296 INDEX. 



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Bases, oxides of metals, 14 



Beans, culture and varieties of, . . . . . . . . 179, 174 



Bedding for cattle, 119 



Beef, loss of, in cooking, 269, 270 



Beet, culture and varieties of the, . . 182, 183 



Biennials, . ., .,. . . 50 



Blackberry, cultivation of the, . . . . . 252 



Blight in plants, . . \ 219, 220 



Blood, vitalizing the, 12 



Blood, composition of, . 114 



Boiling of water, . . ... . . . . . . 25, 36 



Bones, composition of, . . . . . . . . . . 114 



Bran, nutritive qualities of, . .. . 268 



Bread making, principles of, .... . . . . . 264, 265, 268 



Breathing, process of, . . . v . . . v . . . . 12,13 



Broomcorn, cultivation of, ......... 197, 198 



Brush drains, construction of, . . ... . . ... . 139, 140 



Buck-wheat family, the, . . . . 54 



Buckwheat, culture of, . . ^ . . . .- . . .158,171 



Bulbs, planting of, . . ..&quot;. 147,151 



Burning over lands, . , . . . 132, 135, 137 



Butter, making and qualities of, . . . . . . . 260, 261, 262 



Butter packing, . ...... . . . . . 262 



Butter worker, form of the, . .... .. . . . . . 261 



Cabbage and its culture, . 52,182,250 



Calcareous rocks and soils, 75, 76, 79, 88 



Calyx of the flower, . ... . . . . . . 46 



Canker-worm, protection against the, . . . . . . . 224 



Capillary attraction, . ... . ...... , . 17, 42, 133 



Capital, necessity for, . . . . . . . . . -1) 245 



Carbon and carbonates, . . . * . 14,60,65,102,103,105 

 Carbonic acid, combinations and action of, . . 11, 15, 20, 39, 59, 90, 128 



Carrots and their culture, 53, 183, 184, 185, 213 



Caseine or cheesy matter in milk, . .... . . 71, 255, 256, 262, 263 



Cells of the plant, 57 



Cellulose or woody fibre, 67, 208, 254 



Cellar, bottom of the, . . , 119, 258, 259 



Cereals and their culture, , .55, 158, 162, 164, 167, 169 



Changes in the atmosphere, . . 30, 35, 37 



Changes of plants in maturing, . , . . . . .166,253,254 



Charcoal or carbon, 15, 60 



Cheese, process of making, 263, 264 



&amp;lt; In niir.-il analysis, .....6, 75 



Chemistry, what it teaches, 6, 75 



