n CONTENTS. 



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Studies in regard to the dry substance (total solids) of milk, Splittgerber 13 



The conservation of samples of milk destined for analysis, Rocques 13 



The preservation of milk samples destined for analysis, Deniges 14 



The detection of peanut oil in olive oil, Adler 14 



Detection of peanut oil in olive oil according to Franz-Adler method, Liiers. . . 14 



Technical accounting and chemical control m sugar manufacture, Davoll, jr. .. 14 



The sugar content of maize stalks, Blackshaw 14 



Objectionable nitrogenous compounds in sugar-cane juice, Zerban 15 



Practical results by determining injurious nitrogen in sugar beets, Friedl 15 



Inversion of saccharose and the changes of feed beets during storage, Jekelius. 15 



Manufacture of a sugar-beet flour (beet meal), and its use, Aulard 15 



Composition of api)les and pure ciders of the lower Seine regions, Brioux 16 



Cider vinegar and its making, O'Gara 16 



The composition of pure vdne from American native grapes, Alwood 16 



The alcohol industry of the Philippine Islands, Gibbs 16 



The cooperative manufacture of casein, Dornic 16 



Synthetic tannin, Chase 16 



The effect of "lime-sulphur" spray manufacture on the eyesight, Withrow 16 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Syllabus on meteorological information and agricultural practice, Shaw 16 



"Surface " climate. Balls 17 



Meteorological conditions in a field crop, Balls 17 



Meteorological yearbook for 1913 17 



Temperature records, Thompson 17 



Rain and its measurement, Dumas 17 



Conservation of rainfall, Spillman 17 



Surface water of South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico basins, Hall and Pierce. . . 17 



Geology and ground waters of Florida, Matson and Sanf ord 17 



Surface water supply of Ohio River basin, 1911, Horton, Hall, and Jackson 18 



The Ohio Valley flood of March- April, 1913, Horton and Jackson 18 



Geology and water resources of Sulphur Spring Valley, Ariz 18 



Ground water in Boxelder and Tooele counties, Utah, Carpenter 18 



Pollution of underground waters with sewage through fissures in rocks, Albert. 19 



The sewage sludge problem and its solution, Grossmann 19 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Soils of the United States, Marbut, Bennett, and Lapham 19 



A study of the soils of Macon County, Alabama, and their adaptability, Carver. 19 



The gullied lands of west Tennessee, Purdue 19 



The sulphur content of some typical Kentucky soils, Shedd 20 



Analysis of coconut soils, De Verteuil : 20 



Some Lybian soils, Maugini 20 



The alkaline soils in Egypt and their treatment, Moss^ri 21 



The movements of soil water in an Egyptian cotton field, Balls 21 



The water balance and losses of plant food in soils, von Seelhorst et al 21 



A new method of measuring the capillary lift of soils, Lynde and Dupre 22 



Efficiency of soil constituents as semipermeable membranes, Lynde and Dupr4. 23 



Action of hydroxyl ions on clay soils in connection with marling, Rohland 23 



The properties of so-called soil zeolites, Blanck 23 



Factors in the maintenance of permanent fertility of the soil, Fippiu 23 



Agricultural utilization of acid lands by acid-tolerant crops, Coville 23 



Formation of nitrates iu soil after freezing and thawing, Lyon and Bizzell 23 



The accumulation of green manure nitrogen in sandy soils, von Seelhorst et al. . 24 



Manures and fertilizers, Wheeler 24 



Experiments -^^dth fertilizers, manure, lime, and floats, Thome and Mohn 25 



The preservation of cattle manure 25 



The effects of fertilizers other than that of adding plant food, Van Slyke 26 



The nitrogen content of night soil from the city of Florence, Passerini 26 



Tests of the nitrogen of "Poudro," de Molinari and Ligot 26 



Production of artificial fertilizers from nitrogen of the air, Bencke 26 



How can the dusty condition of lime nitrogen be lessened? Stutzer 26 



Decrease of available phosphoric acid in mixtures with cyanamid, Brackett et al . 26 



Fertilizer analysis, Mitscherlich and Simmermacher 26 



A report on the phosphate fields of South Carolina, Waggaman 27 



