INDEX. 



Acid In root sap, 9 

 Acids in plants, 3 

 Adult animal, 174 

 Aerobic organisms, 52 

 Albumin of colostrum and milk, 

 225 

 Albuminoids in animals, 105, 106 



— digestion of, 115, 142, 



143, 152, 153 



— formation in plants, 



2,7 



— heat-producing 



value, 119, 120 



— in foods, 130, 131, 139 



— in milk, 170,225,238 



— loss of, in ensilage, 



141 



— oxidation of, 112, 116 



— their part in nutri- 



tion, 111, 177, 197 



Albuminoid ratio in buttermilk, 



237 



— — in diets, 173, 180, 



188, 199, 206 



— — - in foods, 163 



— — in milk, 170 



— — in separated 



milk, 235 



— — in skim-milk, 235 



— — in whey, 243 



~ ratios, fattening with 

 various, 198 

 Alkali salts, antiseptic, 63 

 Alumina in soil, 34, 45 

 Amides, 2, 8, 16, 37, 52 



— in foods, 130, 181, 138, 



141 



— their part in nutrition, 



112 



Ammouia, absorbed by plants, 6, 



10, 20 



— absorbed by soil, 20, 45, 



46,90 



Ammonia, in atmosphere, 20 



— in rain, 20 



— in silage, 141 



— loss of from manure, 51 



— nitrification of, 40, 56, 



67 

 Ammonium sulphate, 55, 67, 61, 

 65, 66, 67, 76, 77, 81 

 Anaerobic organisms, 52 

 Animal constituents, 104 



— force, source of, 111, 176' 



— heat, source of. 111, 174 



— manure, 50, 210 



— nutrition, 104 

 Animal temperature, 174 

 Annatto, 243 



Annual plants, 17 

 Apatite, 34 



Argon in atmosphere, 19 

 Artichoke, 64 



Artificial manuring, 66, 68, 82 

 Ash in animal products, 105, 110, 

 170 



— in crops, 72 



— distribution in excrements, 



216 



— in foods, 130, 136, 138, 220 



— of food stored up and voided, 



214, 216 



— in plants, 2, 9, 12, 14, 72 

 Asparagine, 16, 112, 119, 131 

 Aspect of fields, 30 



Ass's milk, 170 

 Atmosphere, 19 



Available phosphoric acid and 

 potash in soil, 39 

 Ayrshire cow, 228, 229, 231, 237 



Bacteria, action in digestion, 115 



— action on milk, 230 



— assimilating nitrogen, 



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