INDEX 



Oils essential, 95 



fixed, 39 



, volatile, 95 



Oily seeds, 46, 273 

 Oleicacid, 41, 43, 308 

 Olein, 41 

 Olive oil, 43, 44 

 Optical activity, 35 

 Organs, composition of, 99 



, functions of, 101 



Ovalbumin, 73 

 Oxalic acid, 96 

 Oxen, 128, 198 

 Oxidation, 3, 109, 115 

 Oxycelluloses, 28 



Palm oil, 45, 278 

 Palmitic acid, 41, 43, 308 

 Palmitin, 41, 308 

 Palm-nut cake, 278 

 Pancreatic juice, 26, 101 

 Paracasein, 76 

 Paranucleic acid, 74 

 Pasteurisation, 312 

 Pastures, 252 

 Pea straw, 263 

 Peas, 272 

 Pectic acid, 29 



compounds, 35 



Pecto-celluloses, 29, 249 

 Pecuniary considerations, 159, 180, 

 212 



values of foods, 226 



Pentosanes, 35 

 Pentoses, 16 

 Pepsin, 84, 87, loi 

 Peptides, 60, 70 

 Peptones, 70, 71, 101 

 Period system, 175 

 Perspiration, 10 

 Pettenkofer's apparatus, 131 

 Phaseolunatin, 275 

 Phenyl-alanine, 52 

 Phenyl-erythrose, 1 6 

 Phosphates, 10, 99 

 Phosphoproteins, 74 

 Phyllocyanin, 93 

 Phyllotaonin, 93 

 Phylloxanthine, 93 

 Physical properties of milk, 293 

 Pigs, 205 



Plasmon, 75 

 Polariscope, 36 

 Pollards, 268 

 Polypep tides, 61, 70 

 Polysaccharides, 23 

 Poppy cake, 278 

 Poppy-seed oil, 43, 44 

 Populin, 89 

 Potassium compounds, 9 



myronate, 89 



Potato haulm, 256 



sludge, 283 



starch, 25, 282 



Potatoes, 141, 250 



Pregnancy, 194 



Preservation of fodders, 253 



Preservatives, 311, 327 



Price of feeding stuffs, 166, 213, 228 



Prosthetic group, 79 



Protamines, 76 



Protein, minimum amount of, 132 



, estimation of, 81 

 Proteins, 62 

 Proteolytic ferments, 85 

 Proteoses, 70, 71, 101 

 Proximate composition, 2 

 Prussic acid, 272, 275 

 Ptomaines, 59 

 Ptyalin, 26, 87, IOI 

 Purine, 53 

 Putrefaction, 86 

 Pyridine, 58 

 Pyrrol, 93 



Quince seed mucilage, 35 

 Quinine, 58 

 Quinoline, 59 



R 



Radiation of heat, 3, 125 



Raffinose, 16 



Rancidity, 45 



Rape cake, 277 

 , green, 251 

 seed oil, 43, 44 . 



Rate of fattening, 193 



Rations, compounding, 231 



for horses, 162 



for maintenance, 139 



