n CONTENTS. 



Pass. 



The estimation of carbon dioxid in water, Casares and Pina 808 



Detection of saccharose in analytical practice, Rothenfusser 808 



A method for determining tartaric acid, Kling and Florentin 808 



A simple method of preparing lecithin emulsiens, Schippers _. 809 



Determination of dry substance in root crops, Madsen-Mygdal and ChristenBen. 809 



Determination of the ash constituent of foods, Berg 809 



Recommendations for the revision of the milk section in the Swiss food book. . 809 



The determination of saccharose in condensed mUk, Nowak 810 



Detection of small amounts of coconut fat in butter, Robia 810 



Determination of water in cheese, Mai and Rheinberger 810 



Determination of methyl alcohol in mixtures containing ethyl alcohol, Koenig. 810 



The estimation of rice spelts (hulls) in feeding stuffs, Grete 810 



Methods for determining nicotin in tobacco and tobacco extracts, T6th 810 



Determination of nicotin in concentrated tobacco juices, Porchet and Tonduz. 810 



Laboratory handbook for the oil and fat industry, Marcusson 811 



The fatty oil and the wax of coffee beans, Meyer and Eckert 811 



Lumbang oil, Damer 811 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Weather and water, Hoffmann Sll 



The action of the wind and its significance in agriculture, Stamm 811 



The relation of the soil to meteorological factors. III, IV, Loske Sll 



The influence of climatic conditions on agriculture in Germany, Schnider 811 



The climate of Utah as a resource, Thiessen 811 



Monthly Weather Review 812 



Report of the Iowa weather and crop service for 1911, Chappel 812 



Meteorological observations at Massachusetts Station, Ostrander and Dexter.. 812 



Meteorological records for 1912 812 



Meteorology for twenty years, Knight and Fitterer 812 



Meteorological observations of the College of Belen, Havana, 1911, Gfangoiti. . . 813 



Meteorological observations at the Ploti Experiment Station, 1912, Martynov. . 813 



Report of the director of the [Philippine] Weather Bureau for 1910, Algu6 813 



Precipitation and run-off, Ishikari River, Japan, Okazaki 813 



The deficient rainfall in the summer of 1913 813 



The relation of snow to irrigation and forestry, Fergusson 813 



Relative efficiency of talus slopes and forests in conserving snow. Church, jr. . . 814 



Pan and raft equipment for water evaporation tests 814 



Chemical analyses of waters 814 



Elements of water bacteriology, Prescott and Winslow 814 



The rationale and advantages of Hme sterilization of water. Hoover 814 



Purification of water supplies by the excess lime method, Watt 814 



Purification of water for residences, Dunlap 815 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Glaciation and soils, Barrett 815 



[Soil surveys in Indiana] 815 



Deli soils, Vriena 815 



Studies on acid soils of Porto Rico, Loew 815 



Soil acidity, Buckman 816 



Occurrence of acidity in highland soils, Meggitt and Birt. . , 816 



The permeability of the soils of Egypt, Audebeau 816 



The importance of colloid substances in the soil, Rohland 817 



Bacterial activity in soil as a function of physical soil properties, Rahn 817 



The origin of certain organic soil constituents, Sullivan 817 



Characteristics of cellulose-destroying bacteria, McBeth et al 817 



Experiments on denitrification, Chirikov and Shmuk 817 



Relations of plants to formation of nitrates in soils, Lyon and Bizzell 818 



Nitrogen fixation by organisms from Utah soils, Peterson and Mohr 819 



Ammonifying efficiency and algal content of certain Colorado soils, Sackett. . . 819 



Abnormal fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, Gimingham 819 



Soil inoculation under soil conditions of lime deficiency, Beckwith 820 



The bread supply, Hopkins 820 



Bread from stones, Hopkins 820 



Soil experiments on Caldwell field, Lyon 820 



Farm manures, Thome 820 



