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Soils of Iowa, W. H. Stevenson 652 



Soils, B. C. Aston 652 



Composition value of important types of Illinois soils, J. A. Dewey 652 



On the absorptive capacity of different layers of soils, K. S. Karpizov 652 



Influence of structure of soil on yield of oats, S. Bogushevski 653 



Distribution of lime in soils of Vaudoia vineyards, J. Dufour and H. Faes 653 



L( less and its main types, P. I. Krishtafovich 653 



Origin of the loess, P. Armashevski i ;:>; ; 



History of steppes near Black Sea from end of tertiary period, X. Sokolov 653 



Some geobotanical i >1 >servations on the North Ural, N. Yissotski 653 



Bibliography and cartography of West Virginia, S. B. Brown 653 



FERTILI/.EKS. 



Bacteria of horse manure and their role in decomposition of manure, Severin. . 653 



Lime as a preservative for barnyard manure, S. Hals 654 



Liquid manure cisterns, lb Christiani 654 



Manures and how to mix them 654 



Effectiveness of phosphoric acid of manure, W. Schneidewind and D. Meyer . 654 



Wolters phosphate, E. Wein 654 



Quality of Thomas slag employed in Carinthia in 1903, F. Schulze 655 



Phosphate shipments 655 



Rock phosphate, B. C. Aston 655 



The utilization of free nitrogen, A. Wiesler 655 



Migrations and transformations of nitrogen, and its utilization, P. Wagner ... 655 



Contribution to subject of fertilizing value of lime nitrogen, Zielstorff 655 



Liming, A. Orth 656 



Nitrate of soda 656 



Nitrate profits '. 656 



Action' of nitrate of soda, T. Bieler 656 



Action of calcium compounds on mobilization of potash, J. Dumont 656 



The action of sodium chlorid on field crops 657 



Home-mixed fertilizers, C. D. Woods 657 



( 'ommercial fertilizers, E. H. Jenkins et al 657 



The fertilizer industry in the South.. 658 



Under what conditions can commercial fertilizers be most profitably employed?. 658 



FIELD CROPS. 



Agricultural experiments and presentation of their results, A. Mitscherlich. . . 658 



Report of the agricultural branch, Bengal, 1904, S. L. Maddox 658 



Investigations on the rooting and tillering of grains, K. Opitz - . 658 



Alfalfa, C. D. Woods 659 



A test with eight varieties of barley, R. S. Seton 659 



Influence of artificial manures on barley, H. Hunter 659 



The culture and drying of chicory 659 



Influence of the color of seeds on yield of clover, V. Kharchenko 66o 



Hairy or sand vetch and bur clover, B. W. Kilgore et al 660 



The mangel and its cultivation, A. Holm 660 



Oats, R. W. Peacock 660 



Behavior of potatoes and beets toward potash salts, W. Schneidewind and I). 



Meyer 660 



Report on tests of varieties of potatoes, R. S. Seton 661 



SafHower and safflower oil, K. Ippolitov <><>:_' 



Soy beans in Maine, C. D. Woods and J. M. Bartlett 662 



Influence of sodium salts on composition of sugarcane, H. C. Prinsen ( ieerlius. . 662 



Sweet-potato culture, M. B. Waite ... . . 662 



The sweet potato, G. L. Sutton 663 



Varieties of tobacco cultivated at Royal Tobacco Experiment Station in 1903 . 663 



Wheat culture in the Province of Buenos Ayres, C. D. Girola 663 



Report on test of fourteen varieties of wheat at Garforth, 1903, R. S. Seton... 663 



A test of sixteen varieties of wheat at Garforth, P. S. Seton.... 663 



Manure experiments with wheat at Wagga, L903; F. B. (iuthrie and R. Helms. 663 



Manure experiments with wheat, Bathurst farm, R. W. Peacock 664 



Rust-resistant wheats, W." L. Summers 664 



Chemical composition of Hungarian wheats, W. Hanko and J. Caspar 664 



Wilhelmina wheat, J. Roemeling 664 



