INDEX. 



Aberdeen Angus cattle, 179. 

 Air, food derived from, 10, 12. 

 Albuminoids, 139, 140. 

 Ammonia, definition of, 69; sulphate 



of, uses and composition, 72. 

 Analysis of soils, value of, 31. 

 Animal body, ash constituents of, 140 ; 



composition of, 137 ; functions of, 



144 ; nitrogenous constituents of, 



139. 

 Animal bone, 80. 

 Animal charcoal, 84. 

 Animal food, chemical analysis of, 



143 ; classes of, 140. 

 Apatite, 87. 

 Ash, determination of, in feeds, 144 ; 



of animal body, 140. 

 Assimilation, 12. 

 Atavism in breeding, 171. 

 Atmosphere, action of, on soils, 20; 



as source of food, 12. 

 Ayrshire cattle, 178. 

 Azotine, 75. 



Bacteria, effect of, on milk, 188. 



Basic slag, 88. 



Beet family, 128. 



Blood, dried, 74. 



Bone, composition of animal, 81 ; 



boiled, 82 ; fineness of, 82 ; raw, 82 ; 



steamed, 82. 

 Bone ash, 85. 



Bone black, 84 ; superphosphate, 91. 

 Bran, as a feed, 150. 

 Breathing, functions of, 145. 

 Breed, influence of, on milk, 184 ; value 



of pure, 174. 

 Breeding, as a business, 174 ; atavism 



in, 171 ; cross, 173, 175 ; heredity in, 



170 ; in-and-in, 173 ; lineage in, 172 ; 



prepotency in, 172 ; principles of, 



170 : variation in, 171. 



Brewers' grains, as a feed, 150. 



Buckwheat, as catch crop, 46. 



Butter, color of, 193 ; composition of, 

 191 ; flavor of, 192 ; keeping qual- 

 ity of, 192 ; sweet-cream, 193 ; tex- 

 ture of, 192 ; yield of, 191. 



Butter-fat, composition of, 182. 



Buttermilk, composition of, 195. 



Canadian apatite, 87. 

 Capillary attraction, 49. 

 Carbohydrates, composition of, 141; 



determination of, 144. 

 Carrot family, 128. 

 Castor pomace, 78. 

 Catch crops, 46. 

 Cattle, breeds of, beef, 179; butter, 



177 ; milk, 177. 

 Cellulose, 144. 

 Cereals, description of, 129 ; as feeds, 



149. 

 Charcoal, animal, 84. 

 Cheese, composition of, 193 ; as food, 



194 ; manufacture of, 193. 

 Clay, composition and properties of, 24. 

 Clay soils, 26. 

 Claying of soils, 44. 

 Climate, effect of, 37. 

 Clovers, description of, 127, 132. 

 Colostrum, 186. 

 Commercial values, 106. 

 Composts, 59. 

 Cotswold sheep, 180. 

 Cottonseed meal, as feed, 152; as 



manure, 77. 

 Cow manure, 54. 

 Cream, composition of, 189. 

 Creaming, by centrifugal force, 190; 



by setting, 190. 

 Crops, demand for special, 113. 

 Crude fibre, determination of, 144. 

 Cultivating, 50. 



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