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INDEX 



Anisic aldehvde, 204. 



Annatto, 357". 



Antiseptic, definition of, 366. 



Ants, ant-heaps, 42. 



Apatite, 9, 11, 13, 142. 



Apiol, 203. 



Apocrenic acid, 47. 



" Appeal to the cow," 331. 



Araban, 184. 



Arabic acid, arabin, 191. 



Arabinose, 180, 184. 



production of, from gums, 191. 

 Arabinosic acid, 191. 

 Arabinulose, 180. 



Arachis oil, 242. 



Arbutin, 195. 



Arginine 209. 



Argon, 21. 



Arragonite, 36. 



Arsenic, 15. 



Arsenious oxide, 359. 



Artichokes, 250. 



Asafoetida, gum, 206. 



Asbestos, 36. 



Ash constituents of blood, 266. 



of foods, 303. 



of milk, 319. 



determination in crops, 262. 

 Asparagine, 114, 211. 

 Aspartic acid, 208. 

 Assimilation in plants, 227. 

 Atmosphere, accidental gases in, 29. 



composition of, 19. 



extent of, 17. 



- height and pressure of, 17, 18. 

 impurities in, 30. 



physical properties of, 18. 



solid matter in, 31. 

 Atomic weights, table of, 375. 

 Augite, 36. 



Availability of food-stuffs, 286. 

 Available phosphoric acid, 92. 



plant-food in soils, 91. 



potash, 92. 

 Avocado pear, 192. 

 Azotobacter chroococcum, 66. 



B. 



Bacillus amylobacter, 116. 



bulgariciis, 344. 



ellenbachensis, 66. 



fltiorescens, 62. 



- 'mycoides, 62, 63. 



nitrator, 63. 



- radicocola, 68, 162. 



tuberculosis, 346. 



Bacteria, aerobic and anaerobic, 115. 



classification of, 61. 



denitrifying, 69. 



in animal intestines, 276. 



in milk, 344. 



in soil formation, 43. 



in soils, 61. 



Bacteria, nitrifying, 63. 



- nitrogen-fixing, 66. 



Bacterial activity, measurement of, 96. 

 Bacterium denitrificans, 70. 

 Balsams, 205. 

 Barium in soils, 15. 

 Barley, 237. 



bye-products from, 285. 



- "pearl,'' 237. 

 Barometric formula, 17. 

 Basalt, 37. 



Basic slag, 148, 168. 



analysis of, 175. 



citrate-solubility of, 151. 



production of, 152. 



- superphosphate, 148. 

 Bats' guano, 123. 

 Beans, 241. 



field, 241. 



" Beestings " v. Colostrum. 



Beet, sugar, 248. 



Benzaldehyde, 203. 



Benzene derivatives in essential oils, 203. 



Benzoic acid, 204, 354. 



Bessemer process, 149. 



Betaine, 212. 



Bile, 276. 



acids, 277. 



- pigments, 277. 

 Bilipurpurin, 277. 

 Bilirubin, 277. 

 Biliverdin, 277. 

 Biology of soils, 60. 

 Biose, 180. 



Biuret reaction, 210. 

 Bixa orellana v. Annatto. 

 Bleaching powder, 361. 

 Blood, 265. 



ash of, 266. 



- as manure, 125. 



functions of, 267, 268. 



gases of, 267. 



plasma, 265. 



serum, 265. 

 Boer manna, 240. 

 Bone ash, 127. 



- black, 127. 



earth, 38. 

 Bones, 269. 



ash of, 270. 



as manure, 126. 



" dissolved," 126. 



Borax, as preservative, 346, 354. 



" Bordeaux mixture," 364. 



Boric acid, as preservative, 346, 354. 



Borneol, 202, 203. 



Boron, 13. 



Bracken, dried, as litter, 112. 



"Brak" soils, 32, 59. 



Bran, 285, 305. 



disease, 305. 

 Brassic acid, 196. 

 Brewers' grains, 284. 

 Brie cheese, 340. 



