INDEX 



247 



Keratin, 158 

 Krypton, 28 



Labpadorite, 34 



Lactic acid fermentation, 185 

 Latent heat of ice, 74 



of steam, 74 

 Lead, action of water on, 65 



arsenate, 225 

 Leaves, functions of, 79 

 Lentils, 131 

 Ligaments, 158 

 Light, importance of, to plants, 



80 

 Lignone, lignose, 86 

 Lime, as a manure, 114 • 

 Lime and sulphur wash, 226 

 Limestone, composition of, 36 



functions of, in soil, 44 



as manure, 114 



physical properties of, 42 

 Linseed, 133 



Locusts, destruction of, 223 

 London purple, 224 

 Lucerne, 149 

 Lupines, 132 

 Lysol, 214 



Magnesium, functions of, in 

 plants, 93 



occurrence of, 21 



silicates, 35 

 Maize, 125 



silage, 128 

 Mangolds, 143 

 Manure, farmyard, 97 



functions of, 96 



yield of, by animals, 99 

 Manures, artificial, 106 

 Manurial value of foods, 179 

 Margarine, 205 

 Marl, as manure, 114 

 Marrow of bones, 157 



Mealies, 125 

 Metamorphic rock?, 33 

 Mica, 19, 34 



Micro-organisms in milk, 195 

 Milk albumiu, 185 



ash of, 186 



cows', 1S6 



fat, 182 



phy:?ical properties of, 186 



powder, 207 



preservation, 194 



souring of, 185 



sugar, 185 



of various animals, 193 

 Millet, 128 



Mineral superphosphates, 112 

 Minerals, 31 



Miscellaneous manures, 114 

 Mixtures, difference of, from com- 



pounds, 4 

 Molecule, definition of, 6 

 Money value of foods, 178 

 Monkey nuts, 131 

 Muriate of potash, 113 

 Muscular tissue, 157 



Neon in the air, 28 

 Nitragin, 105 

 Nitrate of potash, 109 

 Nitrate of soda, 107 

 Nitric acid in the air, 29 

 Nitric organisms, 55 

 Nitrification, 54 

 Nitro-bacter, 55 

 Nitro-bacterine, 106 

 Nitrogen in the air, 29 



assimilation, 27 



fixation of, 5G 



loss by drainage, 58 



occurrence of, 16 

 Nitrosococcus, 55 

 Nitrous organisms, 55 

 Nodules on leguminosse, 105 



