II CONTENTS. 



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Table for computing total solidsand solids-not-fat in milk, Ruttnerand Ulrich.. 9 



Contributions to the examination of butter, M. Siegfeld 9 



Extraction of tanning materials with various extractors, V. P. Veitch 9 



I ^termination of ash in plant substances, E. Gutzeil - 9 



Sodium carbonate and oxalate in acidimetry, S. P. L. Sorensen and A. C. 



Andersen 10 



Report of chemical departmenl of Swedish Moor Culture station. L903-4, 



II. von Feilitzen 10 



Progress in the field of agricultural chemistry during L904, A. Stutzer 10 



Review of foreign work in agricultural chemistry, C. W. Harrison 10 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Monthly Weather Review. Vol. XXXIII, Nos. 1-3 10 



Meteorological notes for year ending September 30, L904, A. Lander 11 



Periodic variation of rainfall in the arid region, W. B. Stockman 11 



(Miniate of the Province of San Luis, Argentine Republic, A. L. Cravetti 11 



Climate of Province of Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, R. J. Huergo 11 



Action of cannon used for protection against hail, J. Violle 11 



Frost protection experiment in Hohenheim, 1904 11 



Errors in the determination of the temperature of the air, P. Borisov 11 



Presence of formaldehyde in the atmosphere of towns. A. Trillat 11 



Evaporation observations in the United States. II. II. Kim hall 12 



Copper as an algicide and disinfectant, G. T. Moore and K. F. Kellerman 12 



Copper sulphate treatment for algse at Middletown, N. Y., J. M. Caird 12 



Interpretation of a water examination, \V. P. Mason 12 



Softening of hard water by heating it under pressure, X. Knight 12 



Underground waters of region of Cadereita Mendez, J. de D. Villarello 13 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



Investigations in soil management, F. H. King 13 



How to build up worn-out soils, G. W. Carver 16 



Composition of West Prussian soils, M. Schmoeger 16 



Geological observations on analyses of some West Prussian soils, A. Jentzsch. 16 



Chemical nature of the soils of New South Wales, F. P>. Guthrie 16 



Soil investigations [in the Philippines], A. M. Sanchez 16 



Rational classification of sand and gravel, A. Atterberg 16 



Mineralogical analysis of soils, J. Dumont 16 



Denitrifi cation of soil, III, G. Ampola 17 



Accumulation of atmospheric nitrogen, E. B. Voorhees and J. G. Lipman 17 



Absorptive property of the leaf cover of the soil of forests, I-]. Henry 17 



Varying absorbent power of soils for bone superphosphate and mineral super- 

 phosphate, ('. Montanari - 17 



Agricultural phosphate, Bachmann 17 



Fertilizer experiments with calcium cyanamid, H. von Feilitzen „ 17 



Manurial experiments with calcium cyanamid and garden plants, H. Otto IS 



Action of nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia with lime, Bachmann 18 



Use of leucin and tyrosin as sources of nitrogen for plants, L. Lutz is 



rnoculation of soil with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, A. F. Woods IS 



Results of four years' culture and liming experiments on moor soils, B. Hardt. L8 



injurious effect of an excess of lime applied to soil. S. Suzuki 18 



Analyses of stone lime, prepared lime, etc., P. A. Voorhees IS 



Analyses and other studies of West Prussian marl, M. Schmoeger is 



Commercial fertilizers, A. Goss and W. J. Jones, jr 19 



Fertilizer inspection, C. D. Woods and J. M. Bartlett 19 



Analysis of commercial fertilizers sold in Maryland, II. B. McDonnell et al .. 19 



Analyses of samples of fertilizers collected [in New York] 19 



Licensed commercial fertilizers, F. W. Woll and G. A. Olson 19 



By-products of maritime fisheries: Fish oils and fertilizers. J). Pellet 19 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Regeneration of seedling roots after splitting, Lura A. Warner 19 



Notes on the regeneration of the hypocotyl of flax, Mary P. Hedden 19 



Regeneration of the epicotyl in bean and pea seedlings, Arabel W. Clark 19 



