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, Fertilizers 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. XVI, NO. 4. 



Editorial notes: Page- 

 Service of station men in the dual capacity of instructor and investigator. 313 



Is teaching advantageous to station investigation? 315 



The experiment stations and university extension '. 317 



Convention of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, 1904 320 



Recent work in agricultural science 330 



Notes - 41 1 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



chemistry. 



Ritthausen's classification of plant proteids, D. Prianishnikoy 330 



Action of 4 per cent sulphuric acid on legumin, D. Prianishnikov 330 



Hexone bases in potatoes and the dahlia, E. Schulze 330 



The molecular weight of glycogen, Mine. Z. Gatin-Gruzewska 330 



Determination of phosphoric acid by weight of molybdic precipitate, S. Brush- 



linski 330 



Determination of potash, N. Tarugi 331 



Methods of mechanical analysis of soils, Sabanin 331 



Action of hydrochloric acid on soil under different conditions, S. Brushlinski. 331 



Determination of gliadin in flour by the polariscope, H. Snyder 332 



Gravimetric estimation of starch of flour, H. Witte 332 



Estimation of fat in cheese and food stuffs, H. L. Yisser 332 



Estimation of fat in cheese, B. Sjollema 332 



Examination of culinary fats, A. Juckenack and R. Pasternack 332 



Natural occurrence of mixed fatty acid glycerids, H. Kreis and A. Hafner 332 



The identification of spoiled fat in food products, F. Wiedmann 332 



Lithium method" of separating saturated fatty acids, K. Famsteiner 332 



The color reactions of fat oils, H. Kreis 332 



The estimation of soluble carbohydrates in foods, G. Benz 333 



Identification of different sorts of cinnamon, J. Hanus 333 



Report on general work in the chemical laboratory, C. A. Goessmann 333 



Methods anil interpretation of water analysis, A. Robin - - 333 



The technical analysis of water, W. E. Ridenour - - 333 



The separation of calcium and magnesium, C. Stolberg 333 



Eudiometric method for calcium, barium, strontium, and potassium, E. Riegler. 333 



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