EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALLEN, Ph. D., Assistant Director. 

 Assistant Editor: H. L. Knight. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



Agricultural Chemistry and Agroteclmy — L. W. Fetzer, Ph. D., M. D. ~ 



Meteorology, Soils, and Fertilizers-^ -n " -,y" 'Pjttman 



Agricultural Botany, Bacteriology, Vegetable Pathologyl^* ^ Long^' '^^' ^' 



TT,- , 1 n f J- I- SCHULTE. 



Field Crops|j_ ^ ^^^^,^, 



Horticulture and Forestry — E. J. Glasson. 



Foods and Human Nutrition — C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. 



Zootechny, Dairjang, and Dairy Farming — E. W. Morse. 



Economic Zoology and Entomology — W. A. Hooker. » 



Veterinary Meclidne{5; A; Hook™- 



Rural Engineering 



Rural Economics — J. B. Morman. 

 Agricultural Education — D. J. Crosby. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIV, NO. 5. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



The agi-icultural appropriation act, 1911-12 401 



Recent work in agricultural science 408 



Notes 495 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY — AGROTECHNY. 



International catalogue of scientific literature. D — Chemistry 408 



Methods and results of micro-chemistry, Prenant 408 



Methods for producing colloidal solutions of inorganic substances, Svedberg. . . 408 



Analysis and determination of the constitution of organic compounds, Meyer.. 408 



The usefulness of ciu-ves in the interpretation of biochemical processes, Rahn.. 408 



The employment of curves for indicating biochemical processes, Rahn 409 



Occurrence of arsenic in soils, plants, fruits, and animals, Headden 409 



About the estimation of phosphates, Schuyten 409 



The properties of Lintner's soluble starch, Clark 409 



The use of methylene blue as an indicator in iodometric titrations, Sinnatt 409 



A new form of extraction apparatus, Greene 409 



Sulphurous acid in chopped meat, Kiihn and Riihle 409 



Tlie determination of the deterioration of maize, Black and Alsberg 409 



Detection of urotropin in wine, Blarez 410 



Methods of analysis for the German brandy tax 410 



Caramel and its adulterations. Carles 410 



Recent progress in the chemistry of the sugars, Hepbiun 411 



Important work in piu-e sugar chemistry in the first half of 1910, von Lippmann. 411 



Inversion of cane sugar under the influence of acids and neutral salts, Deerr. . 411 



The influence of micro-organisms upon the quality of maple sirup, Edson 411 



Lipase of molds, Deleano 411 



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