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INDEX. 



Malt-dust, manure value, 139. 



Maltose, 8-1. 



Mangel crop, 49, 54, 60, 61, 68. 



manure, 40. 



Mangels, composition of, 88, 90, 94, 140. 

 - digestibility, 99. 



feeding value, 107, 111. 



manure value, 140. 

 Manure, adaptation to crops, 56. 



animal, 124, 1 83. 



application of, 43. 



for cereals, 51. 



for leguminous crops, 54. 



for meadow hay, 5'.'. 



for root crops, 55. 



from foods, 124, 133, 142. 

 Manures, 30. 



Manuring, liquid, 142. 



necesssity for, 30. 



residues of, 45, 46. 



return from, 45. 



special, 57. 

 Maple sap, 15. 

 Mare's milk, 117. 

 Marl, 41. 

 Meadow, 51, 65. 

 Meat, guano, 37. 



flour, digestibility, 102. 

 Milk, comparison with other foods, 117. 



composition of, 78, 117, 143. 



curdling of, 145. 



digestibility, 102. 



diseases of, 145. 



loss by sale of, 78. 

 Milking cows, diet for, 130. 

 Muscular force, 80, 119. 

 Mustard, 72. 



NATURAL vegetation, 30. 

 Nitrate of sodium, 36, 43-45. 

 Nitrates, conservation of, 25, 65, 68, 72. 



loss by drainage, 25, 44, 64, 



68, 72. 



produced in soil, 10, 23, 25, 



36, 44, 64, 65. 

 Nitric acid in air, 17. 



in rain, 17. 

 Nitrification, 10, 23. 

 Nitrogen, accumulation in soil, 30, 52, 

 56, 65, 66. 



assimilated by tubercles, 10. 



in animal products, 78. 



in rain, 17. 



in soil, 22. 



losses of in rotation, 71. 



obtained from the air. 10, 66, 



73. 



Nitrogen, stored up by animals, 136. 



voided by animals, 136. 

 Nitrogenous matters assimilated \ 



plants, 9. 



tissue, waste of, 81, 12C 

 Nutrition of animals, 80. 



of plants, 4, 8. 



OAT crop, 48, 50, 60. 



grain, composition of, 88, 139. 



digestibility, 97, 100. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 1 1 



132. 



manure value, 139. 



straw, composition of, 88, 140. 



digestibility, 97. 



manure value, 140. 

 Oil, influence on digestion, 105. 

 Oilcakes, composition of, 88, 139. 



advantages of use, 112, 129. 



manure from, 139, 140. 

 Olein, 76, 144. 



Oxen, albuminoid ratio for, 128. 



ash of food stored up and voidc 



136. 



carcase in live weight, 79. 



comparison with cow, 131. 



composition of, 77, 78. 



digestion of food by, 97. 



excrements of, 138. 



maintenance diet for, 121. 



manure from, 124, 133, 138. 



nitrogen of food stored up ai 



voided, 136. 



results of fattening, 124. 

 Oxidation in plants, 7. 



in soils, 23. 



PALMITIN, 76. 

 Palm-kernel meal, 132, 139. 

 Pancreatic juice, 84. 

 Pasture, 52, 65. 



gain of nitrogen by, 66. 

 Peas, composition, 88, 139. 



digestibility, 97, 102. 



feeding value, 107, 109, 111. 



manure value, 139. 

 Peat, 134. 



Peat bog, 24. 

 Peat moss, 134. 

 Pectin, 2, 82, 89. 

 Pepsin, 84. 

 Peptones, 84. 

 Perennial plants, 15. 

 Perspiration, 85, 129, 137. 

 Phosphates, ground, 38. 



reduced, 39. 



