EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: E. W. ALLEN Ph. D., [smxtard Director 



ED] rORIAL DEF \ KIM V.S I s. 



Meteorology, Soils, and Fertilizers- W. 11. Beal. 



Agricultural Botany and Vegetable Pathology — W. II. Fa ins, Ph. i 



Field < !rops .1.1. Schulte. 



Horticulture and Forestry — ('. B. Smith. 



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



Agrotechny, Dairy Farming, and Dairying— -H. W. Lawson. 



Agricultural Chemistry W. II. Beal, 0. F. Langworthy, and II. W. Lawson. 



Economic Zoology, F«tomology, and Veterinary Medicin< — E. V. Wilcox, Ph. I). 



Rural Engineering — y. M. Woodward. 



Rural Economics II. C. Taylor, Ph. D. 



Agricultural Education— D. J. Crosby. 



CONTENTS OF VOL. KVII, NO. 4. 



Editorial note-: Page. 



A review of the Departmenl of Agriculture 313 



An endorsement of additional appropriations for the experimenl stations. 316 



The eradication of Texas fever 317 



Convention of Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 



Stations 321 



Recent work in agricultural science 333 



Notes 413 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 

 AGRICULTURAL chemistry. 



Methods < i tit rati >f phosphoric acid, ( ). J. Hlavnicka 333 



Rapid volumetric method for phosphoric acid, \V. B. Hirt and F. W. steel... 333 



Solubility of lime and magnesia in solutions of sodium chlorid, E. Maigret 333 



Determination of nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method, S P. L. Sorensen et al... 333 



Modification of Kjeldahl method for total nitrogen in urine, A. \\;\\»-< 334 



Volumetric determination of nitrons acid, G. Barbieri 334 



Determination of ammonia in water, Cavalier and Artus 334 



Determination of the organic nitrogen in potable waters, .!.('. Brown 



Report of committee on standard methods of water analysis 334 



Progress in the chemistry of waters, A. Goldberg 335 



Volumetric determination of reducing sugars, A. II. Ling and T. tiendle 335 



A study of the hydrogen peroxid method, J. K. Hay wood and r>. II. Smith.. 



A new method for the detection of formalin in milk, LTtz 335 



New method of rapid milk analysis, V. Bordas and Ton plain 335 



New method of milk analysis, J. Bellier T 335 



Chemical analysis and cryoscopy of milk. II. Lajoux 336 



The Sichler ' sin-acid" butyrometry, W.Schneider 336 



Sulphuric acid for the detenu i nut ion of milk fat, M. Si igfeld 336 



The estimation of fat, L. I.iehermann 336 



Estimation of fat in infant and invalid f Is. ( J. B. ( iochran 336 



Analysis of cocoa and chocolate. F. Bordas and Touplain •"••"-'_ 1 



Influence of oxidation upon constants of oils, 1 1. ( '. Sherman and M. J. Falk . 337 



Analysis of the Mexican plant Tecoma mollis, L. F. Kebler and A. Seidell 



Agricultural chemistry in the year 1904, W. Zielstorff 337 



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