II CONTENTS. 



METEOROLOGY — CLIMATOLOGY. 



Instructions for voluntary observers, W. L. Moore 426 



Wind-barometer table, E. B. Garriott 426 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXV, Nos. 4-6 424 



Climate of Alaska, A. J. Henry 426 



Meteorology, W. H. Bishop 424 



Meteorological record 426 



Report on the relative humidity of southern New England and other localities, 



A. J. Henry 425 



Clothing and temperature, \V. F. R. Phillips 425 



The standard system of coordinate axes for magnetic and meteorological 



observations and computations, F. H. Bigelow 426 



A monograjdi on the mechanics and equilibrium of kites, C. F. Marvin 427 



WATER — SOILS. 



The water supply of Cache Valley, S. Fortier 427 



The value of a bacteriological examination of water from a sanitary point of 



view, E. K. Dunham 428 



Alkali in the Rio Grande and Animas Valleys, A. Goss and H. H. Griffin 428 



The physical effects of various salts and fertilizer ingredients upon the soil as 



modifying the factors which control its supply of moisture, J. L. Beeson . .. 429 



FERTILIZERS. 



Experiments on the fertilizing action of the phosphoric acid of bone meal, 



J. Kiihn 434 



Box experiments with phosphates, L. H. Merrill 436 



Analyses of fertilizers, C. A. Goessniann ic6 



Fertilizer inspection, C. D. Woods 436 



Composition of ashes of different woods, A. E. Shuttleworth 435 



FIELD CROPS. 



Manurial conditions affecting the malting quality of English barley, J. M. H. 



Munro and E. S. Beaven 436 



Methods of curing clover and alfalfa, M. Maercker 439 



Results of experiments with corn, cotton, forage crops, and tobacco, D. N. 



Barrow 439 



The cfi'ect of sterilizing soil on the growth of root tubercles of cowpeas, M. 



H. Beckwith 446 



Experiments with varieties of grain, C. A. Zavitz 440 



Silage and forage crops, C. A. Zavitz 440 



Soil and forage crop tests at Dover, W. H. Bishop 441 



Hops, and the modern requirements of the brewer relating thereto, L. Briant 



and C. H. Meacham 442 



Experiments with potatoes and field roots, C. A. Zavitz 443 



On the influence of vegetable mold on the nitrogenous content of oats, H. W. 



Wiley 444 



Results of experiments at the San Juan Substation, H. H. Griffin 446 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report of the horticulturist, M. H. Beckwith 446 



An experiment in tea culture, W. Saunders 450 



Report of the working and results of the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm 



since its establishment, Duke of Bedford and S. U. Pickering 447 



Thinning fruit, S. A. Beach 448 



Stra wherries, J . Craig 449 





