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INDEX. 



Bacteria-cells of Leguminosag, 29 



Balling's hydrometer, 119 



Barley, consumption of plant-food 

 by, 22 ; value of manure pro- 

 duced fiom consumption of, by 

 cattle, 64 



Barometer, use of, 104 



Basic phosphate of lime, 70, 71 



Basic slag, 70, 71 



Bean plant, its mode of feeding, 

 28 



Beans, value of manure produced 

 from their consumption by cat- 

 tle, (33 ; value as green dressing, 

 65 



Beet molasses, analysis of, 125, 126 



Beet sugar, different processes ap- 

 plicable to, from those for cane 

 sugar, 125 



Begass. See Megass. 



Bengal bean, value as green dress- 

 ing, 65 



Bleaching agents, 97, 113, 116 



Blood, a nitrogenous manure, 26 



Blow-up, 113 



Boiling, 99 ; theory of, 103, 104 ; 

 how produces molasses, 123 



Bone, constituents of, 57 



Bones, use as manure, 68 



Borers, 43 



Botany, connection with agricul- 

 ture, 1 



Brix's hydrometer, 119 



Budding of yeast-plants, 128 



Burnt sugar, use of, 136 



Cajanus indicus, peculiarity of, 

 28 ; value as green dressing, 65 



Calcareous soil, analysis of, 23 ; 

 experiments on, 49 



Calcium, 2 



Canada, phosphate beds of, 69 



Cane - juice, analysis of, 85 ; 

 amount required to make a hogs- 



head of sugar, 101, 102 ; ascer- 

 taining richness of, 117-121 ; fer- 

 mentation of, ] 27 



Cane-mills, their forms, principles, 

 and use, 75-81 



Cane sugar, amount in cane-juice, 

 85 ; formula of, 98 ; amount in 

 molasses, 122 ; effect of glucose 

 on, 123 ; combinations Avith, 125 ; 

 alcoholic fermentation of, 130 ; 

 yield of alcohol from, 132, 133 



Canned foods, how preserved, 127, 

 128 



Capillary attraction, 19 



Capon-tail, 44 



Caramel, 136 



Carbo-hydrates, 6 



Carbolic acid, use of, 43 



Carbon, its presence in plants, 2, 

 5, 6, 13 ; its sj^mbol, 3 ; source 

 of, 11, 12 ; proportion in sugar, 

 12 ; essential to plant-food, 25 



Carbonate of ammonia, 30, 31, 48, 

 59 



Carbonate of lime, composition of, 

 16 ; presence in soil, 27, 31, 48 ; 

 in decolorisation process, 114, 

 115 



Carbonate of potash, presence in 

 soil, 30, 31 ; how obtained, 67 



Carbonation, decolorisation by, 

 114, 115 



Carbon-dioxide. See Carbonic- 

 acid Gas. 



Carbonic-acid gas, its presence and 

 use, 11, 12 ; use in decolorisation, 

 114, 115 ; use in recovery of 

 sugar from molasses, 125 ; pro- 

 duction from glucose, 130 



Camallite, use as manure, 68 



Cassava, 14 



Catch-pit for liquid manure, 62 



Cattle, injurious effect of, on wet 

 lands, 27 ; West Indian practice 



