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Index. 



Factory by-products, 31. 



Farcy, 129. 



Farm separators, 31. 



Feed, effect of on bacteria in 

 milk, 34. 



Ferrous sulphate, 169. 



Fermentation of milk, 53. 



Fire blight, 236. 



Foods, preservation of, 225; 

 preservation of by drying, 

 225; preservation of by 

 salting, 227. 



Foot and mouth disease, 162. 



Foot rot of sheep, 162. 



Fore milk, 25. 



Formaldehyde, 169. 



Fowl, cholera of, 157; diseases 

 of, 157; roup of, 159; tu- 

 berculosis of, 126; typhoid, 

 159. 



Fungi, 1. 



Immunity, natural, 95; artifi- 

 cial, 95, 102. 



Intestines, bacteria in, 14. 



Intestinal diseases, caused by 

 milk, 42. 



Garget, 144. 

 Germicides, 12. 



Glanders, 127; diagnosis of, 

 130. 



Gorgonzola cheese, 79. 



Heat, effect on bacteria, 11. 



Hemorrhagic septicemia, 107. 



Hog cholera, 151; prevention 

 of, 154. 



Hogs, diseases of, 151; tuber- 

 culosis of, 125. 



Horses, distemper of, 163. 



Hydrophobia, 136. 



Lactic acid bacteria, 54. 

 Leguminous plants, 198. 

 Lesions of disease, 96. 

 Life in soil, 177. 

 Limburger cheese, 80. 

 Lime, 167. 

 Lumpy jaw, 142. 



Mallein test, 130. 



Mammitis, 144. 



Manures, bacteria in, 207; de- 

 composition of, 209; fire 

 fanging of, 211; losses 

 from, 210; in milk, 26. 



Market milk, 82. 



Mastitis, 144. 



Melon wilt, 238. 



Microscope, 20. 



Milk, abnormal fermentation 

 of, 57; aeration of, 48; al- 

 coholic fermentation of, 60; 

 bacteria in, 90; bitter, 61; 

 care of, 89; certified, 83; 

 clarifying of, 46; colored, 

 62; commissions, 83; con- 

 densed, 52; contamination 

 of, 23; cooling of, 46; dis- 

 ease-producing bacteria in, 

 38; filtering of, 45; gassy 

 fermentation of, 56; house, 

 37; market, 82; pails, 28; 

 pasteurization of, 49; poi- 

 soned, 43; preservation of, 

 44; slimy, 58; souring of, 

 53; straining of, 44; tuber- 

 cle bacteria in, 39; utensils, 

 contamination from, 29; 

 utensils, washing of, 32. 



Milker, contamination of milk 

 from, 34. 



Milking, 88. 



Minerals, action of bacteria on, 

 182. 



Nitrification, 187; conditions 

 favoring, 188. 



Nitrogen, conservation of, 192; 

 fixation of, 196, 204. 



Nodular disease, 126. 



Nodules on legumes, 199. 



Odors, absorption by butter, 72; 



by milk, 36. 

 Organic matter, decomposition 



of, 178. 



Parasitic bacteria, 7. 

 Pasteurization, 49, 87; of cream,. 



