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CONTENTS. 



[Vol. 35 



Tiige. 



Boiling and condensing points of alcohol-water mixtures, Evans 11 



The electrolytic determination of iodin present in organic matter, Krauss 11 



A proposed new method for citrate-insoluble phosphoric acid. Hunt 12 



Citric-acid-soluble phosphoric acid in slag, Celichowski and Pilz 12 



The determination of potassium in fertilizers, Pilz 12 



Note on the estimation of fat in food for infants, Chapman 12 



Analysis of majile products. — VI, Test for purity of maple sirup, Snell et al. . 12 



The determination of cholesterol in blood, Bloor 13 



Volumetric estimation of total sulphur and sulphates in urine, itrummond 13 



A method for the determination of alcohol in the presence of phenol, Ehrlich. . 13 



Kajjid pycnometric method for ' ' gravity solids " in cane-sugar factories, Walker . 14 



Theories on formation of molasses from standpoint of phases, van den Linden. . 14 



Proposed method for profitable utilization of waste sulphite liquor, Tartar 14 



Fruit preserving: Canning, bottling, jam-making, and candying peel, Allen. . . 14 



METEOROLOGY. 



Climatic variations and economic cycles, Huntington 14 



The money value of rainfall in the United States, Cragoe 14 



Protection from damage by frost. Reed 15 



Relation of the soil to the meteorological factors, Loske 15 



Aridity and humidity maps of the United States, Jefferson 15 



Agi'icult\ual meteorology in Canada, Mills 15 



[Report of the] committee for the investigation of atmospheric pollution 15 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



A giude to the niineralogical analysis of soil, Seemann 16 



The data of geochemistry, Clarke 16 



The plasticity of clay and its relation to mode of origin, Da\'is 16 



On osmosis in soils, Lynde and Dupr(5 16 



Salts, soil colloids, and soils, Sharp 16 



The absorption of potassium and phosphate ions by typical soils, Bogue 17 



Soil survey of Mississippi County, Arkansas, Hall et al 17 



Soil survey of Webster Parish, Loidsiana, Meyer et al 17 



Soil survey of Montgomery County, Maryland, Carter, jr., and Hull 18 



Soil survey of Clinton County, New York, Maxon and Cone 18 



Soil survey of Trumbull County, Ohio, Coffey et al 18 



Soil 8Ui"vey of Raleigh County, West Virginia, Latimer 18 



Soil survey of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Whitson et al 19 



Soil survey of Juneau County, Wisconsin, WTiitson et al 19 



Soil survey of Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, \Vhitson et al 19 



Soil survey of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Whitson et al 19 



The chemical composition of virgin and cropped Indiana soils, Conner 19 



Plant food in Aroostook soils, Woods 19 



A peculiar clay from near the City of Mexico, Ililgard 19 



Analyses of Queensland soils, Brunnich 20 



Chemical composition of certain vineyard soils, Perold and Crawford 20 



Relation of carbon bisulpliid to soil organisms and plant growth, Fred 20 



The effect of heat upon soil fertility, Owen 20 



The influence of nitrification upon soil fertility, Owen 21 



Physical-chemical studies of soil. — III, Pratolongo 21 



Effect of vanillin as a soil constituent. Skinner ._ 21 



Experiments on lime determination in agricultural soil, Bandi 21 



Plant foods for crops in ] 916, Van Slyke 21 



Experiments with fertilizers. Bear 22 



Culture experiments with nitrogenous fertilizers, von Roibnitz 22 



Granulated calcium cyanamid ( Norwegian lime nitrogen), Hals 22 



Acid soils and the effect of fertilizers upon them, Conner 22 



Phosphatic fertilizers and the root system of beets, Sazanov 23 



Phosphate rock, Waggaman 23 



Potassium salts Dolbear 23 



Investigation of sources of potash in Texas, Phillips 23 



Potassium salts in Catalonia. Rubio and Marin 24 



German and other sources oi potash supply, MacDowell 24 



Sodium and sodium salts, Salisbury, jr 24 



