Report of the Committee on Researxh. 345 



Investigations of gas, oil, coal, and cement plaster. 



By Prof. H. C. Allen, University of Kansas. 



Nature of liquid potentials and the measurement of the same. 



By Prof. P. V. Fiiragher, University of Kansas. 



Researches in the cultivation of medicinal plants in the United 

 States. 



Further investigations of the digestive and baking qualities of corn 

 oil in connection with mixed flour, especially a mixture of the 

 commercial corn-starch flour and a high protein flour. 



The composition of artificial rubber. 



Further investigation of the poisonous constituents of mescale but- 

 tons. 



By Prof. L. E. Sayre, University of Kaiis:is. 



Investigation of the new preparation now made official in the new 

 Pharmacopoeia IX; a critical study of the same. 



By Prof. F. J. Zuck, University of Kansas. 



A study of the value of the American-grown Stramonium. 



By Prof. L. D. Havenhill, University of Kansas. 



A study of the new constitutents of ipecac with reference to their 

 therapeutic value. 



R. L. Ritter, student, under the direction of Prof. L. E. Sayre, Uni- 

 versity of Kansas. 



Methods of food analysis with particular reference to starch deter- 

 minations and fat determinations. 



By Prof. W. S. Long, University of Kansas. 



The reaction of the formamidines. 



By Prof. F. B. Dains, University of Kansas. 



On the constitution and synthesis of certain pyrazol derivatives. 



By Prof. Rolla N. Harger, University of Kansas. 



On the action of acyl chlorides on certain thioureas and thiazols, 



By R, Q. Brewster, Instructor, University of Kansas. 



Reactions in liquid ammonia. 



By Instructor J. B. Whelan, University of Kansas. 



On the preparation and reactions of the isothiohydantoins. 

 On the introduction of iodine into aromatic amines. 

 On the action of substituted amines on carbonyl diurethan. 

 The synthesis of certain halogen substituted azo dyes. 



By Roy Irwin, W. M. .Tanney, H. W. Greider, C. H. Kidwell, Carl L. 

 Johnson, and A. T. Beckley, under the direction of Prof. F. B. 

 Dains, University of Kansas. 



Nutritive properties of maize and kafir. , 



By Prof. A. G. Hogan, K. S. A. C. 



Investigation of the form of nitrogen occurring in plants, and es- 

 I>ecially that nitrogen which cannot be utilized as a food by animals. 



By Prof. P. J. Newman, K. S. A. C. 



The vitamine content of maize. 



The effect of autoclaving casein on its chemical compK>sition and nutri- 

 tive value. 



By .T. S. Hughes, K. S. A. C. 



