II CONTENTS. 



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Chemical examination of honey, Voermann 308 



The examination and judging of marmalades, Beythien and Simmich 308 



The proportion of sugar contained in grapes during ripening, Bouffard 308 



[The proportion of sugar contained in grapes during ripening], Roos and Hugues. 308 



The diminution of acidity in nonsugared and sugared wines, Halenke and Krug. 308 



The diminution of acidity in nonsugared and sugared wines, Omeis 308 



Estimation of free and combined sulphurous acid in wines, Cazenave 309 



Some rare oil fruits, Grimme 309 



Detection of lemon oil in orange oil, Chace and Albright 309 



Quantitative determination of benzoic acid in foods. Van der Laan and Tijdens. 309 



The analysis of Emmenthal cheese, Koestler 309 



Quantitative determination of rice spelts in feeds and fertilizers, Katayama 310 



Color reactions for oils, Royer 310 



The utilization of tomato cannery refuse, Accomazzo 311 



Canning peaches on the farm, Gould and Fletcher 311 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Improving the forecasts, McAdie 311 



The Gulf Stream — and climate and crops in northern Europe, Johnstone 311 



Meteorological evidence for supposed changes of climate in India, Walker 311 



The influence of the moon on vegetation, von Ollech 312 



Air and water, Bleuel 312 



Bulletin of the Mount Weather Observatory 312 



Monthly Weather Review 312 



Report of chief, meteorological division, Lyle 312 



Some ol)servations of dew at Kimberley, Sutton 312 



[Local variation of rainfall in Ireland], Lyons 313 



Water powers of the Cascade Range. — I, Southern Washington, Stevens 313 



Surface water supply of South Atlantic coast and eastern Gulf, Hall and Bolster. 313 



Surface water supply of the St. Lawrence River basin, 1909, Covert et al 313 



The underground waters of north-central Indiana, Capps and Dole 313 



Underground waters for farm use. Fuller 314 



Sterilization of large quantities of water by ultraviolet rays, Urbain et al 314 



The results of sterilization experiments on the Cambridge water, Woodhead 315 



Agricultural utilization of the sewage waters of Strassburg, Clodot 315 



SOILS FERTILIZERS. 



Chemical characteristics of western prairie soil, Shutt 315 



Petrographic and soil conditions of red sandstone formations, Blanck 315 



The characteristics of " schlier ' ' soils, Gruner 315 



The origin of the " wattpolder" soils of the North Sea coasts, Mansholt 315 



Black soil and lime crusts in Morocco, Fischer 316 



Investigations on the black soil of Morocco, Schwantke 316 



The mechanical analysis of soils of Java, Mohr 316 



Soil waters, Harrison and Stockdale 316 



Results of observations on evaporation from sod, 1897-1907, Shipchiuskii 317 



Functions, availability, and conservation of soil moisture, King 318 



Moisture studies of semiarid soils, Alway 318 



Results of irrigation of szek (alkali) soil meadows, Roszler, jr 318 



Shallow versus deep cultivation on sandy soils, Biederstedt 318 



Nitrifying energy of soils and its importance in soil fertility, Vogel 318 



Nitrogen economy of arable soils.- — II, Pfeiffer, Guttm.ann, and Thiel 319 



The nitrogen problems of dry farming, Alway 319 



Pineapple culture. — VII, Nitrates in the soil, Blair and Wilson 319 



The humus content of cultivated soil and new land, and its solubility, Pankov. . 319 



The humus acids of peat, Stutzer 320 



On the humus acids of bleisand and ortstein, Hornberger 320 



The determination of the plant food content of a soil plat, Kaserer 320 



The importance of a knowledge of the soil to colonial agriculture, Vageler 321 



The conservation of the fertility of the soil. Hall and Russell 321 



Agricultural practice in the Indies, Van Warmelo 321 



Soil robbery and fertilizing in the light of recent experiments, Schneidewind . . 321 



Different kinds of stable manure as sources of phosphoric acid, Egorov 321 



The manurial value of different legumes, Thatcher 321 



