EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. \Y. ALLEN, Ph. I>., Assistant Director. • 



EDITOR I \ L 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 — ('. F. Lang worthy, Ph. D. 

 Field Crops — J. I. Schulte. 



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

 Horticulture — ('. B. Smith. 

 With the cooperation of the scientific divisions of the Department. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XVI, NO. n. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



An experiment station conference 1043 



Agricultural instruction at the National Educational Association 1044 



Semi-centennial of Pennsylvania State College 1046 



Recent work in agricultural science 1048 



Notes 1139 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



CHEMISTRY. 



Progress in agricultural chemistry, 1903, A. Hilger, T. Dietrich, et al 1048 



Progress in analytical chemistry during the year 1904, A. Skrabal 1048 



Report from committee on uniformity in analysis, I, W. F. Hillehrand etal.. 1048 



A text-book of physiological chemistry, C. E. Simon 1048 



Chemical research in agriculture, F. T. Shutt 1048 



Annual report for 1904 of the consulting chemist, J. A. Voelcker 1048 



Determination of carbon dioxid secreted by roots during growth, P. Kossovich . 1 048 



Acidity of plant roots, C. Montanari 1049 



Preparation of standard solutions of sulphuric acid, B. North and W. Blakey. 1049 



Determination of alkalis in silicates by Smith's method, B. M. Margosches. . . 1049 



A crucible cooler for the determination of alkalis, R. L. Steinlen 1049 



Methods for the examination of maple products, J. Hortvet 1049 



Potassium oxalate as a lead precipitant in sugar analysis, H. E. Sawyer 1049 



Cinnamon starch, A. Beythien, H. Hempel, and P. Bohrisch 1049 



A in ite on urea, R. Gaze 1050 



A method for the rapid estimation of chlorin in urine, W. M. Dehn 1050 



Rapid estimation of potassium and sodium in urine, L. Gamier 1050 



Examination of meat and other extracts for xanthin bodies, K. Micko 1050 



The hydrolysis of casein, Z. H. Skraup 1050 



Hydrolysis of casein by means of hydrochloric acid, Z. II. Skraup 1050 



The character of lecithin, R. Willstsitter and K. Liidecke 1050 



Carbon tetrachloride in extraction of fat, L. L. Bianchini 1050 



Determination of solids in milk preserved with formalin, H. Hoft 1050 



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