INDEX 



357 



Fatty acids, saturated, 74 

 unsaturated, 75 



tissue, 311 

 Feces, 257 



Feed, distinction from food, 327 

 Feeding standards, 339 

 Fehling's solution, 54 

 Feldspar, lime, 170 



potash, 167 



soda, 171 

 Fertilizer, analysis of, 277 



mixtures to be avoided, 202 

 Fertilizers, choice of, 203 



commercial, 200 



complete, 200 



definition of, 199 



direct, 200 



incomplete, 201 



indirect, 200 

 Fertilizing constituents of crops, 



114 

 Fibrin, 315 

 Fibrinogen, 313, 315 

 Film water in the soil, 179 

 Fire point, 301 (footnote) 

 Fish scrap, 218 



Fixed oils, general definition of, 72 

 methods of extraction of, 73 

 properties of, 72 

 Flash point, 301 (footnote) 

 Flax seed, composition of, 111 

 discussion of, 119 

 fertilizing constituents of, 114 

 yields of, 113 

 Floats, 223 

 Fluorides, use with farm manure, 



266 

 Food constituents, 328 



function of, in the animal, 334 



definition of, 327 



effect of, on quality of milk, 345 



for seedling, 21 



for soil bacteria, 145 



value, expressions for, 336 

 Form in which plant food elements 



are absorbed, 28 

 Formaldehyde candles, 294 

 formation of, in leaf, 33 

 as a fungicide, 293 

 Formalin, 293 



Four-cycle type of gas engine, 298 

 Frankincense, 90 

 Fructose. See also Levulose, 55 



Fruit crops, composition of, 111 

 discussion of, 119 

 fertilizing constituents of, 114 

 yields of, 113 

 sugar. See also Levulose, 55 

 Fungi, how destroyed, 283 

 Fungicides, 291 



G 



Gallic acid, 101 



Galls, 103 



Gambier, 102 



Gamboge, 90 



Gas engine, 298 



Gas-lime as a fertilizer, 255 



Gaseous exchange in the blood, 



316 

 Gases in blood, composition of, 

 317 



in soil, 162 

 Gasoline, 302 

 Gastric digestion, 329 



juice, 329 

 Geraniol in oil of roses, 84 

 German potash deposits, 231 

 Germination, conditions for, 17 



of seed, 17 

 Gliadin, 117 

 Gluco-glucoside, 62 

 Glucolin, 62 



Glucose, commercial, 55 

 Glucose. See also Dextrose, 52 

 Glucosides, definition, 53 

 Glycerine, 74 

 Glycocoll, 93 

 Glycogen, 319 

 Glutamine, 94 

 Grains, composition of, 111 



fertilizing constituents of, 114 



yields of, 113 

 Granite, 184 

 Grape sugar. See also Dextrose, 



25 

 Gum arabic, 71 

 Gum-resins, definition of, 88 

 Gums, 71 

 Guncotton, 69 

 Gutta percha, 92 

 Gypsum as a fertilizer, 255 



in the soil, 169 



use of, with farm manure, 265 



