INDEX 



Manure, for cereals, 76 



— for leguminous crops, 79 



— for meadow liay, 77 



— for root crops, 79 



— from foods, 210 



— return from, 68 



— residues of, 69 

 Manures, 49 



— price per unit, 65 



— relative value, 64 

 Manuring, necessity for, 49 



— special, 83 

 Maple sap, 18 

 Mare's milk, 170 

 Marl, 62 



Meadow, 77, 91 

 Meat guano, 58 



— flour, digestibility, 149 

 Methane from farmyard manure, 



62 



— produced by animals, 



115, 119 

 Mica, 34 



Milk, comparison with other foods, 



171 



— composition of, 108, 170, 225 



— curdling of, 229 



— digestibility, 149 



— diseases of, 230 



— heat value, 171, 207 



— loss by sale of, 108 



— variations in, 227 

 T^Iilking cows, diet for, 206 

 INIineral phosphates, 59 

 jNIuscular force. 111, 176 

 Mustard, 101 

 Mycorhiza, 11 



NATUEAii vegetation, 35, 49 

 Nitrate of sodium, 66, 65, 66, 68, 

 76, 77, 80 

 Nitrates, conservation of, 43, 94, 



100 



— in food, 131 



— loss by drainage, 42, 67, 



86, 91, 99, 100 



— produced in soil, 10, 40, 



66,90 

 Nitric acid in air, 20 



— — in rain, 20 

 Nitrification, 40 



Nitrites, 40 



Nitrogen, accumulation in soil, 

 43, 49, 87, 92, 99 



— assimilated by bacteria, 



11, 43 



— — by tubercles, 



11 



— equilibrium in animals, 



181 



— in albuminoids, 131 



— in animal products, 105, 

 ^ 108, 110, 170, 205, 217 



— in rain, 20 



— in soil, 87 



— losses of, in rotation, 97 



— stored up by animals, 



171, 188, 205, 214 



— voided by animals, 214, 



216 

 Nitrogenous matters assimilated 

 by plants, 10 

 Nuclein, 2, 146 

 Nutrition of animals, 104 



— of plants, 1 



Oat crop, 72, 75, 86 



— grain, composition of, 130, 



135, 220 



— — digestibility, 144, 146 



— — feeding value, 122, 155, 



160, 163, 184, 209 



— — manure value, 220 



— straw, composition of, 130, 220 



— — digestibility, 144 



— — feeding value, 120, 125, 



135, 156, 160, 163, 209 



— — manure value, 220 

 Oil, influence on digestion, 153 

 Oil-cakes, composition of, 130, 134, 



220 



— advantages of use, 164, 



167, 199, 208, 209 



— manure value, 59, 219, 



222 

 Olein, 105, 226 



Oxen, albuminoid ratio for, 173, 

 180, 181, 199 



— ash of food stored up and 



voided, 214 



— carcase in live weight, 109 



— comparison with cow, 205 



