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INDEX 



Dextrates, 54 



Dextrin, 67 



Dextrose, in the animal, 319 



condensation to, by formalde- 

 hyde, 33 



general description of, 52 

 Dextroxides, 54 

 Diastase, 22 



importance of, in brewing, 116 

 Dicalcium phosphate, in fertilizers, 

 226, 227 

 in soils, 165 

 Diffusion in the soil, 178 

 Digallic acid, 101 

 Digestible carbohydrates, 109 



coefficient, 336 

 Digestion, 328 

 Direct fertilizers, 200 

 Disaccharides, 52 

 Disilicic acids, 166 

 Dissolved bone-black, 223 

 Distribution of essential elements 



in seed crops, 46 

 Divi-divi, 103 

 Dolomite, 169 



as a fertilizer, 255 



as a source of lime, 247 

 Double potash manure salt, 235 

 Dragon's blood, 89 

 Drainage-water, composition of, 



181 

 Dried blood, availability of, 217 

 black, 216 

 as a fertilizer, 216 

 red, 216 



fish, 218 



meat as a fertilizer, 217 

 Driers for linseed oil, 77 

 Drying oils, constituents of, 75 



definition of, 73 

 Dust in air, 136 



£ 



Ebonite, 92 

 Elastin, 312 



Elements, essential, for animals, 

 307 

 distribution of, in seed crops, 



46 

 for plant growth, 26 

 function of, in plants, 40 



Elements, form in which absorbed 

 by plants, 28 

 how absorbed by plants, 29 

 Emulsifier, 290 

 Emulsion, definition, 288 

 Encrusting substances, 68, 71 

 Enzymes, 21 

 Epithelial tissue, 311 

 Erythrocytes, 313 

 Erythrodextrin, 66 

 Essential oils. See also Volatile oils, 



79 

 Ethereal oils. See also Volatile oils, 



79 

 Eugenol in oil of bitter almonds, 82 



in oil of cloves, 82 

 Excrement, composition of, 258 

 liquid, of farm animals, 258 

 mixed, amount of plant food re- 

 covered in, 260 

 influence of animal on compo- 

 sition, 260 

 food on composition, 260 

 solid, of farm animals, 257 



Farm manure, action of molds in, 

 263 

 bacteria in, 261 

 composition of, 260 

 compounds in, 260 

 decomposition of, aerobic, 261 



anaerobic, 263 

 definition of, 257 

 fresh, how to use, 267 

 losses of, 263 



prevention of, 264 

 chemical, 265 

 mechanical, 264 

 an unbalanced fertilizer, 269 

 well decomposed, how to use, 



267 

 value of, 269 

 Fat in milk, 343 

 Fats, absorption into body, 333 

 animal, 320 



composition of, 311 

 digestion of, in intestines, 331 

 function of, in the animal, 334 

 Fatty acids, classification of, 74 

 in milk, 344 



