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Iinjwrtanct' of calcinm and magnesium salts in the nutrition of plants, Gossel. 5(34 



Fertility of .soil according to the most recent data, S. Bogdanov 565 



The green sandstone soils of Lower Bavaria and the Oberpfalz, Puchner 565 



Some investigations on the physical properties of soils, W. Bagger 565 



Mechanical and physico-chemical analyses of soils 565 



A new theory of the soil, A. I). Hall 565 



Origin, properties, and applicability of Swedish moor soils, K. Tolf 565 



Worn-out farms, W. M. Mnnson 565 



St'idies in soil bacteriology, F. D. Chester 565 



Tiie activity of bacteria in soils, F. Muth 566 



FERTILIZERS. 



Cover crops aa green manure, C. L. Penny , . 566 



On the management and effect of barnyard manure, Schneidewind 567 



Nitrate of soda c( mtaining perchlorate, II. Pellet and G. Fribourg 567 



The utilization of the nitrogen of the air, A. Wiesler 568 



Fertilizer experiments with carbide nitrogen (calcium cyanamid), P. Bolin. . . 56<S 



Experiments on methods of applying fertilizers 568 



Fertilizer manufactured from beet-molasses refuse, H. G. Soderbaum 568 



Report of cooperative fertilizer experiments in Sweden for 1902, P. Bolin 569 



Cooperative fertilizer experiments in Sweden, 1902, M. Weibull 570 



Some plant culture trials with a new artificial fertilizer, A. Ystgaard 571 



Wolters phosphate, P. Wagner 571 



Fffect of potash fertilizers on upland moors, A. Baumann 571 



The fertilizing value of iron sulphate, E. Leclercq 571 



The use and action of commercial fertilizers, Steglich 571 



Analyses of fertilizers, J. P. Street, W. P. Allen, and V. J. Carberry 571 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, W. Frear 572 



FIELD CROPS. 



The influence of the water content of soils on the yield and growth of different 



varieties of grain, C. von Seelhorst and W. Freckmann 572 



Miscellaneous field crops in New South Wales, W. Farrer et al 572 



Field crops at the Queensland Experiment Farms, J. Mahon et al 572 



Results of experiments with lime as a fertilizer, D. Pryanishnikov 572 



Top-dressing for moorland pastures, H. von Feilitzen 573 



Improvement of natural meadows on humus soils, H. von Feilitzen and R. Tolf. 573 



Cooperative forage experiments in Southern Victoria, F. J. Howell 573 



Forage plants, D. O. Nourse 573 



Competitive culture of fodder beets, E. Voglino 573 



Selection of fodder beets, P. Zabrinski 574 



Florida beggar weed, G. d'Utra 574 



Abnormal growth of carrots, E. Gross .' 574 



The growth of crimson clover, C. L. Penny 574 



Clover sickness of soils, B. B. Veener, N. A. Dyakonov, and P. S. Kossovich.. 575 



]\Iaize on hill and vlei soils 575 



Composition of different parts of the corn kernel, C. G. Hopkins et al 575 



Thirty-fifth annual report of the Flax Supply Association 575 



The cold storage of hops, C. Armstrong ! 575 



Oats, Denaiffe and Sirodot 575 



Tedts of oats and wheat in 1903, J. F. Duggar and J. M. Richeson 575 



Improvement of the Swedish potato industry, H. Juhlin-Dannfelt 576 



Sugar-beet experiment, C. L. Penny 576 



Respiration in the sugar beet, F. Strohmer 576 



Seedling and other canes in the Leeward Islands, 1902-3, F. Watts 577 



Ridge V. level culture for sweet potatoes, R. A. Emerson 577 



\'ariety tests of tobacco, E. Chuanl and (J. Martinet 577 



Report of the tobacco expert, R. S. Nevill 577 



Wild rice; its uses and propagation, E. Brown and C. S. Scofield 578 



Work in the botanic gardens and laboratory, 1902-3, J. B. Harrison 578 



The Estate Brody, E.'Weiss. ! 578 



Tlie world's grain production in 1903 578 



( iraiii prices in the United States from 1862 to 1900, T. H. iMigelbn-cht 578 



Report of the [Queensland] secretary for agriculture, 1902-3, J). Denham 578 



Season and crop report of Bengal for the year 1902-3, S. L. INIaddox 578 



