CONTENTS. Ill 



FEKTILIZKKS. 



Fertilizer experiments, C. A. Mooera :'yU) 



Notes on the management of barnyard manure, 11. Buhlert ;j47 



Derivation of animal ammoniates, E. M. Paget 347 



A new source of nitrogen for agriculture, L. (irantleau 347 



Rendering atmospheric nitrogen available for agriculture and industrv, A. 



Frank _. I ' 347 



Preliminary report of the Cyanid Com];)any of Berlin 348 



The preimration of alkali cyanids from cahMum cyanamid, (i. Erlwein 348 



The utilization of atmospheric nitrogen, F. Rothe 348 



Progress in the potash industry, ]M. Hagen 348 



Frosts and potash fertilizers, L. Dumas 348 



Fertilizers, R. E. Rose and E. E. McLin 348 



Fertilizer inspection, C. D. Woods and J. M- Bartlett 348 



Analysis of commercial fertilizers sold in Maryland, H. B. M<;Donnell et al .. 348 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers and manurial substances, C. A. CToessmann. 348 



Fertilizer analyses, F. W. Robison 348 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers 348 



Conunercial fertilizers and commercial poisonous insecticides, H. H. Har- 

 rington 348 



Fertilizers, 1903, T. Macfarlane 349 



Conmiercial fertilizers in Portugal, O. Klein 349 



Is the assimilation of free nitrogen due to bacteria? II, A. A. Bonnema 349 



FIELD CROPS. 



Report of the Upper Peninsula Sul)station, L. I\I. Geismar and C. D. Smitli. . . 349 



Cooperative work with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, E. Nelson 350 



Report on cultural tests in 1901-2, A. Damseaux 351 



Content of fodder beets at different stages of growth, J. A. Le Clerc 351 



Improvements in cereals, W. Saunders 352 



Structure of the corn kernel and composition of different parts, C. G. Hop- 

 kins et al 352 



Field experiments with maize, G. L. Sutton 354 



Why popcorn pops, ]\I. I. Wilbert 354 



Cotton in the United States, Y. Henry 354 



Experimental investigations on hemp, INI. Molliard 354 



Pasture and forage plants for South Dakota, E. C'. Chilcott 354 



Some native and exotic grasses at Bathurst Farm, R. W. Peacock 355 



Nitrate of soda and muriate of potash as top-dressing for grass lands, C. D. 



Woods 355 



Hydrocyanic acid in fodder jDlants, J. C. Briinnich 355 



A monograph on rice, C. D. Girola 355 



Variety tests with rye, E. Sierig 355 



Progress of the l)eet-sugar industry in the United States in 1902, C. F. Saylnr. 356 



Single-germ beet balls for imjtroving sugar-beet culture, T. G. Palmer 356 



Sugar-beet seed: Its importance and production, J. E. W. Tracy 356 



Experiments in the culture of the sugar beet, T. L. Lyon and A. T. Wiancko . . 356 



Alkali lands and sugar-beet culture. III, 11. C. Myers 357 



The sugar industry of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, S. M. Hadi. . . 357 



The manufacture of cane sirup, H. H. Harrington 358 



The cultivation and treatment of the Kumara (sweet i)otato ), AValsli 358 



Tobacco, O. J. A. Collet 358 



Fertilizer experiments with tobacco in Japan, M. Lehmann 358 



Description of wheat varieties, C. S. Scofield 358 



The stooling of wheat, F. Antonis 358 



HORTICUI/rtKIO. 



Report of the assistant in horticulture, E. Nelson 359 



New vegetal)les, G. Wythes 359 



Vegetables and fruits at the Ui)per Peninsula Snt)station, L. M. Geismar and 



C. D. Smith 359 



Vegetables, V. H. Davis 359 



Vegetaltles for profit, T. W. Sanders 359 



Vegetables and fruits of Madagascar 360 



Storage of some common vegetables ". 360 



