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Loss of fat as a result of drying meat, Tamura 205 



Determination of fat in bread, Grujic 205 



The polarimetric determination of starch in potatoes, Herles 205 



Specific gravity as a factor in separation of frozen fruit, Goukl 206 



Honey examination, Witte 206 



Determination of sucrose in confectionery, Roberts 206 



A method for the detection of color in tea. Read 207 



The chloral hydrate test for charlock, Winton _. 207 



Progress in chemistry of dairy products during 1911, Siegfeld 207 



Determining fat in cheese by acid method without use of amyl alcohol , Kooper . 207 



New acid-butyrometric method for fat in dairy products, Hammerschmidt 208 



Estimation of fat in cheese by the " neu-sal " method, Wendler 208 



Weight of the sugar beet and composition of its juice, Harris and Gortner 208 



Amount of nitrogen in beets and molasses during the years 1907-1911, Saillard . 209 



Quantitative determination of the bitter substances of hops, Adler 209 



The detection and estimation of arachis oil, Evers 209 



A clinical method of estimating calcium in urine and other fluids, Bell 210 



A new method for detecting methyl alcohol, Raikaw 210 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



On some meteorological conditions controlling nocturnal radiation, Sutton 211 



Some causes and effects of varia tion in the range of temperature, Sutton 211 



Nitrogen in rain and snow. Knight 211 



Dry season and droughts in Rhodesia, Goetz 211 



The regime of underground waters in the neighborhood of Polesia, Oppokov.. . 211 



Water supplies, with special reference to underground water, Ward 211 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



The geology of soils and substrata, Woodward 212 



The germs of pedology in antiquity Jarilow 212 



Progress in agricultural chemistry since the use of colloid chemistry, Brehm 212 



The possibility of judging soils by their natural vegetation, Vageler 213 



Soil texture, Gimingham , 213 



White soil (Molkenboden) , Hornberger 213 



Marsh of southern Vendee. — Influence of inundation on fertility, Chartron 213 



Soils of the wine district of Arad-Hegyalja and of the Arad plains, Treitz 213 



The soils of the rocky deserts of Turkestan, Neustruev 213 



Tamar River soils, Colbourn 214 



Soil formation in clays of humid regions, Frosterus 214 



The constituents of clay which impart plasticity and cohesion, Atterberg 214 



The cohesive power of different kinds of soils, Puchner 215 



Physico-chemical studies of soils. — II. Hygroscopicity of soils, Pratolongo 215 



Hygroscopicity and chemical composition of certain Java soils, Schuit 215 



Quantitative determination of the absorbed bases in the soil, Prianischnikow . . 215 



The precipitation of iron in podzol soils, Aarnio 216 



Work of chemical laboratory of Ploti Experiment Station, 1912, SkaMkii 216 



Bacterial action in the soil as a function of food concentration, Rahn 217 



Occurrence of Azotobacter in tropical soils, Groenewege 218 



Methods in soil bacteriology. — VI, Ammonification, Lohnis and Green 218 



Nitrate and nitrite assimilation, Baudisch 219 



Studies on the decomposition of cellulose in manures and soils, Miitterlein 219 



Effect of toluol and CSj upon the micro-flora and fauna of the soil, Gainey 219 



Influence of fertilization on the soil, Mausberg '. 219 



Experiences with commercial fertilizers and manure, Lonergan 220 



Fertilizer experiments on peaty meadows in Hungary, Gyarfas 220 



Results with fertilizers during the last twenty-five years, Lemmermann 220 



Bone products and manures, Lambert 221 



The solubility of soil constituents, Fischer 221 



Experiments with crushed phonolite and 40 per cent potash salts, Wagner 221 



Replacing Stassfurt potash salts by phonolite, leucite, etc., Lemmermann 221 



Influence of the condition of soil on utilization of phosphates, Christensen 222 



Origin of the hard rock phosphates of Florida, Sellards 222 



Production of phosphate rock in Florida during 1912, Sellards 222 



Consumption of superphosphates in Hungary, Kovdcsy 222 



