INDEX 



387 



Diastase, 187, 189. 

 Dicalcium phosphate, 142. 

 Dicyanamide, 139. 

 Dicyano-diamide, 189. 

 Diffusion, 222. 



- in soil, 54. 

 Digallic acid, 200. 

 Digested food, absorption of, 278. 

 Digestibility of foods, 285. 

 Digestible constituents of foods, 291. 

 Digestion, 273. 



coefficients, 287. 

 Dihydroxy-stearic acid, 49, 313. 

 Diorite, 37. 

 Disaccharoses, 181, 186. 



configuration of, 182. 

 Disinfectants, 366. 



Dissociation, electrolytic theory of, 77. 



Distillery waste, 284. 



Double sulphate of magnesium and 



potassium, 156. 

 Drainage water, composition of, 76. 



losses through, 73. 



Dried blood as manure, 125. 



grains as food, 284. 

 Dulcitol, 184, 192. 

 Dung of bats, 123. 



of birds, 121. 



of farm animals, 106. 



Dyer's method of soil analysis, 91. 



Earth, composition of the, 15. 

 Earth-nut cake, 283. 

 Earth-worms, 41. 

 " Eau-celeste," 365. 

 Edam cheese, 340. 

 Edestin, 236. 

 Elastin, 272. 

 Elderberry, 215. 



Electrolytic theory of dissociation, 77. 

 Elements, functions of inorganic, in 

 plants, 206. 



of importance in agriculture, 2. 



of minor importance in agriculture, 



13. 



relative abundance of, 15. 

 Elemi, gum, 206. 

 Emulsin, 205, 215. 

 Ensilage v. Silage. 

 Enterokinase, 275. 



Enzyme action during germination, 221. 

 Enzymes, action of, on food, 274. 



- in pancreatic juice, 275. 

 Erythritol, 184, 192. 

 Essential oils, 200. 



components of, 201. 



containing sulphur, 205. 



Eugenol, 203. 



Excreta of animals, 106. 



composition of, 108. 



" Extracts of meat," 271. 



F. 



Faeces of animals, 278. 

 " Fairy-rings," 61. 

 Farm-yard manure, 106, 161. 



action of large dressing of, on soil, 



71. 

 analyses of, 113. 



fermentation of, 114. 



gases evolved in fermentation of, 



116.* 



ingredients of, 106. 

 preservation of, 117. 



Fat, determination of, in crops and food- 

 stuffs, 262. 



digestible, unit value of, 308. 



of milk, 312. 



Fats, action of bile on, 278. 



and waxes, 195. 



constitution of, 8, 195. 

 Fatty tissue, 271. 

 Feathers as manure, 128. 

 Feeding experiments, 296. 



standards, 301. 



value, relative, of various foods, 299. 

 Fehling's test, 353. 



Felspar, 12, 35. 

 Fermentation, alcoholic, 185. 



ammoniacal, in farm- yard manure, 



115. 



cellulose, in farm-yard manure, 116. 



lactic, in intestines, 277. 

 in milk, 318. 



of amino-compounds in farm-yard 



manure, 114. 



of carbohydrates, in farm-yard man- 



ure, 116. 



of fatty acids, in farm-yard manure, 



114. 



putrefactive, in farm-yard manure, 



115. 



sulphuretted hydrogen, in farm-yard 



manure, 116. 



of farm-yard manure, 114. 

 Ferments, unorganised, 187. 



Ferric oxide in soil, determination of, 

 88. 



phosphate, 143. 



Ferrous sulphate as fungicide, 372. 



as manure 159. 



Fibre v. Crude fibre. 

 Fibrin ferment, 266. 



in milk, 318. 

 Fibrinogen, 265. 

 Field beans, 241. 



" Filled cheese," 342. 



"Finger and toe," 259. 



Fish guano, 124. 



Flax, linseed, 243. 



Flint, 12. 



Flint corn, 238. 



Flowers, formation of, in plants, 233. 



Fluorides in milk, 355. 



Fluorides in phosphates, 146. 



