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Storing of beet chips with lactic acid ferments, Zaitschek 614 



The fermentation of cacao, Lambert 614 



Observations on the preparation of cacao, Perrot 614 



Soap from soy beans, Pontius 614 



Apocynum or Indian hemp; rubber, Fox 614 



Determination of nitrogenous constituents in raw rubber, Tschirch and Schmitz . 615 



Industrial hygiene of leather manufacture, Iloltzmann 615 



Preparation of tanning and coloring extracts, Grasser 615 



The hydrolysis of cellulose, I, Willstatter and Zechmeister 615 



Some experiments on the conversion of long-leaf pine to paper pulp, Wells 615 



[Report of the] di\ision of oils and varnishes, Darner 616 



Oxygen absorption of linseed oil, Darner 616 



The detection of adulteration in linseed oil, Eldson and Hawley 617 



Detection of the adulteration of linseed oil. Darner 617 



Grape-seed oil. Darner 617 



Tomato-seed oil in Italy, Keena 618 



The effect of "lime-sulphur" spray manufacture on the eyesight, Weith 618 



Report of Swiss Agricultural-Chemical Institute at Berne, 1912 618 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



The present condition of agricultural meteorology in Brazil, Morez 618 



[Meteorological observations], Seeley 618 



Meteorology 618 



Meteorological summary for the year 1912, Wilson 619 



On the amount of radioactive products in the atmosphere, Sato 619 



The soot-and-dust-fall of English towns and cities, Kershaw 619 



The correlation of rainfall, Peck and Snow 619 



Rainfall as a determinant of soil moisture, Shreve 619 



Effect of forests on run-off, Stevens 620 



Note on the chlorin content of rain water at Tortugas, Fla., Dole 620 



Water, Wightman 620 



Ground water and wells, Hofer von Heimhalt 620 



North Dakota waters, Ladd 620 



The fertilizing value of sewage and sewage sludge, Clark 621 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Field experiments and the interpretation of their results, Gregoire 621 



Proposal for an international uniform classification of soils, Louis 621 



Composition of the soils of the Sussex area, New Jersey, Blair and Jenning 622 



Soil analyses, Ince 622 



The soils of tropical South America, Medina 622 



The marsh formations on the German North Sea coast, Gruner 622 



The soils of Uruguay, Puig y Nattino 623 



Determination of the reaction and the basicity of soils, Christensen 623 



Experiments with water solutions of the soil, Leoncini and Masoni 623 



Circulation of nitrates in the soil, Malpeaux and Lefort 623 



Nitrate formation in forest soil, Vogel von Falckenstein 624 



Rothamsted investigations on production of plant food in the soil, Russell 624 



Methods for the biochemical study of soil Stoklasa 624 



[Soil bacteriological investigations], Van Suchtelen 624 



Investigations on soil fatigue, Kaserer . -•--•-; , 624 



Essentials in the management of California soils, Lipman 625 



The effect of treating sand soil with moor soil, Kriiger 625 



Gullying and its prevention, Calhoun 625 



Green manuring in California, Lipman 625 



Efficiency of soluble manures in dry years, L6onardon 626 



Soil nitrogen. — Green-manures 626 



Nine years' experiments with the new nitrogenous fertilizers, Rhodin 626 



The nitrate position and results 626 



Phosphate deposits in southwestern Virginia, Stose 626 



The use of lime and gypsum on California soils, Lipman 627 



New fertilizers, Zolla 627 



The influence of catalytic substances, Riviere and Bailhache 627 



Sulphur and iron pyrites as fertilizers, Vermorel and Danthony 627 



