II CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 On the physiological action of neutral sodium sulphite on phanerogams, K. 



Negami 622 



The poisonous action of ammonium salts on plants, S. Takabayashi 622 



Notes on the grasses and forage plants of Iowa, Nebraska, and Colorado, L. H. 



Pammel 623 



Notes on the plants used by the Klamath Indians of Oregon, F. V. Coville 623 



FERMENTATION — BACTERIOLOGY. 



On the origin of sake yeast, K. Yabe 625 



On the behavior of yeast at high temperature, T. Nakamnra 626 



Note on a grape wine fermented by sake yeast, K. Negami 626 



Bromalbnmin and its behavior toward microbes, O. Loew and S. Takabayashi. 627 



METEOROLOGY. 



United States daily atmospheric survey, W. L. Moore 629 



Report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau for 1897, W. L. Moore 630 



Instructions for use of aneroid barographs on the Great Lakes, W. L. Moore. . 630 



Weather record for 1896 at Newport, Arkansas 630 



WATER— SOILS. 



Soil moisture during the crop season of 1896, M. Whitney and R. S. Hosmer .. . 630 



Researches on the drainage waters of bare and cultivated soils, P. P. Deherain. 631 



Production of humus from manures. I [. Snyder 632 



Production of ammonia at the expense of organic matter and humus, E. Br6al. 633 



Soil improvement, R. L. Bennett, G. B. Irby, and C. L. Newman 634 



FERTILIZERS. 



The decomposition of nitrates by bacteria, A. Stutzer and H. Jensen 635 



Fertilizers 636 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers 638 



Fertilizer analyses, B. H. Hite 638 



The availability of organic nitrogen 637 



FIELD CROPS. 



Canaigre 643 



Broom corn 643 



The composition and yield of different varieties of sugar cane, P. Bouame 638 



Tbe renewing of worn-out native prairie pastures, T. A. Williams 643 



Report of the assistant in dairy husbandry, C. B. Lane 644 



Experiments in breeding Noe summer wheat and Gottingen oats, Liobscher, 



Edler, and von Seelhorst 638 



Wheat 639 



Influence of the nature of soil on the culture of wheat 639 



Experiments with chemical manures, J. R. Bovell and J. P. d' Albuquerque. .. 640 



Lime and liming, H. J. Wheeler 640 



Effects of the rotation of crops upon humus content and the fertility of soils, 



H. Snyder 641 



HORTICULTURE. 



The camphor tree, L. H. Dewey 649 



Some problems iu experimental horticulture, W. M. Munson 644 



Depth of sowing and planting, B. D. Halsted 645 



Experiments with mulching, B. D. Halsted 645 



Irrigation of garden crops, B. D. Halsted 645 



Studies and illustrations of mushrooms, I, G. F. Atkinson 646 



