INDEX 



Oxen, composition of, 106, 108 



— — increase, 110, 



127, 190 



— digestion of food by, 144 



— excrements of, 218 



— maintenance diet for, 178 



— manure from, 193, 211, 218 



— nitrogen of food stored up 



and voided, 214 



— rations for, 173, 193, 200 



— results of fattening, 193 



— water consumed by, 165 

 Oxidation in plants, 8 



— in soils, 40 

 Oxycellulose, 127, 133 



Palmitin, 105 

 Palm-kernel meal, 209, 220 

 Pancreatic juice, 115 

 Pace, influence on food, 184 

 Pasteurising, 230 

 Pasture, 77 



— gain of nitrogen by, 87, 91 



— grass as food, 130, 138, 



144, 146, 187, 207 



— soil, 37, 40 



Peas, composition, 130, 220 



— digestibility, 144, 149 



— feeding value, 155, 160, 163 



— manure value, 220 



— straw, 130, 135 

 Peat, 211 



Peat bog, 33, 41, 42 

 Peat moss, 211 

 Pectin, 113 

 Pentosans, 113, 133 

 Pepsin, 115 

 Peptones, 16, 116 

 Percblorates, 56 

 Perennial plants, 17 

 Perspiration, 116, 202, 216 

 Phospbates, ground, 59 

 — reduced, 60 



Phospbate, soluble, 60 

 Pbospborio acid, absorption by 

 soil, 45, 61, 70 



— — in animal pro- 



ducts, 108, 216, 

 218 



— — in crops, 72 



— — in foods, 220 



Pbospborio acid, in soil, 37, 39, 70 



— — lost in rotation, 



98 

 Pigs, albuminoid ratio for, 173, 



199 



— asb of food stored up and 



voided, 214 



— carcase in live weigbt, 109 



— composition of, 106, 108 



— composition of increase, 110 



— digestion of food by, 149 



— manure of, 193, 211 



— nitrogen of food stored up 



and voided, 214 



— rations for, 178, 201 



— results of fatteniog, 193, 196, 



198 

 Plant assimilation, 5, 9, 10, 11 



— constituents, 1 



— development, 15, 16 



— excretion, 12 



— respiration, 8 



— transpiration, 8, 27 

 Plougbing, 47 



Potash in animal products, 108, 

 216, 218 



— in crops, 72 



— in foods, 220 



— in soils, 37, 39, 45, 70 



— lost in rotation, 98 



— manures, 63, 68, 70, 219 

 Potato crop, 74, 81 



— manure, 61 



Potatoes, composition of, 14, 130, 

 140, 154, 220 



— digestibility, 144, 149, 



153 



— feeding value, 156, 160, 



163 



— manure value, 220 

 PtyaHn, 115 



QuABTZ, 31, 32, 3i 



EaIN- WATER, 20 



Kape, 95, 101 



Eapecake, 130, 209, 220, 223 



Redpolled cow, 228 



Reduced phosphates, 60. 



Rennet, 238 



Residues of manures, 69 



