II CONTENTS. 



FERMENTATION — BACTERIOLOGY. 



Page. 



Concerning a ferment of cellulose, V. Omelianski 922 



Have the common yeasts pathogenic properties? Katherine E. Golden 923 



Anew pigment-forming saprophyte, W. W. Rodeswitsch 923 



ZOOLOGY. 



A revision of the North American bats of the family Vespertilionidae, G. S. 



Miller ---- 924 



Antagonism between the venom of Vespidse and that of the viper— the first a 



vaccine against the second, C. Phisalix 925 



METEOROLOGY. 



Annual summary of meteorological observations in the United States, 1897. .. 926 



Report of the meteorologist, N. Helme 927 



Report of the meteorologist, T. F. Watson 927 



Weather record for 1896 at Newport, Arkansas 928 



WATER — SOILS. 



Soil moisture, G. H. Failyer and J. T. Willard 928 



Contribution to the study of nitrification in the soil, T. Schloesing, Jr 929 



Influence of light, humidity of soil, and depth of cultivation on the position 



of the stooling node of winter rye, D. N. Pryanishnikov and E. Boarlyuk.. 930 



A study of methods of cultivation, J. II. Shepperd and J. A. Jeffery 931 



FERTILIZERS. 



Denitrification and farmyard manure, R. Wariugton 933 



On the substitution of soda for, and its value iu connection with, potash, H. J. 



Wheeler and G. M. Tucker 933 



Analyses and valuations of fertilizers, L. A. Voorhees and J. P. Street 934 



Fertilizer analyses, R. C. Kedzie 938 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers and other manurial substances, C. A. 



Goessmann 939 



Composition of commercial fertilizers, H. B. McDonnell et al 939 



Commercial fertilizers, 15. H. Hite 939 



Further observations on the growth of various plants upon an acid upland 



soil, limed and uulimed, H. J. Wheeler 935 



Further observations upon the growth of barley upon an acid upland soil, 



H.J.Wheeler and (J.M.Tucker 939 



Continued observations for the purpose of determining in how far the results 



secured in a soil test with a given plant are applicable to others, H. J. 



Wheeler and G. M. Tucker 936 



Observations for the purpose of ascertaining if a lack of lime is more or less 



general in Rhode Island soils, C. O. Flagg, H. J. Wheeler, and G. E. Adams . . 937 

 Further observations for the purpose of determining whether the beneficial 



action of lime upon the. soil of the experiment station farm is due to any 



extent to its neutralizing action, H. J. Wheeler, G. M. Tucker, and P>. L. 



Hartwell 937 



Trial of phosphates, C. O. Flagg and G. M. Tucker 938 



FIELD CHOPS. 



Investigations on the influence of factors of growth on the productive capac- 

 ity of cultivated plants, E. Wollny 939 



Autumn catch crops, P. P. Deh6rain 940 



Barley — variety tests, W. W. Cooke 941 



