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INDEX. 



Starch in plants, 7, 13, 15. 



influence on digestion, 105. 



in foods, 82, 89-91. 



heat-producing value, 83, 108. 



part in nutrition, 82. 



work-producing value, 1 22. 

 Stearin, 76, 144. 



Stomach, 84, 96. 



proportion in ox, 125. 



pig, 125. 



sheep, 125. 



Stones, 21, 22. 



Storage of food in plants, 14. 

 Straw as litter, 32, 134. 



of crops, 14, 44, 48, 50. 



composition of, 48, 88, 140. 



digestibility of, 97, 101, 104. 



feeding value, 91, 107, 109, 111. 



manure value, 140. 



Sugar, heat-producing value, 83, 108. 



influence on digestion, 105. 



in plants, 7, 13, 15. 



part in nutrition, 82. 

 Sugar of milk, 144. 



Sulphate of ammonium, 35, 44, 45, 51. 

 Sulphates in rain, 18. 

 Sulphocyanates, 35. 

 Superphosphate, 39, 43, 51, 57, 72. 

 Swartz's mode of raising cream, 146. 

 Swede crop, 49, 54, 71, 

 Swedes, composition of, 88, 140. 



digestibility of, 99. 



feeding value, 107, 111. 



manure value, 140. 



TAN, spent, 134. 



Temperature, influence on animals, 80, 

 119, 123. 



plants, 5, 59, 

 60. 



soil, 21, 24, 



61. 



Thomas' slag, 38. 

 Tillage, effects of, 24, 28, 62, 65. 

 Timber, composition of, 1, 49, 56. 

 Top-dressing, 43. 

 Training, influence of, 120. 

 Transpiration of water, 8, 11. 

 Trees, food stored up in autumn, 15. 

 Trvpsin, 84. 



Tubercles on leguminosae, 10. 

 Turnip crop, 49, 54, 5861, 68, 73. 



Turnips, composition, 88, 92, 95. 



digestibility, 99. 



feeding value, 107, 111, 114, 



132. 



manure value, 140. 



winter feeding of, 113. 

 Tyrosine, 89. 



UREA, decomposition of, 32, 141. 



formation of, 81, 85. 

 Urine, 85, 137-139. 



WARMTH of soils, 21. 



Waste in drainage water, 24, 36, 44, 



64, 72. 

 Water for animals, 92, 113. 



influence on food, 113. 



relations to soil, 20, 24-29, 64. 



relations to vegetation, 1, 4, 6, 



8, 59. 



Weeds, 62. 



Well water, nitrates in, 72. 

 Weekly results during fattening, 124, 



Wheat bran, composition, 88, 139. 



digestibility, 97. 



feeding value, 107, 109. 



Ill, 131, 132. 



manure value, 139. 



crop, 48, 5U, 57-61, 63, 68, 69. 



gram, composition, 48, 88, 139. 



food for sheep, 129. 



manure value, 139. 



straw, composition, 48, 88, 140. 



digestibility, 97, 

 " edinj 

 111.' 



ility, 9 

 value, 



107, 109. 



manure value, 140. 

 Whey, 153. 



Winter, influence on crops, 61. 



Wood ashes, 42. 



Wool, composition of, 78, 129. 



production, 76, 81, 129. 



suint (yolk) of, 76, 129. 

 Woollen refuse, 37. 



Work, external, 119. 



internal, 119. 



production of, 120, 122. 

 Worms, 23, 29. 



YOLK (suint) of wool, 76, 1 29. 

 Young animal, nutrition of, 116. 



THE END. 



