EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



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



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



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

 Meteorology, Fertihzers and 8oils (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. Rchulte. 



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

 Horticulture — C. B. Smith. 

 With the cooperation of the scientilic divisions of the Department. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XIV, NO. 9. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



Need of experiments witli horses 829 



An index catalogue for agricultural libraries 830 



An index of scientific jieriixlicals 831 



IMemoir of the National Institute of Agriculture at Paris 832 



Recent work in agricultural science 833 



Notes 930 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



chemistry. 



Colorimetric determination of phosphoric acid and silica, F. 1*. Veitch 833 



Determination of citric-soluble phosphoric acid in Thomas slag, II. Neu))auer. 834 



Determination of phosphoric acid in Thomas slag, O. Kellner and O. Bottcher. 834 



Chemical analysis of soils, R. Corradi 834 



A chemical method for determining the quality of limestones, A. M. Peter 834 



Determination of carlion dioxid by the Walker method, A. G. Woodman 834 



Oxidation of organic nitrogen compounds and estimation of carbon and nitro- 

 gen therein by the moist process, E. Van Aken 835 



Deternnnation of constants for u.se in hydrographic tables, M. Knudsen et al . 835 



Impurities in oxygen and combustion in the bomb calorimeter, M. Berthelot. 835 



Determination and distriljution of ])entosans in Sea Island cotton, F. S. Shiver. 835 



Solutions for testing cream and milk, J. B. Weems and C. E. Gray 836 



On the determination of moisture in honey, F. T. Shutt and A. T. Charron... 836 



Some notes concerning Halphen's test for cotton-seed oil, E. Fulmer 836 



Determination of stearic acid, H. Kreis and A. Hafner 837 



Examination and composition of lemon juice, K. Farnsteiner 837 



The identification and composition of malt liquors, C. L. Parsons 837 



The standardization of sulphuric acid, F. S. Shiver 837 



Liquid baths for melting point detei-minations, H. Scudder 837 



The prevention of bumping, H. Scudder 837 



A water jacket of constant ordinary temperature, J. C. Schalkwijk 837 



A new form of K jeldahl apparatus . ^ 837 



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