EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editoh: K. W. ALLEN, Pit. T>., Asxi.^(<i,il DirMnr. 



KDITdKIAL DEPARTMENTS. 



Chemistry, Dairy Farniiiig, and Dairying — The Editor and IL W. Lawson. 

 Meteorology, Fertilizern and Soils (including methods of analysis), and Agricultural 



Engineering — W. H. Beal. 

 Botany and Diseases of Plants — Walter H. Evans, Ph. D. 

 Foods and Animal Production — C. F. Langworthy, Ph. D. 

 Field Crops — J. I. Schulte. ' 



Entomology and Veterinary Science — E. V. Wilcox, Ph. D. 

 Horticulture — C. B. Smith and V. A. Clark. 

 With the cooperation of the scientific divisions of the Department and the Abstract 



Committee of the Association of Ofhcial Agricultural Chemists. 



CONTENTS OF Vol. XII, No. 3. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



The late Sir John Bennet Lawes 201 



The influence of the Rothamsted Experiment Station 203 



International congresses of horticulture, viticulture, and agriculture at Paris, 



W. H. Evans, Ph. D 205 



Recent "work in agricultural science , 211 



Notes 299 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



CHEMISTRY. 



Report of the chemists, W. R. Perkins and E. B. Ferris 21.3 



Determination of phosphoric acid available as plant food in soils and ferti- 

 lizers, J. Plot 211 



Determination of cane sugar in condensed milk, L. Griinhut and S. II. Riil)er. 211 



The adulteration of cane-sugar siruj) Avith glucose, H. D. Richmond 212 



On the determination of the acidity of milk, M. Siegfeld 212 



On testing food products for boric acid and borates with turmeric paper, E. II. 



Jenkins and A. W. Ogden 213 



Analyses of borax, A. W. Ogden 21 4 



Analyses of formaldehyde or formalin, A. W. Ogden 214 



Miscellane<jus analyses, E. F. Ladd 214 



A new indicator, J. Formaiiek 2] 3 



1 Ab.scTit on ]oiive. 



