EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Editor: K. W. Al.LEN, Pir. D., Assist, mt ])nrrl,n-. 

 EDITORIAL DKPAKTMEXTS. 



Chemistry, Dairy Farming, and Dairying — The Editor and H. W. Lawsox. 

 Meteorology, FertiUzers 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. ^'. Wilcox, Ph. D. 

 Horticulture — C. B. Smith. 

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



Committee of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. 



CONTENTS OF Vol. XII, No. 8. 



Editorial notes: Page. 



Investigation of soils in Eussia 701 



Variety testing at Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm 703 



Russian soil investigations 704 



Recent Avork in agricultural science 713 



Notes 799 



SUBJECT LIST OF ABSTRACTS. 



chemistry. 



Thomas slag and the determination of itsphosphoric acid content, A. N. Papez. 713 



The determination of potash by means of phosphomolyl)dic acid, Wavelet 713 



A short method for determining potash in potash salts, H. Neubauer 714 



On cellulose determination, C. Councler 714 



The detection of foreign coloring matters in canned tomatoes, G. Halphen 715 



Miscellaneous analyses, H. J. Wheeler 717 



K«)T,\XV. 



The plant covering of Ocracoke Island, T. H. Kearney 720 



Xenia, or the immediate effect of pollen, in maize, H. J. Webber 717 



On the poisonous properties of compounds of sodium, potassium, and ammo- 

 nium, H. Coupin 717 



Effect of chemical media on the growth of fungi, L. Planchon 718 



The nodule organism of the Leguminosa;, R. C Smith 719 



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