II CONTENTS. 



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Method for estimation of maltose in preaence of other sugars, Davis and Daish. . 112 



Determinationof pentoseswiththeaidof thespectroscope, Pino ff and Gude 113 



Amylometer for calculating starch content of potatoes, Vilikovsk;^ and Stempel. 114 



Estimation of copper in conserve with the spectrophotometer, Tassilly 114 



Determination of copper in copper-spraying mixtures, Malvezin 114 



General method for the analysis of the ashes of body fluids, Mestrezat 114 



A new method for determining lactic acid in organic substances, Bellet 114 



Estimation of formic acid, Torquati 115 



Estimation of nitric acid, Torquati 115 



Detection of nitrous acid when present with ferric salts, Artmann 115 



The detection of nitrates and nitrites in sewage, Higginson 115 



A method for determining phosphoric acid, Moeser and Frank 115 



Citro-phosphate solutions, I , Pratolongo 115 



The preparation of Petermann's solution, Zohren 116 



The solubility of basic slag, Hughes 116 



Method for the titration of sulphurous acid, Bosshard and Grob 116 



The determination of calcium as a tungstate, Saint-Sernin 116 



The industrial synthesis of sodium cyanid, Matignon 116 



Winery directions, Bioletti 117 



Manufacture of dried vegetables, fruits, etc._, Valvassori 117 



Experiments in the desiccation of wild berries, Lind 117 



Production of dextrin and its use, Parow 117 



A new agricultural industry: Sugar from millet, Chevalier 117 



METEOROLOGY. 



Agricultural meteorology and wireless telegraphy, Granderye 117 



Analysis of very small quantities of air, Guye and Germann 117 



The meteorological aspect of the smoke problem, Kimball 117 



The shifting of the climatic belts, Penck 118 



Climatic change. Brooks 118 



Climatological data for the United States by sections 118 



General weather review for Storrs, Conn., 1912 and 1913, Esten and Mason 118 



Meteorological observations at Massachusetts Station, Ostrander and McLain. . 118 



The climate of New York in relation to agriculture, Wilson 118 



The climate and weather of Australia, Hunt, Taylor, and Quayle 118 



Distribution of rainfall in northeastern United States, Wall is 119 



The rainfall of California, McAdie 120 



Nitrogen in rain and snow. Knight 120 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



The Rothamsted memoirs on agricultural science 120 



Soil survey of Shawnee County, Kansas, Throckmorton, Byers, et al 121 



The loess soils of southwestern Ohio, Cook, Montgomery, et al 122 



The ground water in Hamburg, Voller 122 



A study of some water tables at Giza. Balls 123 



Notes on seasonal variation in the composition of drainage water, Hughes 123 



Decomposition of soil carbonates, Maclntire 123 



The nitrogen content of soils of Scania, Sweden, Weibull 123 



Experiments on the rate of nitrification, Beesley 123 



Soil bacteria and soil productiveness, Lohnis 124 



Impro\'ing sandy soils by the use of green manure crops, Allen and Dean 124 



Fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by boron compounds, I, Stabler and Elbert. . 125 



Synthesis of ammonia from aluminum nitrid, Matignon 125 



The oxidation of nitrogen in the voltaic arc, Sapozhnikova et al 125 



Catalysis of cyanamid and its importance in agriculture, Kappen 125 



Action of carbon dioxid on crude calcium cyanamid [nitrolime], Manuelli 125 



The influence of fineness upon the availability of bone meal, Peck 125 



Phosphate rock, Waggaman 126 



Potassium salts 126 



Potash deposits in Spain, Hurst 126 



The preparation of potash from feldspar and other sources 126 



Granitic soil potassium and the production of hay, Curry and Smith 126 



Lime in agriculture ._ 126 



Experiments on the effect of different forms of lime, Meyer 127 



Gypsum, Wilder 127 



