INDEX. 



617 



Bean, ultimate elements of, . 367 

 Bean caper and guaiacum order of 



plants, 366 



Beaumont's experiments on diges- 

 tion, 203 



Beech-mast, .... 415 



Belvisia order of plants, . . 385 



Bennett's four heads of tissues, 213 



Ben-nuts, 383 



Beet sugar, . . . . 316 



Berg-mehl of Sweden, . . 479 

 Bichaut's analysis of the ash of the 



seed of buckwheat, . . 413 



Bile in the dog, ... 178 



quantity of, secreted from the 



liver of the horse, ... 64 



secretion of, in the liver of 



the ox, 116 



in the pig, ... 167 



in poultry, . . . 191 



Bill of poultry, . . . 180 



Birch order of plants, . . 415 



Birds, digestive apparatus of, . 193 

 Birds' foot trefoil, common, greater, 378 



Bitch milk, .... 283 



Bizio's analysis of maize, . . 475 



Black medick, .... 379 



Blastema, Glossary, . . . 586 



Blind gut, Glossary, . . . 586 



Blood, two kinds of, . . . 244 



direct absorption by the, of 



the mucous membrane, . . 129 



arterial, its function, . 10 



cells, . . . . 215 



circulation of, . 244, 250 



contains neither gelatine 



nor chondrine, . . . 540 



glands, their function, . 



heavier than brain, . 45 



in the ox, ... 109 



in the sheep, . . . 141 



its relation to milk, . 49 



sole source of repairing 



and augmenting the animal 



body, 4 



supply of, to the head of 



the horse, .... 25 



supply of, to the stomach 



of the horse, .... 41 



stands between the food 



and the organism in animal nu- 

 trition, . . . . . 122 



venous, whence derived, 10 



vessels, .... 238 



uses of water in the, . 46 



Blood-root order of plants . 418 

 Boar, castrated, produces the best 



ham, 571 



Bokhara clover, ... 380 



Boletus, 478 



Bone, or osseous tissue, . . 230 

 Bones in the roof of the mouth of 



the horse, . . . . 17 



Bones in the roof of the month of 



the ox, 85 



of the head of poultry, . 181 



in the roof of the mouth of 



the sheep, .... 137 



Bonnet, Glossary, ... 586 



second stomach in the ox, 100 



Borage order of plants, . . 406 

 Boussingault's ultimate elements 



of cereals, .... 453 



analysis of horse 



and cow dung, . . . 272 



Boxes for feeding cattle in, . 552 

 Branconnot's analysis of Carolina 



and Piedmont rice, . . 474 



Brain, 45, 236 



Brambleberry, .... 384 

 Brazil nuts, .... 385 

 Bread-fruit order of plants, . 414 

 Breeding, breeding in-and-in, Glos- 

 sary, 586 



Brome grass, . . . . 431 

 Bromine, Glossary, . . . 588 

 Bronchi, Glossary, ... 588 

 Bronchial arteries and veins, Glos- 

 sary, 588 



Brown sugar, . . . . 315 



Brunner's glands, . . . 211 



Glossary, . 588 



Buckwheat order of plants, . 411 



composition of green 



stems of, . . . . 412 



composition of seed of, 413 



Bulrush order of plants, . . 423 



Burdock, 398 



Bursa Fabricii, ... 190 



Bursae mucosae, Glossary, . . 588 

 Butter produced from other 



sources than fat, . . . 557 



Buttercup order of plants, . 343 



Butter-nut, . . . . 416 



Byres for milch cows and cattle, 552 



Cabbage, the common, . . 350 



analysis of, . . 352 



order of plants, 344,356 



Caecum, Glossary, . . . 588 



Caesarian kale, .... 353 



Cactus order of plants, . . 386 



Caffre bread, .... 416 



Calcium, 304 



Glossary, . . . 589 



Calefacient or calorific food, Glos- 

 sary, .... 495, 589 

 Calf on milk, . . . 104,562 



urine of the, . . 267 



Caltrops, small, . . 366 



Calyces, Glossary, . . 589 



Camels' thorn, ... 375 



Canary grass, . . . 446 



seed, ... 424 



Cane sugar, ... 312 



Caper order of plants, . 356 



