II CONTENTS. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Page. 



The crows of Germany in their relation to agriculture and forestry, Rorig 616 



Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds, T. S. Palmer 616 



Protection and importation of birds under act of Congress approved May 25, 



1900, James Wilson 617 



Directory of State officials and organizations concerned with the protection of 



birds and game, T. S. Palmer 617 



Revision of the pocket mice of the genus Perognathus, W. H. Osgood 617 



METEOROLOGY. 



Report of the director of the New York AVeather Bureau, 1898, E. A. Fuertes. 618 



Meteorological observations, J. E. Ostrander, A. C. Monahan, and C. L. Rice. 619 



Meteorology, W. Frear and C. W. Norris 618 



WATER — SOILS. 



Miscellaneous water analyses 622 



On the movement of water and salt solutions in soils, S. Kravkov 620 



Muck experiments, J. D. Towar 620 



The reclamation of salt land in Egypt, G. Bonaparte 621 



The needs and treatment of the Warwick Plain and other sandy soils of Rhode 



Island, H. J. Wheeler and G. E. Adams 621 



Cooperative soil test experiments, J. D Towar 623 



Examination of mineral specimens 623 



FERTILIZERS. 



On the composition of the gas confined in barnyard manure, P. P. Deherain 



andC. Dupont 623 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, C. A. Goessmann 626 



Commercial fertilizers, H. J. Wheeler, B. L. Hartwell, et al 626 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers 626 



Investigations on the action of the phosphoric acid and nitrogen in Leipsic 



poudrette and in von Krottnaurer's Blankenburg fertilizer, 0. Bottcher 624 



The occurrence and composition of lime in ]\Iaryland, together with the results 



of experiments in testing its use in agriculture, H. J. Patterson 624 



Experiments in denitrification, T. B. Wood 626 



FIELD CROPS. 



Subexperiment farms, W. M. Hays et al 627 



Report of agricultural investigations in Alaska in 1899, C. C. Georgeson 630 



Diversified farming in Oklahoma, J. Fields 640 



Field crop tests, H. T. French 641 



Notes on clover, J. D. Towar 631 



Corn experiments, L. Foster and L. A. ]Merrill 631 



Corn silage, sugar beets, and mangels — a comparison of their yield and cost 



of production, H. J. Waters and E. H. Hess 632 



Experiments with barley, roots, and grass lands in 1899, H. C. Sheringham et al. 633 



Some hay, forage, and pasture plants for Arkansas, R. L. Bennett 634 



Effect of liming upon the relative yields and durability of grass and weeds, 



H. J. Wheeler and J. A. Tillinghast 634 



Potato experiments in 1899, G. Martinet 636 



Notes on sand lucern, J. D. Towar 636 



Sugar beet and sorghum investigations in 1899, A. D. Selby 636 



