II CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 The accumulation of asparagin in legumes grown with insufficient liglit, 



E. Breal - 420 



Concerning the pectic matter of plants, A. Hebert 420 



On the hybrid fecundation of the endosperm of maize, 11. de Vries 421 



ZOOLOGY. 



Eevision of American vole.s of the genus IMicrotus, V. Bailey 422 



A review of economic ornithology in the United States, T. S. Palmer 423 



METEOROLOGY CLI.M.VTOLOCJ Y. 



]!sile floods and monsoon rains 424 



AVork of the meteorologist for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and naviga- 

 tion, F. H. Bigelow 424 



Anemometer tests, C. F. !Marvin - 425 



Meteorological tables, T. S. Outram 425 



AIR WATER SOILS. 



Soil investigations in the United States, M. Whitney - - - 426 



A study of soil moisture, C. A. Keffer and J. D. Tinsley 425 



Soil moisture, H. H. Nicholson 426 



FERTILIZERS. 



Alfalfa as a fertilizer, B. C. Buffum 427 



Nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia on marsh soils, Clausen 428 



The basic constituents of crops, E. Warington and E. Demoussy 428 



Change in weight of some artificial fertilizers on exposure to the air, L. von 



Wissell 428 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. B. Hardin 430 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills, C. H. Jones, and B. O. White. 429 



Commercial fertilizers, J. H. Stewart and B. H. Hite - - . 430 



FIELD CROPS. 



Report of the agriculturist, T. L. Lyon 430 



Alfalfa as a hay crop, B. C. Buffum 430 



Corn culture, C. W. Burkett --- 432 



Report on tests of deep and shallow plowing for corn - 442 



Results of experiments on cotton in Alabama, P. H. Mell et al 433 



The southern or cow pea in Delaware, A. T. Neale and W. H. Bishop 435 



A two years' test of 128 varieties of grasses and forage plants, T. L. Lyon 436 



Rescue grass {Bromus unioloides), F. Lamson-Scribner 442 



Analyses of forage crops, H. H. Nicholson - 442 



Succulent forage for the farm and dairy, T. A. Williams 442 



The influence of chlorin and other compounds in crude Stassfurt salts on the 



composition and yield of potatoes, B. Sjollema 436 



Sorghum for sirup, G. W. Shaw 443 



Sugar-beet investigations in 1899, J. H. Stewart and B. H. Hite 437 



Sugar cane — field and laboratory results for ten years, W. C. Stubbs 438 



Work of the Hawaiian p:xperiment Station, 1899, W. Maxwell 440 



Growth of the tobacco industry, ^NI. Whitney and M. L. Floyd 443 



nORTICULTlTRE. 



Report of the horticulturist, R. A. Emerson 449 



Gardening under glass, W. F. ^lassey and A. Rhodes 444 



Progress of commercial growing of plants under glass, B. T. Galloway 449 



