EXPKRIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: K. W. ALLEN, Pii. D., Assuskml JJinxtor. 



EDITOKIAI. DICI'AKTMEXTS. 



C'liemistrv, Dairy Fariiiin<,', aiul Dairying; — The Editor and IL W. LAwsf)N. 

 Meteorology, Fertilizers aii<l Soils (including methods of analysis), and Agricultural 



Engineering — W. H. Bicai,. 

 Botany and Diseases of Plants — Walter H. Evans, Ph. D. 

 Foods and Animal Production — C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. 

 Field Crops — J. L ScnriTE. 



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

 Horticulture— C. P. Smith. 

 With the cooperation of the scientific divisions of the Department and the Aljstract 



Conmiittee of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XIII, NO. ii. 



Editorial notes: T'age. 



Biological soil studies U)09 



A new departure in agricultural education 101 1 



The early literature of agriculture 1012 



Recent work in agricultural science 1014 



Notes 1108 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



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Ro]inrt of the prnfpppnr of chemistry, R. Harcourt 1014 



^Miscellaneous chemical analyses, A. D. Selby and J. W. Ames 1014 



Treatise on agricultural chemi.'^try 1014 



A plan for cooperating in the study of availaljle plant food, C. C. Moore 1014 



On the determination of citrate-in.soluhle phosphoric acid, C. D. Harris 1014 



The determination of calcium, strontium, and barium as oxalate, C. A. Peters. . 1015 



On the determination of sulphur in soils, T. Pfeiffer and R. Riecke 1015 



Determination of nitrogen, F. Jean 1015 



Analysis of water, H. Potell - 1015 



The evolution of the oxvgen absorption test in water analysis, J. B. Weems . . 1015 



A delicate method for thedetectiou of formaldehyde, C. .Arnold and C. IMentzel. 1015 



Tiie quantitative estimation of formaldehyde, L. Vanino an(l E. Seitter. . .. . . . 1015 



Progress in analysis of butter, margarin, cooking fats, and oils. A. Ilasteriik. . lOKJ 



Note on the Reichert value of butter and other fat.-*, E. Reychler lOK) 



Determination of cocoaimt oil in butter, F. Ranwez 101(> 



The anatomy of the fruit of tlu; cocoanut, A. L. Wiuton 101(5 



Detection and api)roximate estimation of minute quantities of arsenic in beer, 



brewing materials, food .stuffs, and fuels 1016 



Methods for the analysis of insectictides and fungicides, J. K. Haywood lOIt) 



Experiments on sejiaralion by means of metallic salts of albuminoids produced 



by Uiyi;i=liuii, Z. Cerny 1 OKi 



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