EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. A.LLEN, Ph. 1>.. Assistant Director. 



EDITORIAL DEP \KTMKNTS. 



Meteorology, Soils, and Fertilizers— W. II. Beal. 



Agricultural Botany and Vegetable Pathology — W,. II. Evans, Ph. D. 



Field ( Irops .1.1. Schulte. 



Borticulture and Forestry -C. B. Smith. 



Zootechny and Human Nutrition — C. F. Langworthy, Ph. I). 



Agrotechny, Dairy Farming, and Dairying — II. W. Lawson. 



Agricultural Chemistry — W. II. Beal, C. F. Langworthy, and II. W. Lawson. 



Economic Zoology, Entomology, and Veterinary Medicuw — E. V. Wilcox, Ph. I). 



Rural Engineering— S. M. Woodward. 



Rural Economics— H. C. Taylor, Ph. D. 



Agricultural Education — 1>. J. Crosry. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. XVII, NO. 



Editorial note?: Pa &e. 



Definite practical aim in experiment station work 209 



The editing of station publications 211 



The inauguration of President .lames 213 



( lornell ( lollege of Agriculture and its new board of visitors 215 



Recent work in agricultural science 217 



Notes 308 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



Agricultural chemistry. 



Determination of phosphoric acid, ( i. P. Baxter and R. C. Griffin -17 



Determination of citrate-soluble phosphoric acid in superphosphate, O. Seib.. 217 



Determination of phosphoric acid, V. Raschig 218 



Detection of natural phosphates in phosphatic slags, L. Ledouz 218 



A new reagent for potassium, E. P. Alvarez 218 



Contribution to the analysis of nitrate of soda, R. Bensemaim 218 



The analysis of cyanamid, R. Perotti 218 



fhe quantitative estimation of nitric acid and nitrates, W. II. Easton 218 



Determination of nitrites in waters, W. P. Mason. .., 219 



The rapid analysis of baking powders, R. < >. Brooks 219 



Analysis, of formaldehyde sold in North Dakota, K. V. Ladd 219 



Detection of adulteration in maple sugar and sirup, 0. II. Jones.. 219 



Determination of fat in milk i r in fat, T. s. Thomsen 220 



Study of Hiibl, Nanus, and Wijs methods of iodin absorption, N. L. Wilson.. 220 



Borne notes concerning Hal phen's test for cotton-seed oil, E. Fulmer 220 



Reaction of lard from cotton-seed meal fed hogs, E. Fulmer 220 



Precipitation limits of some vegetable proteins, T. B. Osborne and I. K. Harris. 220 



The glycocoll content of different protends, F. Dubrowin 220 



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