EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



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

 Assistant Editor: H. L. Knight. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



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

 Meteorology, Soils, and Fertilizers jg'-^^-^^^^^^-^j^ 



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Horticulture and Forestry — E. J. Glasson. 

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

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

 Economic Zoology and Entomology — W. A. Hooker. 

 Veterinary Medicme{i^S^.HooKK.. 



Rural Engineering — — — 



Rural Economics — B. B. Hare. 

 Agricultural Education — D. J. Crosby. 



H. Evans, Ph. D. 

 H. Long. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XXIV, NO. 8. 



Page. 



Recent work in agricultural science 701 



Notes 800 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY — AGROTECHNY. 



The formation of carbohydrates in the vegetable kingdom, McPherson 701 



The hydrolysis of starch and its products by hydrogen peroxid, Gruzewska 701 



Concerning the basic constituents of bamboo sprouts, Totani 701 



In regard to the betains occurring in plants, Schulze and Trier 701 



About the betains occurring in plants, etc., Engeland 701 



The formation of ^-gluconic acid by Bacterium savastanoi, Alsberg 701 



Method for determining electrical conductivity of interior of the cell, Hober 702 



The effects of ions on the activity of enzyms. Berg and Gies 702 



The physiological effect of ions and their physical-chemical properties, Berg... 702 



The composition of invertase, Mathews and Glenn 702 



Influence of temperature upon the activity of cellase, Bertrand and Compton.. 703 



Methods of volumetric analysis, Beckurts 703 



A study of melting point determinations, Menge 703 



An improvement of the Folin method for urinary ammonia nitrogen, Steel 703 



Note on the determination of ammonia in urine, Folin 703 



About the estimation of phosphates, Crispo 703 



Improvements in the Knorr fat extraction apparatus, Walter and Goodrich 703 



A method for the determination of sodium iodid in animal tissues, Hanzlik . . . 703 



Phosphorus in beef animals, Francis and Trowbridge 704 



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