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INDEX. 



etc., of, 33-39 ; loss of nitrates 



by, 72 

 Drainage-water, plant-food in, 30 

 Drying filter-press cake, 95, 96 

 Dumb returner, 76-78 

 Dunder, 135 



EcoKOMr, importance in colonial 

 agriculture, 72 



Elements, the, 2 et seq. ; table of, 

 138 



England, coprolites in, 69 



Ethers, formation of, in distilla- 

 tion, 132 



Evaporation, 98-100 



Excise regulations, obstacle in way 

 of using molasses, 124, 125 



Excreta of animals. See Pen Ma- 

 nure. 



False grain, 107, 108 



Farm-yard manure. See Pen Ma- 

 nure. 



Fat, constituents of, 57 ; amount 

 in cane- juice, 85 



Fawcett, Preston, & Co.'s mill, 77, 

 78 



Felspar, 16, 17 



Fermentation, effect on molasses, 

 124 ; causes of, 127 ; secondary, 

 132 



Ferments, cause of inversion, 99 



Ferrous sulphate, use as manure, 

 73, 74 



Fertility of soil, necessary condi- 

 tions for, 27 



Filter-press, its use and product, 

 92-97 



Filter process, economy of, 131 



Fish, how preserved, 127, 128 



Fletcher & Le Blanc's four-roller 

 mill, 76 



Florida, phosphate beds of, 00 



Forest soil, 24 



Forking, 18 

 Fossil manures, 69 

 Fruit, how preserved, 127, 128 

 Fungus, destruction of, by burning 

 trash, 53 



Gemmation, reproduction of 

 yeast-plants by, 128 



Gilbert, Dr., table of value of ma- 

 nure, 63, 64 



Glucose, amount in cane-juice, 85 ; 

 formation of, and formula, 98 ; 

 production of, 100; amount in 

 molasses, 122 ; effect on cane su- 

 gar, 123 ; non-combining proper- 

 ties of, 125 ; action of yeast- 

 plant on, 130 ; conversion of cane 

 sugar into, during alcoholic fer- 

 mentation, 130 



Glucose ratio, the, 102, 103 



Graining, 105-108 



Gravel, 17 



Green dressings, nitrogenous char- 

 acter of, 25, 26 ; use of, 41, 65, 

 66 



Griffiths, Dr., quoted, 58, 59 



Guano, its composition and use, 

 70 



Gypsum, mixed with nitrate of 

 soda, 72 



Hall, E. R., experiment by, 44 

 Harrison, Prof., estimate of matter 



removed from soil by cane crop, 



49, 50 ; analysis of pen manure, 



64 

 Hay, value of manure produced 



from consumption of, 64 

 Heart, 18, 32 

 Heat, influence on soil, 18 ; cause 



of inversion, 99 

 High wines, 134 

 Holeing, 40, 41, 64 

 Horse-hoes, use of, 39 



