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 Modification in method of iisinjj: the electric, thennoineter for <letennining 



underiirouiid tenii)eratnres, 11. Bec(|uerel 834 



The soil cover of forests and the role of earthworms 834 



FERTILIZERS. 



Report on fertilization, C. F. Eckart 834 



The value of some city wastes as fertilizers 83(> 



Bacteria occurrin<i in mamire and tlieir role in its deconn)osition, S. Severin.. 83() 



.Kxi)eriments with precipitated calcium phospiiate, H. (i. S()derhaum 83() 



Comparative experiments with nitro<rcnous fertilizers, C I'flauiner 837 



Kefuse molasses solutions as a fertilizer, Bartos 837 



Phosphate rock, K. \V. Parker 837 



(;y})sum, I*]. \V. Parker 838 



The use of commercial fertilizers, P. Wagner 8158 



Analyses of couuiiercial fertilizers, J. Hamilton and W. Frear 838 



Phosjihates and fertilizers, E. AVillis 838 



FIELD CHOPS. 



Results obtained in 1901 fr6m trial plats of .tr'aJ'i. etc., W. Saunders 838 



Report of the asricniturist, INFichigan Station, J. D. Towar 839 



AVinter cereals and legumes, A. M. Soule and P. (). Vanatter 840 



Soil improvement and forag<' exju'riuu-nts, R. L. Bennett 840 



Economic exjieriments conducted at Antigua, F. Watts and W. N. Sands 841 



Green crops for winter fodder, P. Quirk 841 



Substitutes for clover 841 



Broadcasting and drilling grain, Bachmann 841 



Contributions to the Alinit cjuestion, C. Schulze 841 



Effect of secondarv growth on composition of chicory roots, E. Carj)iaux 842 



Corn culture, K. J. Redding 842 



p]ffects of renewing the humus in continuous corn culture, W. C. Latta 843 



Corn culture, (i. dTtra 843 



Fertilizers for corn, C. Giner 843 



Cotton and cotton oil, D. A. Tompkins 843 



Cowpea exi>eriinents, C. L. Newman 843 



Breeding flax, W. AI. Hays ' 844 



Hemp (Caiiiiahl.^ sulini), S. S. Boyce 844 



Assimilation in oat plant under different conditions, L. Langer and B. Tollens 844 



The potat( > en .]\ ( ). M. Morris 845 



Culture of the ]>otato in tield experiments at Grignon in 1900, P. P. Deherain. 845 



Old i)otatoes made new 845 



The international ramie congress, Paris, 1900 845 



Rice growing in the Logan district and its jneparation for market, F. W. Peek 845 



Rice culture, G. d'Utra 846 



The rice industry in (Queensland, F. W. Peek 846 



Saltbushes, R. W. Peacock 846 



The sugar beet in Indiana, H. A. Huston 846 



Chemical changes in composition of sugar beet during ripening, K. Andrlik.. 84(5 



(irowth of the <terman sugar industry from 1S50 to 1900, 10. O. von Lipjunaun 846 



Work of the Hawaiian [Sugar Planters'] Exi)eriment Station, R. E. Blouiu.. 846 



Distance and fertilizer exjieriments with sugar cane, J. D. Kobus 847 



Cane-sugar industry of .\ustralia, W. Maxwell 847 



Proceedings of sugai' cane and cassava convention, April 9, 1901 847 



The sunHower, A. Fiiedrich 847 



Studies on the culture ami biology of tobacco, C. J. Koning 847 



The production of tobacco in Italy from 1890 to 1899 847 



Wheat culture, I. ( iiglioli 847 



Studies and researches on the wheat grain, etc., E. Frichot 847 



HORTICULTURE. 



Cyclopedia of American horticulture, L. H. Bailey 847 



Gardening for the South, or how to grow fruits and vegetables, W. N. White. 848 



Gardening for begiimers, a handbook to the garden, E. T. Cook 849 



Report of the horticulturist, I>. R. Taft 849 



Use ot commercial fertilizers in vegetable growing, J. Aeby 849 



