EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALLEN, Ph. D., Assistant Director. 



EDITORIAL DKPAKTMENTS. 



Chemistry, Dairy Farming, and Dairying — The Editor and H. W. Lawson. 

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



Engineering — W. H. Beal. 

 Botany 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. Smith. 

 With the cooperation of the scientific divisions of the Department. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XIV, NO. 8. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



The agricultural appropriation act, 1903-4 725 



The Department inihlications 726 



The soil survey in 1903 727 



School garden at the Department of Agriculture 728 



New buildings at the New Hampshire and Missouri agricultural colleges 729 



Recent work in agricultural science 736 



Notes 823 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



CHEMISTRY. 



A new modification of the molybdic method, E. Riegler 736 



Determination of phosphoric acid in fertilizers, A. G. Woodman 736 



The valuation of Thomas slag, P>. Sjollema 736 



On the determination of citric-acid solu))le phosphoric acid, M. Passon 737 



Transformation of pyro])hosphoric acid into orthophosphoric acid, PL Grian . 737 



On the determination of calcium in the form of oxalate, V. Paguiref 737 



Rapid gravimetric method of estimating lime, F. B. Guthrie and C. R. Baker. 737 



On the determination of free lime in Thomas slag, M. Bischoff 737 



Lime determination by means of Passon's apparatus, M. Passon 737 



I'asson's lime test, T. Pfeiffer 737 



On the determination of perchlorates, M. Honig 737 



Titration method of determining hardness of water, A. Gawalowski 737 



Volumetric method for the determination of tannin, A. Thompson 737 



A method for the determination of glycerin in wine, A. Trillat 738 



On albuminoid substance extracted from maize seed, E. Donard and ?L Labbe. 738 



On musculamine, a new derivative from muscles, A. Etard and A. Vila 738 



Experiments with WoUny's refractometer for milk analysis, S. Hals 738 



First annual meeting of the Association of (ierman Food Chemists 738 



Synopsis for use in analysis and examination of preserved foods, C. Manget. . 738 



Report of the Chemical Control Station, Trondhjem, Norway, 1901, T. Soiberg. 738 



Annual report of progress in agricultural chemistry, 1901, A. Hilger et al 738 



Annual report of progress in chemistry, 1894, G. Bodliincler et ai 738 



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