

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. H. 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 Farming, and Dairying — R. D. Milner. 



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



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



Rural Engineering — G. A. Griffin. 



Rural Economics — J. B. Morman. 



Agi'icultui'al Education — D. J. Crosby. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XX, NO. 4. 



Editorial notes: rage. 



Ideals in agricultural research 301 



Recent work in agricultural science 307 



Notes 395 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



agriciltural chemistry. 



On the determination of phosphoric acid, Milone 307 



Standardization of uranium solution for determining phosphoric acid, Repiton . 307 



The determination of potash by the platinum chlorid method, De Vries 307 



On the volumetric determination of potassium as the cobalti-nitrite, Drushel. . 307 



Volumetric method for carbonic and other acids in air, Henriet and Bouyssy. 308 



Detection of small quantities of carbon monoxid in air, Ogier and Kohn-Abrest. 308 



A new method of enumerating bacteria in air, Winslow 308 



Determination of nitric acid in water, Griinhut 308 



Observations on hardness in water and its removal, Basch 308 



Lead in drinking water, and methods of determination, Woudstra 308 



Siichting's improved method of determining acidity of soils, Van Schermbeek. 308 



Siichting's improved method of determining acidity, Tacke and Siichting 309 



Estimation of sugar by the Allihn or Meissl method, Schaumann. 309 



The volumetric determination of reducing sugars. Ling et al 309 



tiuantitative estimation of glycogen by means of inversion with acids, Grebe. . 309 



Methods for preparing lecithin and other phosphatids from seed, Schulze 309 



Observations on the stability of lecithin. Long 309 



On the oxidation of olive oil, Gill 309 



Note on honey analysis, Schaffer 309 



Honey, Reinsch 309 



Estimation of ash content and Lej^ reaction in honey analysis, Utz 309 



Judging marmalades, Hiirtel 309 



Sampling and judging ground white pepper, Spaeth 309 



A new pepper adulterant, Petkoff 310 



Lead in cream of tartar, tartaric acid, and citric acid, Tatlock and Thomson . . 310 



The copper content of cocoa shells, Tisza 310 



The detection of cocoa shell in cocoa goods, Devin and Strunk 310 



The chemical standardization of cider and perry, Durham 310 



Legislation of different countries regarding sulphuring of wine, Mastbaum 310 



The detection of formic acid in foods. Woodman and Burwell i 310 



The quantitative estimation of rice hulls in feeding stuffs, Schroder 310 



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