The concluding volume of the Principles and Practice of Agricultural Analysis has been written in harmony with the plan adopted at the commencement of the first volume. In it an effort has been made to place the analyst or student _en rapport_ with all the best methods of studying the composition of agricultural products. During the progress of the work the author has frequently been asked why some special method in each case has not been designated as the proper one to be used. To do this would be a radical departure from the fundamental idea of the work; _viz._, to rely on the good judgment and experience of the chemist. It is not likely that the author’s judgment in such matters is better…
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