broom corn 241 



Field experiments with corn, oats, and forage plants, W. C. Latta and W. B. 



Anderson 237 



Hybrids from American and foreign cotton, P. H. Mell 238 



Cotton culture in Egypt, G. P. Foaden 238 



Forage plants for South Dakota, E. C. Chilcott 241 



Report on test of varieties of grasses, C. S. Crandall 242 



Potatoes, B. C. Buffum 239 



Influence of artificial fertilizers on sugar beets, M. Podobyed 240 



Experiments in the culture of the sugar beet in Washington for 1895 and 1896, 



E. Fulmer 240 



Directions for sugar-beet culture, J. H. Shepard 242 



Analyses of sugar-cane juice. A. A. Persons 242 



Ten years of agricultural experiments at Cloches, C. V. Garola 240 



Crop notes, O. Clute 243 



Eeport of the Rain Belt Substation 241 



HORTICULTURE. 



Pot culture of lettuce, R. L. Watts 243 



Experiment garden notes, I, W. B. Alwood 244 



Experiment garden notes, II, W. B. Alwood 244 



Garden notes, J. H. Shepard and E. C. Chilcott 245 



Report on garden vegetables and orchard and small fruits, P. K. Blinn 244 



Tests of fruits, C. S. Crandall 246 



Pruning orchard trees, J. A. Balmer 246 



Report of the horticultural division of the Arkansas Valley Substation, P. K. 



Blinn 246 





