EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALLEN, Ph. I)., Assistant Director. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



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

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



Engineering — W. 11. Beal. 

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

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

 Field Crops — J. I. Sciiulte. 



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. XVI, NO. 



Editorial notes: I,; «-'' 



' ' School of Agriculture " at the St. Louis Exposition 219 



Recent work in agricultural science 222 



Notes 308 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



CHEMISTRY. 



Action of water and saline solutions upon phosphates, F. K. Cameron and 



L. A. Hurst 222 



Rendering soluble the phosphoric acid in crude phosphates, A. Ystgaard 223 



Action of organic matter on solubility of tricalcium phosphate, A. Stalstrom.. 223 



Determination of phosphates in natural waters, A. T. Lincoln and P. Barker. . 224 

 Are inorganic phosphates found in seeds and seedlings? E. Schulze and N. 



Castoro 224 



Potassium tetroxalate as a titrating reagent, O. Kuhling 224 



The use of potassium tetroxalate as a titrating reagent, G. Lunge 224 



Potassium tetroxalate as a titrating reagent, 0. Kuhling 224 



Dumas' method of determining nitrogen, A. Landsiedl 224 



Determination of nitric nitrogen by means of ferrous sulphate, G. Bailhache.. 224 



Estimation of ammonia in animal juices and organs, M. Nencki and J. Zalessky . 224 



F< inn in which nitrogen occurs in proteid molecule, T. G umbel 224 



F< inn in which nitrogen occurs in albumin, C. Rothera 224 



Estimation of albumen and other nitrogenous constituents, N. Nedokutschajew. 225 



Determination of humus by means of potassium permanganate, lshcherekov. . 225 



Determination of humus by the chromic method, A. N. Sabanin 225 



Acetic-acid extract of soils, D. N. Prianishnikov 226 



Reaction of lard from cotton seed meal-fed hogs, E. Fulmer 226 



Identification of boric acid in meat, A. Reinsch... --*> 



New method of estimating sugar in chocolate, A. Steinmann 226 



Estimating sugar in cocoa products, Jeserich 227 



Examining and judging cocoa products, Filsinger 227 



Identification of Bombay mace in powdered mace, W. Busse 227 



Examination of molasses feeds for tat and sugar, D. J. Hissink 227 



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