EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



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

 Assistant Editor: H. L. Knight. 



EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



Meteorology, Soils, and Fertilizers — W. H. Beal. 



Agricultural Botany and Vegetable Pathology — W. IL Evans, Ph. D. 



Field Crops — J. I. Schulte. 



Horticulture and Forestry — E. J. Glasson. 



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



Agrotechny, Dairy Fanning, and Dairying — R. D. Milner. 



Agricultural Chemistry — \\'. H. Beal, C. F. Langworthy, and R. D. Milner. 



Economic Zoology, Entomology, and Veterinary Medicine — E. V. Wilcox, Ph. D. 



Rural Engineering — 



Rural Economics — J. B. Morman. 



Agricultural Education— D. J. Crosby. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XX, NO. i. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



The continued demand for men 1 



The standard for experiment station workers 4 



The training for investigation 5 



Recent work in agricultural science 8 



Notes '. 94 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



AGBICrLTURAL CHEMISTRY. 



The reactions of phthaleins and their salts, Acree 8 



Note on the determination of potash by the perchlorate method, Schenke 8 



On the use of nitron for the determination of nitric acid, Litzendorff 8 



The determination of ammonia in water, Ronchese 9 



The determination of very small amounts of carbon in water, Popowsky 9 



A new reaction for protein, Bardach ." 9 



Application of Folin's method to meats and extracts, Emmett and Grindley. . 9 



Concerning Liebig's meat extract, III, Kutscher 9 



A trial of the polariscopic method for determination of gliadin, Shaw 10 



On the analytical estimation of gliadin, Mathewson 10 



Barfoed's solution as a means of distinguishing glucose, Hinkel and Sherman. 10 



The estimation of starch in potatoes by means of specific gravity, Foth 10 



Determining the water which flour will absorb, Hoffmann and Ploetz 10 



Microscopical examination of wheat flour, Bellier 11 



Adulteration of chocolate with potato starch, Paladino-Blandini 11 



Concerning the acid content of honey, Utz 11 



Concerning the mineral matter in honey, Utz 11 



Concerning the mineral matter in honey, Schwarz 11 



Biological method for determining the presence of horse meat, Weidanz 11 



A practical method for the detection of beef fat in lard, Emery 11 



Application to solid fats of Renard's test for peanut oil. Smith 12 



The determination of sulphites in wine, Mensio IS 



Examining and judging pepper, Hilrtel and Will 12 



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