EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALL1<:X, Ph. D., Assistant Director. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



Chemistrj-, Dairy Farming, and Dairying — The Editor and H. W. Lawsox. 

 Meteorology, Fertilizers and Soils (including methods of analysis), and Agricultural 



l<]ngineering — W. H. Beal. 

 Botan.y and Diseases of Plants — Walter H. Evans, Ph. D. 

 Foods and Animal Production — C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. 

 Field Crops — J. I. Schulte. 



Entomology and Veterinary Science — E. V. Wilcox, Ph. D. 

 Horticulture — C. B. SiMith. 

 With the cooperation of the scientific divisions of the Department. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XIV, NO. 5. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



Overworking among experiment station men 413 



Need of extending the scope of station operations 415 



Recent work in agricultural science 417 



Notes 510 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



chemistry. 



Determination of sulphur and phosphorus in plant substances, C. P. Beistle. . . 417 



Determination of sulphur and phosphorus in organic materials, H. C. Sherman. 417 



Estimation of soil acidity and the lime requirements of soils, F. P. Veitch 418 



Tacke's method for determining acidity in soils, M. Gratchev 418 



A short method of determining potash, B. SjoUema 418 



Volumetric determination of lime, N. Stepanov 418 



Separation of iron, aluminum, and phosphoric acid from lime, N. Stepanov. . . 418 



Separation of soil particles in mechanical analysis, C Nefedof 419 



On the combustion of nitrogen, R. Salvadori 419 



The artificial production of nitrates, Maizieres 419 



Determination of lactose in milk, Degrez 419 



A method for the quantitative estimation of ergot in flour, W. Mitlacher 419 



Cause of injury of platinum crucibles in analysis of phosphates, W. C. Heraeus. 419 



Laboratory work, P. Boname 419 



Directions for laboratory work in physiological chemistry, H. C. Jackson 419 



Eighteenth annual convention of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 419 



Report of the consulting botanist, W. Carruthers 419 



Report of the section of botany, A. Lofgren 420 



Report of the government botanist, J. H. Maiden 420 



Flora of the Galapagos Islands, B. L. Robinson , 420 



