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CONTENTS OF VOL. 43, No. 6. 



Page. 



Recent work in agricuUural science 501 



Notes 599 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



AGRICUI.TLTIAL CHEMISTRY AGROTECHNY. 



Effect of premature freezing on composition of wheat. Blish 501 



Intluence of ferniciitatioii on starch content of silage, Dox and Yoder 501 



The composition of oil of chenopodiuni from various sources. Nelson 502 



The fhomical comi»osition of cottonseed oil, .Tanrie.son and Baughinan 502 



Oil of Rvhiera muUifidd, Nelson 502 



Preparation of peptone 502 



Products of " acetone-alcohol " fermentation of carbohydrate, Reilly et al_ 502 



Pr(»perties of an enzyinic extract, polyzime, Takamine, and Oshinia 50.3 



An improved comparator, Cooledge 50.3 



Combination of fraction.ition with spectrophotometry, Mathew.son ,503 



A method for the determination of bromin, Wiinsche .503 



Note on the solubility of bcnzidin sulphate in water, Bisson and Christie- 504 



Chemical soil analysis, Miinter 504 



A protein color reaction, Edlhacher .504 



The esteriticatiou of alpha amino acids, Shonle and Mitchell 504 



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