EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALLEN, I'n. D., Aaslsitant Director. 



KDITOKIAL JJErAKTMENTS. 



listry, Dairy Farming, and Dairying — The Editok and H. W. Lawson. 

 orology, Fertilizers and Soils (including methods of analysis) and Agricultural 



Cheniisti 

 Meteorok 



Engineering — W. H. Beal. 

 Botany and Diseases of Plants — Walter H. Evans, Ph. D. 

 Foods and Animal Production — C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. 

 Field Crops — J. I. Schulte. 



Entomology and Veterinary Science — E. Y. Wilcox, Ph. D. 

 Horticulture— C. B. Smith. 

 With the cooperation' of the scientilic bureaus and divisions of the Dei)artment. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XV, NO. 2. 



Editorial notes: V&%e. 

 Seittember meetings of scientilic bodies — National Irrigation Congress, 

 American Veterinary Medical Association, International Congress of 

 Hygiene and Dermography, American Pomological Society, and Society 



ofHorticultural Science - 105 



Irrigation in Italy . - - 109 



Annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Association, E. V. Wilcox. 112 



Recent work in agricultural science 120 



Notes - - - 200 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



CHEMISTRY. 



The standardization of analytical methods, H. D. Richmond 120 



Stanflardization of commercial methods of analysis, A. R. Ling 120 



Unreliability of the citrate method in Thomas slag, N. von Lorenz 120 



Citrate solution used in phosphoric acid determination, A. Verweij 120 



Determination of phosphoric acid in organic suljstances, E. Poher 120 



Nitrogen and its most important comjiounds, L. Spiegel ^ 120 



Determination of nitric acid by the Ulsch method, F. Stolba 120 



The Schloesing method in ])resence of organic matter, P. Liechti and E. Ritter. 121 



Action of potassium permanganate on indigo, W. R. Lang and W. M. Wilkie. 121 



Estimation of nitrites and nitrates, F. W^. Richardson and P. Hollings 121 



The preparation of ammonia-free water for water analysis, J. B. Weems et al. 121 



New method for titration of free and combined sulphuric acid, W. Miiller 121 



Volumetric method of estimating free and comluned sulphuric acid, G. Frerichs. 121 



Determination of solids in the analysis of vinegars, W. Frear and C'. P. Beistle. 121 



Methods of estimating mustard oil, O. Hagemann and W. Holtschmidt 122 



Choice of an antiseptic for i)reserving samples of milk for analysis, ]\I. Lindet. 122 



Some unknown and some little known oils, J. J. A. Wijs 122 



A new mill for laboratories, T. Korner .~ 122 



International Congress of Applied Cliemistry, 1903 — Agricultural Chemistry.. 122 



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