II CONTENTS, 



Page. 



A new method for the volumetric determinaiion of iron, Bollenbach 113 



Food codex of the Netherlands, I-III, Vandevelde 113 



Colorinp; matters for foods and condiments, Beythien and Hempel 113 



[Judgment of cereals], Levy 113 



Determination of invert sugar in beets, Urban 113 



Determination of dry matter and starch content of potatoes, Hals and Buchholz . 113 



Progress in honey chemistry, Hasterlik 114 



Detection of glucose vinegar, Delluc 114 



The influence of the method of heating on spices, Lowenstein and Dunne 114 



Sulphurous acid in champagne, Filaudeau 114 



Studies in the action of heat on milk, Renshaw and Ware 114 



A new method for detecting pathologic milk, Bauer and Sassenhagen 114 



A rapid method for determining the fat content of cream. Rosengren 114 



Examination of cream, Lobeck 115 



The newer methods for testing butter and margarin, Prescher 115 



A color reaction for butfer and lard, Reichard 115 



A modified Uffelmann reaction, Kiihl 115 



Brewers' grains, (jonnermann ■ 115 



Schaffnit's method for determining impurities in linseed press cake, E/endam. . 115 



Estimation of the acidity of apple must. Brioux 1 15 



Quantitative method for fatty acids in fats and oils, Braun 1 16 



Determination of the acid and saponifying numbers of dark fats and oils, Marx . . 116 



The detection of fish oils in vegetable oils, Eisenschiml and Copthorne 116 



Fat staining methods, Eisenberg 116 



The biological detection of vegetable agglutinins and hemolysins, Kobert 116 



Photochemical formation of formaldehyde in green plants, Schryver 116 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Reorganization of weather forecasting in Russia. Brounov 117 



Instructions for establishing field observation plats at meteorological stations. . 117 



How farmers may utilize special warnings of Weather Bureau, von Herrmann. 117 



The yield of millet in dependence upon meteorological factors, Pulman 117 



Influence of meteorological conditions on oats in chernozem region, Brounov. 117 



Relation of yield of apples to precipitation, 1901 to 190S, Semadeni and Gauer. . 118 



The minimum temperature of the lower layers of the air. Wangenheim 118 



Moisture and temperature of air on mountains and in the open, Schubert 118 



The question of local showers, Utechin 119 



Distribution of rainfall, Gannett 119 



Meteorological observations at Massachusetts Station, Ostrander and Damon. . . 119 



Meteorology of the year 1908, Shaw 119 



Surface water supply of the North Atlantic coast 1907-8, Barrows and Bolster. . 119 



Surface water supply of the North Pacific coast, Stevens and Henshaw 119 



Water resources of the Blue Grass region, Kentucky, Matson and Palmer 119 



[Analyses of well waters], Patten 119 



The farmer as an aquiculturist, Heyking 120 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Agriculture in the coal regions of southwestern Pennsylvania, Wilder 120 



Observations on soils of the colony of Eritrea, Princiju 120 



Eight years' soil investigation in southern Illinois, Hopkins et al 120 



Character and treatment of swamp or muck soils, Gamble and Slater 120 



[Sugar cane soils], Patten 120 



Action and movements of water in soil, Gamble 121 



The action of commercial fertilizers on percolation of water in soils, Blanck 121 



The moisture of the soil, Voglino 121 



Determination of assimilable potash in soils, Bieler-Chatelan 121 



The functions and value of soil bacteria, Kellerman 121 



The bacterial flora as a factor in the unproductiveness of soils, Dachnowski 122 



The balance of life in the soil 122 



Gain and loss of nitrogen in cultivated soils, Koch 122 



Nitrogen -fixing bacteria and nonlegummous plants, Bottomley 122 



Seasonal nitrification as influenced by crops and tillage, Jensen 122 



Denitrification in soils and in liquids, Koch and Pettit. 123 



Fertilizing effect of soil sterilization. Dyer ! 123 



The fertilizing influence of sunlight, Howard 123 



