518 EXPERIMENT STATIOK BECOED. 



acids 0.35 per cent. The constants of the fatty acids were solidifying point 

 19.5, melting point 25°, iodin number 13G,4, and saponification number 204.3. 



" Summarizing the r&sults obtained, the following is the approximate com- 

 position of the oil : Linolein 59.8, olein 29, palmitin 8.6, stearin 1, and unsaponi- 

 fiable and undetermined matter 1.24 per cent." 



From the drying tests it would seem that this oil with a dryer added will 

 produce a very good paint. 



Tomato-seed oil in Italy, L. J. Keena (Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. [U, 8.], 

 16 (1913), No 273, p. 95 Jf).— In 1912 about 5,000 metric tons (2,204 lbs. each) 

 of wet tomato residue was worked up and yielded 1,500 metric tons of dried 

 residue. From this material 150 tons of tomato-seed oil, 800 tons of oil cake, 

 and 500 tons of tomato peel were obtained. The oil is used extensively for the 

 manufacture of soap, and experiments are under way for the manufacture of 

 an edible oil from the crude oil. The cake is Hsed as a stock feed and the peel 

 as a fertilizer. At Parma the seeds from the tomato-preserving factories have 

 been selling for 1.6 lira per quintal (14 cts. per 100 lbs.). 



" In the vicinity of Naples, tomato residue in the wet state, just as it comes 

 from the preserving factory, has been sold during the past year at 4.5 to 7.9 

 cts. per 100 lbs. The wet residue must be collected and dried daily as it fer- 

 ments within 48 hours if allowed to stand. When dried it sells at Naples, 

 f. o. b. cars, sack packing included, at $1.75 to $2.20 per 100 lbs. The industry 

 is still considered to be in its infancy, but promises to become more important." 



The effect of " lime-sulphur " spray manufacture on the eyesight, A. J. 

 Weith (Jou7\ Indus, and Engin. Cliem., 1^ (1912), No. 12, p. 917). — "In making 

 small batches of lime-sulphur spray in an uncovered kettle in the open air, 

 symptoms very similar to the ones [previously noted (E. S. R., 30, p. 16)] were 

 experienced, although no permanent blurring of the vision resulted. The eye- 

 lids, however, became very red and were badly swollen. Since the trouble with 

 the eyesight came only near the end of the ' cook,' and was very similar to 

 the smarting sensation produced by getting the diluted spray in the eye, it 

 was supposed that the disagreeable effects were caused by particles of solid 

 material carried out with the escaping steam. JS^o experiments were under- 

 taken to prove this point." 



Report of the activities of the Swiss Agricultural-Chemical Institute at 

 Bern (Liebefeld) during the year 1912 (Landic. Jahrh. Schiueiz, 27 (1913), 

 No. 7, pp. 389-407). — During the year 9,164 samples were examined, which 

 consisted of 4,073 fertilizers, 2,078 feeds, 2,969 samples of material obtained in 

 vegetation experiments, 18 soils, and 26 miscellaneous materials. Some results 

 of vegetation tests are also included. 



METEOROLOGY— WATER. 



The present condition of agricultural meteorology in Brazil, H. Morez 

 (Internat. Inst. Agr. [Rojue], Mo. Bui. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 4 (1913), 

 No. 9, pp. 1313-1316). — The status, object, and proposed work of the meteoro- 

 ligical service organized under the ministry of agriculture in 1910 in coopera- 

 tion with the various States of Brazil are briefly discussed. 



[Meteorological observations], D. A. Seeley (Ann. Rpt. Sec. Bd. Agr. Mich., 

 52 (1913), pp. 111-126). — Tabulated daily and monthly summaries are given of 

 observations during the year ended June 30, 1912, at East Lansing, Mich., on 

 temperature, pressure, precipitation, cloudiness, wind movement, etc. 



Meteorology (Rpt. Lincoln Co. [Nev.] Expt. Farm, 1911-12, pp. 31-36).— 

 Tables are given which show the maximum and minimum temperatures and 



