EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor; E. W. ALLEN, Ph. D., Assistant Director. 

 Assistant Editor: H. L. Knight. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



Agricultural Chemistry and A^oteclmy — L. W. Fetzer, Ph. D., M. D. 

 Meteorology, Soils, and Fertilizers — W. H. Beal. 



Agricultural Botany, Bacteriology, and Vegetable Pathology/^- ^ • gQ^D ^' ^^' ^' 



TT^^l^ n^-^JJ- I- SCHULTE. 



Field Crops|(. ^ Tucker, Ph. D. 



Horticulture and Forestry — E. J. Glasson. 



Foods and Human Nutritionjg-^- ^a^^/^^orthy. Ph. D.. D. Sc. 



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

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



Veterinary Medidne{«;-^;H<'-,»- 



Rural Engineering— R. Trullinger. 

 Rural Economics — B. B. Hare. 

 Agricultural Education — C. H. Lane. 

 Indexes — M. D. Moore. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIX, NO. 3. 



Page. 



Recent work in agricultural science 201 



Notes 300 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY — AGROTECHNY. 



Djmamic biochemistry or the chemistry of life processes, Frankel 201 



Physico-chemical tables, Castell-Evans 201 



Studies in regard to gliadin, Schleimer 201 



Formation of fats in oleaginous fruits. III, Scurti and Fornaini 201 



Lectures on cellulose, Cross . . . . : , . 201 



The effect of alkalis, especially ammonia, upon peroxidase, Wolff 202 



Is iron the catalyzer active in the oxidation of phenols by the peroxidase of the 



horseradish? Colin and S^n^chal 202 



Studies in action of trypsin. — 1, Hydrolysis of casein by trypsin, Walters 202 



Method for obtaining natural soil solutions, Van Suchtelen 203 



Efflorescence on lava bricks, McGeorge 203 



New reduction methods in volumetric analysis, Knecht and Hibbert 203 



Preparation of neutral solutions of ammonium citrate, Bell and Co well 203 



Food inspection and analysis, Leach 204 



The detection of phytosterol in mixtures of animal and vegetable fats, Kerr. . . 204 



The detection of shells in cacao and its preparations, Ulrich 205 



Pentose and methyl pentose determination in grapes and wines, von Fellenberg 205 



Biological detection of castor bean constituents in feedings stuffs, Kranich... 205 



Detection of particles of castor s6eds in feeding stuffs, Bierbaum 205 



Milk testing, Walker- Tisd ale 206 



A rapid and exact method for counting leucocytes and bacteria in milk, Skar. . 206 



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