INDEX. 



ACIDS in plants, 3, 7, 9. 

 Adult animal, 118. 



maintenance diets, 120. 

 Albumin of colostrum and milk, 143. 



heat-producing value, 83, 108. 

 Albuminoids in animals, 76-79. 



digestion of, 84. 



formation in plants, 7. 



in foods, 81, 88-91. 



in milk, 117, 143. 



loss of, in ensilage, 95. 



oxidation of, 81, 85. 



their part in nutrition, 81. 

 Albuminoid ratio in buttermilk, 150. 



in diets, 118, 121, 



128, 131. 



in foods, 110. 



in milk, 117. 



in skim-milk, 148. 



in whey, 153. 

 Alumina in soil, 19, 27. 

 Amides, 2, 7, 10, 20. 



in foods, 89, 91, 93, 95. 



their part in nutrition, 82. 8. 

 A mmonia, absorbed by plants,5. 9, 17, 72. 



absorbed by soil, 17, 26-28, 



64, 72. 



in atmosphere, 17. 



in rain, 17. 



in silage, 96. 



loss of, from manure, 32,141. 



nitrification of, 23, 36, 44. 

 Ammonium sulphate, 35, 36,40, 43,45. 

 Animal constituents. 75. 



force, source of, 80. 



heat, source of, 80. 



manure, 31, 133, 142. 



nutrition, 80. 



requirements, 116. 

 Annatto, Io3. 



Annual plants, 14. 



Artificial manuring, 43, 56. 



Ash in animal products, 76-79, 117. 



in crops, 48. 



distribution in excrements, 1 7 



138. 



in foods, 88, 92, 93, 139. 



of food stored up and voided, 136. 



in plants, 2. 

 Asparagine, 13, 89. 



Ass's milk, 117. 

 Atmosphere, 16. 

 Autumn manuring, 44. 



BACTERIA, action on milk, 1 15 



oxidation by, 2-j. 

 Bare fallow, 8, 63. 

 Barley crop, 41, 48, 50, 69. 



grain, composition, 88, 140. 



digestibility, 97, 102. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 



111, 124, 132. 



malting, 51, 60. 



manure value, 140. 



straw, composition, 48, 88. 



digestibility, 97. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 



111. 



manure value, 140. 

 Bean crop, 48, 52, 69. 



grain, composition, 48, 88, 139. 



digestibility, 97, 100, 107. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 111. 



manure value, 139. 



straw, composition, 48, 88, 1 10. 



digestibility, 97, 93. 



manure value, 140. 

 Beech forest, 10, 49, 55. 

 Beetroot, 55. 



Biennial plants, 15. 

 Bile, 84. 



Biliary matter, 136. 

 Blood, 85. 



manure, 37, 44. 

 Bone manure, 38, 40, 44. 

 Bones, 76, 77. 



Bran, rye, digestibility, 102. 



wheat, composition, 83, 139. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 



111, 112, 131. 



manure value, 139. 

 Brewers' grains, 88, 107, 109, 131. 

 Broomrape, 6. 



Buried seed, 13. 

 Burning soil, 29. 

 Butter, 148. 



foods, 132. 

 Buttermilk, 150. 

 Butyric acid, 144. 



