482 INDEX. 



Live mineral matters in loo parts, 210 

 Live stock, characteristics of breeds of, 21 



registered, breeds and number of, in the U. S., 428 

 Live weight of cattle, estimation of, 28 

 London purple ,122 

 Loss of butter from inefficient skimming, 285 



cheese in curing, 333 

 Losses of fertilizing materials in different systems of farming, 145 

 Lumber industry of the U. S., statistics, 437 

 Main pipe, rule for obtaining size of, 163 

 Manila ropes, strength of, 390 

 Manns' test, direction for use, 306 

 Manure, amount and quality produced by stock, 152 



amount required to replace ingredients abstracted by various crops, 



Manures aid fertilizers, 144 



composition, amount, and value of, from different farm ani- 

 mals, 152, 153 

 valuation of, 158 

 Manurial value of feeding-stuflfs, 147, 148 



Maple sirup, specific gravity, sugar content, and boiling-point, 96 

 production of, in the United States, 1899, 437 

 sugar obtained from, 97 



production of, in the United States, 1905-1906, 435 

 Market classes of farm animals, 28 

 Marschall rennet test, 319 

 Maturity tabic for vegetable seeds, 90 

 Meat, diagrams of cuts, 204, 205 

 Merino sheep, 25 



Mineral matters in 100 parts of live animals, 210 

 Milch cows, diseases of, 57 

 Milk, adulteration, 267 

 ash, composition, 251 



average composition, with variations, 249 

 bad, detection of, 322 

 calculations of components, 250 

 total solids, 258 

 care of, 246 

 composition of, from different breeds, 242 



different parts of the same milkings, 249 

 various kinds, 248 

 cream, butter- fat, and butter, comparative prices. 314 

 fertilizing ingredients in, 251 

 gatherers, instnictions to, 356 



ingredients, distribution of, in butter-making, 316 



cheese-making, 331 

 measures, prices of, 2690 



modified, amounts of cream or skim-milk used in making, 270 

 morning and evening, composition of. 249 

 morning, noon, and evening, composition of, 249 

 of different fat contents, relative value of, 270 

 payment of, at creameries and cheese factorips, 340 



