II CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Determination of hippuric acid in urine, R. E. Stallings 220 



Ten lectures on biochemistry of muscle and nerve, W. D. Halliburton 221 



Miscellaneous analyses, C. H. Jones and F. M. Hollister . 221 



Report of the chemist: Division of foods and feeding, J. B. Lindsey 221 



Report on general work in the chemical laboratory, C. A. Goessmann 221 



Convention of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, 1904 221 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Monthly Weather Review, Vol. XXXIII, Nos. 4-5. . 221 



Summaries of temperatures, rainfalls, and sunshines, E. F. Ladd 222 



Meteorologv, T. M. Carpenter 222 



Weather of 1904, S. Blore - 223 



Climatological data for the year 1904 223 



Results of meteorological observations in the year 1902 223 



Meteorology, P. Boname 223 



The weather 1904-5, F. J. Plynien 223 



Temperature McGill College grounds, C. H. McLeod and H. T. Barnes 224 



Papers and charts relating to meteorology, G. Hellmann 224 



Influence of small lakes on local temperature conditions, J. L. Bartlett 224 



The sun and nature, C. Flammarion 224 



The farmer and the weather map, H. H. Lyon 224 



W eather forecasts in the service of agriculture, Grohmann 225 



Fake weather forecasts, F. J. Walz 225 



Si gnificance of Bacillus coli in potable waters, H. Vincent 225 



SOILS — FERTILIZERS. 



The principal soil areas of Iowa, W. H. Stevenson et ai 225 



Soils, H. Ingle 226 



Some soil analyses, A. Pardy 226 



Results obtained in examination of thin layers of soil, A. Delage and H. Lagatu. 226 



Classification and nomenclature of soils, H. Lagatu 226 



Soil temperatures, S. Blore 226 



The percolation of rain water through soils, W. F. Sutherst 226 



The alkali soils of Montana, F. W. Traphagen 226 



Nature and treatment of alkali spots, L E. Kelsev 227 



Ant heaps, H. Ingle 227 



Accumulation of fertility by land allowed to run wild, A. D. Hall 227 



Manurial requirements of the Leonardtown loam soil, F. D. Gardner 227 



How can we maintain the fertility of our Colorado soils? W. P. Headden . . . 229 



Soil fertility, W. C. Welborn. 229 



Fertilizers registered for sale in Arkansas during 1905, A. M. Muckenfuss 229 



Analyses of fertilizers, C. A. Goessmann 229 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers and manurial substances, C. A. Goessmann. 229 



Official inspection of commercial fertilizers, 1904, C. A. Goessmann 229 



Analyses of miscellaneous fertilizer materials, M. S. McDowell 229 



Commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills, C. H. Jones, and F. M. Hollister 230 



Commercial fertilizers, J. H. Stewart and B. H. Hite 230 



Manures, F. T. Holbrook and E. J. Russell 230 



Amount of oil in cake and farmyard manure, G. J. Goodwin and E. J. Russell. 230 



Utilization of blood in agriculture, A. Grau 231 



Lime nitrogen 231 



Experiments with lime nitrogen on fodder beets, C. Aschman 231 



New land, lime, and litmus, W. A. Sherman 231 



Liming experiments of the agricultural society of Saxony 231 



Retrogression of soluble phosphates in mixed manures, G. Gray 231 



Plant peculiarities as shown by the influence of sodium salts, H. J. Wheeler. 232 



AGRICULTURAL BOTANY. 



Quack and wheat grasses, L. H. Pammel 233 



Soil-binding grasses, L. H. Pammel 233 



Studies of Mexican and Central American plants — No. 4, J. N. Rose 233 



Useful plants of the island of Guam, W. E. Safford 233 



The respiration of plants, H. Marshall Ward et al 234 



