INDEX 



359 



Legumes, discussion of composition 

 of, 119 

 fertilizing constituents of, 114 

 yields of, 113 

 Leucite, 169 

 Leucocytes, 314 

 Levulates, 56 

 Levulin, 59 

 Levulo-glucoside, 59 

 Levulose, general description of, 55 

 Lignification, 68 

 Lignin, 71 

 Limburger, 349 



Lime, from acetylene plant as a 

 fertilizer, 255 

 amount of, removed by crops, 

 241 

 in fertilizers, 241 

 availability of, 249 

 in basic slag, 229 

 checking plant diseases, 254 

 definition of term, 247 

 effect of, on fertilizer mixtures, 

 202 

 harmful, 254 

 on soil, 251, 

 improving soil texture, 254 

 making phosphorus available, 

 254 

 potassium available, 254 

 neutralizing acids, 251 

 nitrate, 210 

 nitrogen, 214 

 as a plant food, 240 

 requirement, how determined, 



276 

 use of, with farm manure, 267, 

 268 

 Limestone, 185 

 as a fertilizer, 247 

 soils become acid, 245 

 Lime-sulphur, boiled, 288 



self-boiled, 294 

 Limonene in oil of lemon, 82 

 Limonite, 170 

 Linoleic acid, 75 

 Linolenic acid, 75 

 Linseed oil, 76 

 Lipases, 23 

 Litter, 259 



amount of ammonia absorbed 

 by, 259 

 of water absorbed by, 259 



Litter, composition of, 259 

 Loam soils, 189 

 Lubricants, 303 

 Lump lime as a fertilizer, 248 

 Lymph, 318 



glands, 318 



vessels, 318 



M 



Magnesian lime, use of, 255 

 Magnesium, function of, in plant, 

 46 



minerals in the soil, 171 

 Malic acid, 100 

 Malt sprouts, 116 



sugar. See also Maltose, 61 

 Maltase, 331 



Maltobiose. See also Maltose, 61 

 Maltodextrin, 66 



Maltose, general description of, 61 

 Mangrove, 102 



Manure. See Farm manure, 257, 

 et seq. 



in formation of humus, 150 

 Marl as a source of lime, 247 

 Marrow, 309 

 Mashing, 116 

 Mass action, 175 

 Mastic, 89 

 Meat meal as a fertilizer, 217 



tankage, 218 

 Menhaden oil, 320 



use of, in making miscible oils, 

 290 

 Menthol in oil of peppermint, 83 

 Mercerized cotton, 68 

 Mercuric chloride as a fungicide, 



293 

 Metamorphic rocks, 183 

 Metasilicic acid, 166 

 Methyl salicylate in oil of winter- 

 green, 87 

 Milk, adulteration and preserva- 

 tion of, 346 



composition of, 342 



digestion of, in stomach, 330 



fat, 343 



inorganic salts in, 345 



physical appearance of, 342 



secretion, 345 

 Minerals in soil, 164 



factors of solubility of, 172 



