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Water supply and prevention of waste in European cities, C. O. Johnson 1055 



New methods and ap])aratus for sterilizing water, Kausch 1055 



Report on artesian wells, L. AVoolnian 1055 



Sinking of subterranean waters and the disappearance of springs, K. A. Martel . 1055 



A 1 )sorption of ammonia by sea water, J . Thoulet - 1 055 



The ^Murray waters 1055 



Preliminary investigation of the soil and water of the Fayonm Province 1055 



Influence of fertilizers on the water-holding capacity of soils, Iv Gross 1055 



Soil temperatures '. 1056 



Investigation of Illinois soils, C. G. Hopkins 105G 



The soil of the Bermuda Islands: Its origin and composition, A. E. Verrill... 1056 



Nature of nitrogen compounds found at different depths in tlie soil, G. Andre. 1056 



Tlie analysis of reh, tlie alkaline salts in Indian usar land, E.G. Hill 1056 



Influence of soil on yield and comjxjsition of i)lants, O. Lenunermann 1056 



Nitrification in different soils, AV. A. Withers and G. S. Fraps 1056 



FERTILIZERS. 



INIanures in use in Egypt, G. P. Foaden 1 057 



Preservation experiments with barnj-ard manure stored in heaps, lUichinann. 1057 



Valuation of unexhausted manures, J. A. Voelcker and A. D. Hall 1057 



Effect of green manures plowed under at different times, Causemann 1058 



Phosphorus versus lime in ])lant ash, P. i^. Keegan 1058 



An unusual result of fertilizing on a sandy moor soil, Clausen 1058 



Experiments with potash fertilizers on moor meadows, Baclmiann 1058 



Potash and alkaline phosphatic nitrogenous bone fertilizer, J. B. Sobrinho. . . 1058 



The manufacture of animal fertilizers 1058 



Coimnercial fertilizers, H. A. Huston and W. J. Jones, jr 1058 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, W. C. Stubbs 1 058 



Inspection of fertilizers and miscellaneous analyses, F. W. Morse et a! 1058 



Some facts about commercial fertilizers in New York State, L. L. A'an Slyke. 1058 



Fertilizer analyses, fall season, 1902, B. W. Kilgore 1 059 



Fertilizer analyses, spring season, 1908, B. W. Kilgore 1 059 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills and C. H. Jones 1059 



Water in its relation to the fertilization of the soil, R. Onor 1059 



FIELD CROPS. 



Report of the agriculturist, A. H. Danielson 1059 



Forage crops, grasses, alfalfa, clovers, etc. , W. R. Dodson 1059 



Experiments with phosphatic fertilizers in 1900-1901, O. Reitmair 1059 



The progress of absorption of nitrogen by cereals, J. Henry 1060 



Review of agricultural experiments, A. P. Aitken 1060 



Corn experiments in Illinois 1060 



The aciditv of corn silage, F. W. Morse 1 060 



Cotton culture, R. J. Redding 1060 



Cotton culture, J. S. Newman 1 06 1 



■Peas and the pea weevil, C. A. Zavitz and AV. Lochhead 1 06 1 



Experiments with oats, A))erdeen, 1901-2, J. Wilson and W. M. Findlay 1062 



Sisal, the Yucatan fiber, E. H. Thompson 1062 



Sugar-beet investigations in Illinois, C. G. Hopkins and L. H. Smith 1062 



jMacaroni wheat in South Dakota, E. C. Chilcott 1062 



Wheat and milling, A. Girard and L. Lindet 1063 



HORTICULTURE. 



A selected list of vegetables for the garden, F. W. Rane 1068 



Cultivation of vegetables and notes on varieties, G. Coote 1068 



Report of the horticultural division, W. F. Massey 1063 



Cucumbers under glass, G. E. Stone V ' ; ■^*^'^''^ 



The origin of various varieties of American muskmelons, F. W. Rane 1064 



Onion growing in the Cache la Poudre Valley, W. Paddock 1065 



The tomato industry of the Arkansas Valley, H. H. Griflin 1065 



Fertilizers for market-garden crops, B. Dyer 1066 



Experiments in orchard culture, R. A. Emerson 1066 



A study of Northwestern apples, N. E, Hansen 1068 



