INDEX 



Bacteria, oxidation by, iO 



— producing ammonia, 40 



— reducing nitrates, 42 

 Bare fallow, 27, 89 



Barley crop, 72, 76, 86, 95 



— grain, composition, 130, 220 



— — digestibility, 144, 149, 



165 



— — feeding value, 156, 



160, 163, 193 



— — malting, 76, 86 



— — manure value, 220 



— straw, composition, 72, 130 



— — digestibility, 144, 166 



— — feeding value, 160, 



163 



— — manure value, 220 

 Basalt, 31, 34 



Basic slag, 59 

 Bean crop, 72, 78, 96 



— grain, composition, 14, 130 



— — digestibility, 144, 146, 



155 



— — feeding value, 122, 160, 



163, 184 



— — manure value, 220 



— Straw, composition, 14, 72, 



130 



— __ digestibility, 144, 156 



— — manure value, 220 

 Beech forest, 11, 74, 81 



— leaves, 14 



— timber, 14, 74, 81 

 Beetroot, 80 

 Biennial plants, 17 

 Bile, 115 



Blood, 106, 116 



— manure, 57, 65, 67 

 Bone manure, 58, 61, 69 

 Bones, 58, 105, 137 



Box manure, 51 



Bran, rye, digestibility, 149 



— wheat, composition, 130, 



220 



— — digestibility, 144, 148 



— — feeding value, 165, 



160, 163, 208, 209 



— — manure value, 220 

 Brewers' grains, composition, 130 



— — digestibility, 144, 

 156 



Brewers' grains, feeding value, loO 

 163, 208 

 — — manure value, 220 

 Broomrape, 6 

 Burning soil, 48 

 Butter, 226, 229, 236 



— foods, 208 

 Buttermilk, 237 

 Butyric acid, 140, 226, 237 



Cabbaqb, 130, 209 

 Cakes, as manure, 69, 219, 220, 223 

 Calcium carbonate, 23, 24, 41, 46, 

 56,62 

 Calf, composition of, 106, 207 



— nutrition of, 171, 214 

 Cane sugar, digestion of, 116 



— — fuel value, 119 

 Capillary action, 26, 42 

 Carbohydrates, in foods, 113, 133 



— — part in nutrition, 



113, 114, 119 



— — production in 



plants, 7 

 Carbon in crop residues, 36, 40 



— — farmyard manure, 40 



— — plants, 2, 4, 6, 85 



— — soils, 36, 40 

 Carbonic acid in air, 19 



— — in soil, 35 

 Carcase, composition of, 106 



— in live weight, 109 



— in increase, 109 

 Carrots, 122, 130, 148 

 Casein, 125, 230, 238, 240 

 Caseinogen, 238 



Catch crops, 101 



Celery, 64 



Cellulose, 2, 7, 133, 135 



— digestion of, 114, 115, 



122, 146, 147 



— nutritive value, 113, 114, 



121, 125, 159 

 Centrifugal machine, 232, 236 

 Cereal crops, 72, 76, 87, 94 

 Chalk, 62 



Cheddar cheese, 242 

 Cheese, 238 



— loss by sale of, 108 

 Cheshire cheese, 242 



