1 1 CONTENTS. 



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Monthly Wi-alher Review, Vol. XXXI, N(.s. l-ll 18 



Baroiiietry of the United States, Canada, and the West liidii's, F. 11. lUjrelow. 18 



Meteorolojiical iH'cordH, J. K. JJonehri^dit 19 



Meteon )!< )<,deal ol )servations, C. 1 ). \V( h .ds 19 



]Meteorolo)j;ieal observations at the I\Iiehij,'au Agrieultural C'()lle<,'e foi- IHOl 19 



Rainfall and temperature, 1902, J. !>. Reynolds 19 



IMeteorologieal observations at Chiswick in. 1902, E. JNIawley 19 



Report of the Meteorological Covnicil 19 



Weather forecasting according to the phenomena of light, 1*. 1. Brownov 19 



Rainfall and simspots, W. J. S. Lockyer 19 



Application of mathematics in meteorology, F. H. Bigelow 20 



Handbook of climatology. I, General climatology, J. Hann 20 



■WATER SOILS. 



Normal and polluted waters in Northeastern United States, M. O. Leightoii .. 20 



Waters, E. J. Russell and F. T. Holbrook 20 



Pollution of well water, K. Wittman 20 



Water content of the soil on the forage plats at Poltava, 8. T. Tretyakov 20 



Report of the Kherson experiment field for 1899-1900, F. B. Yanovchik 21 



Brack land in relation to irrigation and drainage, P. MacOwan 21 



Alkali soils, their influence on plants and methods of examining, P. Kossovich. 22 



Reclamation of alkali lands in Egypt, T. H. INIeans 22 



Humus soil, W. P. Gamble 23 



IMethods of maintaining the productive capacity of soils, C. G. Hopkins 23 



The role of the plant in dissolving the j^lant food of the soil, P. Kossovich ... 23 



Soil temperatures for the year 1901, J. E. Bonebright 23 



Soil temperatures,' C. H. McLeod 23 



Subsoil temperatures, J. B. Reynolds 23 



Characterization of the soil according to species of animals, V. P. Vradi 23 



The new soil science, R. H. Wallace and W. Dyke 23 



Historical review of investigations on the fixation of nitrogen, L. Naudin 24 



FERTILIZERS. 



Experiments in green manuring, Fruwirth 24 



Local deposits of bat guano, H. H. Cousins 24 



Hamilton sludge, R. Harcourt 24 



Residue from the purification of sugar-beet juices, S. L. Frankfurt 24 



Residue from purification of sugar beets as a fertilizer, A. Chevely 24 



Experiments with molasses refuse on sugar beets, F. Strohmer 24 



Some local refuse manures, H. H. Cousins 24 



Experiments with the Rippert manure ^preservative, Gerlach and Vogel 25 



The action of various phosphatic fertilizers on moor meadows, Bachmann 25 



Value of the phosphoric acid in bone meal as plant food, H. G. Soderbaum. . . 25 



Hoof meal, E. M. Paget ■ 25 



Utilization of atmospheric nitrogen ("lime nitrogen"), M. Gerlach and P. 



Wagner 25 



The potash salts, L. A. Groth 25 



Phosphates and other mineral fertilizers, C. W. Hayes and E. C. Eckel 25 



Salt and gvpsum deposits of southwestern Virginia, E. C. Eckel 25 



Weight per bushel of different fertilizing materials, H. von Feilitzen 26 



Fertilizer inspection, C. D. Woods 26 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. B. Hardin 26 



Commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills and C. H. Jones 26 



Manures, E. J. Russell and F. T. Holbrook 26 



FIELD CROPS. 



Report of the experimentalist, C. A. Zavitz 26 



A rotation study, F. S. Shiver 30 



Culture trials on Swedish moor soils, 1900-1902, H. von Feilitzen 31 



Continuous culture without manuring for 75 years, W. Christiani 31 



Growing and preparing crops for exhibition, B. C. Buffum and A. Nelson 31 



Cassava, S. INI. Tracy 31 



