EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALLEN, Ph. D., Chief, Office of Expcnment Stations. 

 Assistant Editor: H. L. Knight. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



Agricultural Chemistry and Agrotcclmy — L. W. Fetzer, Ph.. D., M. D. 

 Meteorology, Soils, and Fertilizers{}[- ^|- ^l^'^;^,^^,,^ 



Agi-icultural Botany, Bacteriology, and Plant Pathologyj^- ^- ;^qyd^' ^^^' ^' 



Field Crops— G. M. Tucker, Ph. D. ... LIBPAI 



Horticulture and Forestry — E. J. Glasson. NPW ^ 



fC. F. Langworthy, Ph. D., D. Sc. ' 



Foods and Human Nutritional. L. Lang. oOTAf\ , 



Ic. F. Walton, Jr. tlAKUtir 



Zootechny, Dairying, and Dairy Fanning — H. Webster. 

 Economic Zoology and Entomology — W. A. Hooker, D. V. M. 

 Vcteriuary ModicinojW-,^; H;oK-. 



Rural Engineering — R. W. Tkulunger. 

 Rural Economics — E. Merritt. 

 Agricultural Education — C. H. Lane. 

 Indexes — M. D. Moore. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XXXIII, NO. 6. 



Page. 



Recent work in agricultural science 501 



Notes 600 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



agricultural chemistry — agrotechny. 



A rapid method of estimating nitrates, Knecht 501 



The estimation of protein ammonia, Winkler 501 



Oxidation of carl)ohydrate8 by potassium persulpliate, Wood and Walker 502 



Analytical work, Gile and Carrero 502 



Determination of eggs in food pastes, Farcy 502 



The ferments of honey, Gothe 502 



Experimental studies on honey diastase activity, Gotho 502 



Estimation of chlorin ions in honey, Nottbohm 502 



Preservation of milk samjiles for examination purposes, Tillmans et al 502 



Changes in milk i^reserved with potassium bicni'omate, Kling et al 503 



The action of milk mold on phcnylandnoacetic acid, Horsters 503 



Volumetric estimation of casein in milk by aid of tetraserum, Pf yl and Turnau . 503 



Old and new methods for determining fat in milk, Oven 503 



Determination of lactose in milk by the polarimetric method, Feder 503 



Estimation of viscosity of milk as an aid for detecting added water, Kooper 504 



Detection of goat's milk in cow's milk, Pritzker 504 



The freezing point of some abnormal milks, Henderson and Meston 504 



The electrical con<luctivity of milk during its concentration, Jackson et al 504 



Dry milk with particular reference to determining the fat content, Utz 505 



C^saro's method for the detection of coconut fat in butter, Stoeclin 505 



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