CONTENTS. Ill 



Page. 



Influence of plowing and mellowing soil on its temperature, A. Tolski 1060 



The maintenance of fertility. Liming the soil, C. E. Thome 1061 



On the lime requirements of plants, ( ). Loew 1061 



Factors in crop production, C. G. Hopkins 1061 



Soil treatment for lower Illinois, C. < i. Hopkins and J. E. Readhimer 1062 



Science and sense in the inoculation of legumes, C. (i. Hopkins 106:; 



Accumulation and utilization of atmospheric nitrogen, E. B. Voorhees and 



J. G. Lipman 1063 



The production and loss of nitrates in the soil, R. Warington 1064 



FERTILIZERS. 



Methods of distributing fertilizers 1064 



The quest of nitrogen, L. H. Bailey 1064 



The production and waste of bones, E. Kriiger 1064 



Influence of ratios of phosphoric acid to nitrogen on barley, R. Bahadur 1064 



Action of phosphoric acid in agricultural phosphate, 0. Bottcher 1064 



Fertilizer experiments with low percentage and high percentage Thomas slag. 1064 



Action of heavy applications of magnesia in form of sulphate, T. Nakamura . . 1064 



Inspection of fertilizers in 1904, F. W. Morse 1065 



Commercial fertilizers, W. W. Miller and N. W. Lord 1065 



FIELD CROPS. 



The breeding of agricultural plants, C. Fruwirth 1065 



Effect of desiccation on dimensions of plant organs, M. Berthelot 1065 



The roots of plants, A. M. Ten Eyck 1066 



The results of field experiments with farm crops, C. A. Zavitz 1066 



Agricultural experiments, F. C. Henniker 1069 



Experimental farms in Bombay Presidency, F. Fletcher and J. B. Knight 1069 



Field experiments conducted at the Cawnpore Farm 1070 



Hope Experiment Station, W. Fawcett 1070 



Agricultural experiments during the crop year 1903-4, J. B. Harrison 1070 



Cooperative experiments in 1903, Z. Yanushevski 1070 



Heavy and light weight grains, H. Snyder 1070 



The germination and viability of frost-damaged grain, 0. Glarum 1071 



Forage and pasture plants of Iceland, II, S. Stefanson and H. G. SOderbaum.. 1071 



Alfalfa in Indiana, A. T. Wiancko and M. L. Fisher 1071 



Culture experiments with Imperial barley, 1901-1903, S. Rhodin 1071 



Corn improvement in Indiana, A. T. Wiancko 1071 



Suggestions for Missouri corn growers, M. F. Miller 1072 



Second annual meeting of Missouri Corn Growers' Association 1072 



An overlooked forage plant of high value ( Festura arundinacea ) 1072 



Light and dark colored flaxseed, H. Snyder 1072 



Hop culture in Bohemia, R. Graas 1072 



Report on potato trials, 1903, H. Juhlin-Dannfelt 1073 



Experiments with potatoes on home-mixed fertilizers, C. D. Woods 1073 



Investigation of Swedish root crops, H. Juhlin-Dannfelt and H. G. Soderbaum. 1073 



Report on experiment with varieties of swedes in 1902, W. Bruce 1073 



Proceedings of first annual convention of American Beet Sugar Association. . . 1073 



Unusual yields of rye, J. Kiihn 1073 



Wheat, J. N. Harper 1074 



Glutenous and starchy grains, II. Snyder 1 074 



Rusted wheat, H. Snyder 1074 



The effect of rust on the straw and grain of wheat, F. T. Shutt 1075 



Wheat and barley from Madagascar, Balland 1075 



HORTICULTURE. 



Another hardy garden book, Helena R. Ely 1075 



Firminger's manual i »f gardening for India, J. Cameron 1075 



Department of horticulture, L. B. Judson 1075 



Cooperative tests of peas, beans, sweet corn, and cabbage, N. E. Hansen et al. 1075 



Onion culture, F. Garcia. . 1076 



Early cantaloupes, P. K. Blinn 1076 



Successful fruit culture, S. T. Maynard 1077 



Fruit culture in Bohemia, H. Fort 1077 



