II CONTENTS. 



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Contribution to the detection of watered milk, O. Bialon 438 



Refractometric examination of milk, M. Henseval and G. Mullie 438 



Cryoscopy of milk for detecting the addition of water, C. Barthel 438 



Review of the literature of milk chemistry, R. W. Raudnitz 439 



( \ immercial utilization of milk waste, J. A. Just 439 



The quantitative analysis of lard, D. Wesson and N. J. Lane 439 



Chemical nature of sugar product obtained by overheating, F. Stolle 439 



Experiments with caramel as a cleavage product of caramelan, F. Stolle 439 



Quantity of sugar permissible in imported preserved pineapples^ H. W. Wiley. . 439 



Occurrence and estimation of organic acids of wines, A. Partheil 439 



Household chemistry, H. T. Vulte and G. A. < roodell ... 440 



Chemistry of the household, Margaret E. Dodd 440 



METEOROLOGY — WATER. 



Climate [of Idaho] 440 



Account of some features of climate of Reno, Nevada, S. B. Doten 440 



Work of station of agricultural climatology of Juvisy, 1904, C. Flammarion. . . 440 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander and C. H. Chadwick 440 



Meteorological summary for 1903-4, E. Burke 440 



Meteorological summary for 1903, C. A . Patton 440 



Annual precipitation in ( )klahoma and Indian Territory, C. M. Strong 441 



Meteorological observations on Ben Nevis, Lord McLaren et al 441 



Rainfall and sunshine of Guernsey for the year 1904, A. Collenette 442 



Rainfall in the agricultural districts, G. G. Bond 442 



Observations of atmospheric phenomena at Manila central observatory, 1903.. 442 



The heaviest rainfalls in the world 442 



Weather conditions and statistics 442 



Forecasting the weather and storms, W. L. Moore 442 



Some aspects of modern weather forecasting, W. N. Shaw 442 



Islands for weather forecasting purposes, W. E. Cooke 442 



Water and agriculture, L. Thiry 443 



Natural vegetation and the purity of waters, L. A. Fabre 443 



Geology and underground water conditions of Jornada del Muerto, C. R. Keyes. 443 



Water for domestic purpi >ses in North Dakota, E. F. Ladd 443 



The city of Paris and the water question, L. Grandeau 443 



SO 1 LS — FERTILIZERS. 



Availability of potash and phosphoric acid in soil, G. S. Fraps 444 



Source and importance of carbon dioxid in soil, J. Stoklasaand A. Ernest 444 



Contributions to our knowledge of the aeration of soils, F. H. King 445 



Influence of packing of soil on oats, C. von Seelhorst and Krzymowski 445 



Bare fallow, C. von Seelhorst 445 



Investigations on evaporation from soils, C. von Seelhorst 445 



Percolation of rain water in sandy and loamy soils, C. von Seelhorst 445 



Some agricultural and geobotanical observations, S. Kravko v - - 445 



Distribution of the population of Sweden as determined by the geological 



character of the soil, C. Rabot 446 



The sugar-cane soils of Jamaica, III, H. H. Cousins 446 



Geological notes on cacao soils, E. H. Cunningham-Craig 446 



Phosphoric acid in cultivated land in Java, T. Marr 446 



Investigations on the potash content of moor soils, P. Vageler 446 



The soil of the Pontine marshes, A. Orth 446 



Difficulty of ascertaining the productiveness of tropical soils, A. Couturier 446 



Soil analysis and value of results in fertilizing vineyards, A. Hubert 446 



A new method of mechanical soil analysis, A. Sabanin 447 



The bacteriological examination of cultivated soils, T. Remy 447 



Soil inoculation " 447 



Contribution to the knowledge of nitrogen bacteria, F. Lohnis 447 



Value of some new nitrogenous fertilizers, H. G. Soderbaum 447 



Preservation and action of the nitrogen < >f urine, E. Bohme 448 



Ammoniacal nitrogen as a plant food, Gerlach and Vogel 448 



Ammonium salts or nitrate of soda, Clausen 448 



Nitrate by-product, Aumann 449 



Calcium nitrate in agriculture, E. S. Bellenoux 449 



