INDEX 



253 



Magnesium : 



determination of, 93 



chloride, solubility, 105 



corrected by lime, 114 



sulphate, solubility, 105 

 Magowan, Florence N., 44, 50. 

 Mancos shale, 24, 25, 26, 27 

 Manhole for drain, 189 

 Mann, H. H., 15 

 Marchal, E., 48, 59, 140 

 Marquenne, L., 118 

 Marsh grass, as alkali indicator, 64 

 Masoni, G., 121, 131 

 Mass Action, 106 



McCool, M. M., 102, 103, 142, 152 

 McLane, J. W., 80 

 Mead, C. E., 222 

 Meade, R. K., 175, 190 

 Meadow fescue, 204 

 Meaning of alkali, 5 t 



Means, T. H., 12, 15, 18, 22, 33, 160, 



166, 197, 239 

 Merrill, G. P., 18 

 Mesopotamia, alkali in, 13 

 Method: 



electric bridge, 94 



of reclaiming alkali land, 154 

 Methods: 



comparison of, 85 



of constructing drains, 183 



of determining alkali, 81 

 Micheels, H., 40, 45, 59 

 Microorganisms, effect of alkali on, 



132 

 Miller, C. E., 142, 152 

 Millets, 208 

 Minerals: 



alkali in, 19 



in rocks, 16 

 Miyake, K., 59, 114, 118 

 Montana: 



alkali in, 9 



formation, 25 



Montana: 



method of alkali analysis, 84, 85 

 Moisture: 



evaporation, 130 



movements, 128 

 Modiola, 206 

 Morocco, alkali in, 10 

 Mousetail, as alkali indicator, 6 

 Movement of: 



alkali with water, 142 



moisture, 128 



salt, rate of, 148 



soluble salts, 141 



various salts, 146 

 Mulch to reduce evaporation, 154 

 Mulberry, 220 

 Munter, E., 138 

 Muntz, A., 152 

 Myers, H. C., 80 



N 

 Native: 



grasses, 205 



vegetation as alkali indicator, 

 60,63 



vegetation in judging land, 242 

 Nature of alkali injury, 34 

 Need of drainage, 170 

 Neill, N. P., 199, 201, 222 

 Nelson, A., 208, 222 

 Neutralizing sodium carbonate, 160 

 Newell, F. H., 239 

 Nile River Valley, alkali in, 11, 12 

 Nitrate: 



determination, 89 



formation, 30 

 Nitrates, effect on capillarity, 129 

 Nitric acid for alkali land, 161 

 Nitrogen fixation, effect of salts on, 



137 

 North America, alkali in, 6 

 Nutrient solutions, 43 



