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INDEX 



Fluorine, 13. 

 Fluorspar, 13. 

 Fluosilicates in milk, 355. 

 Fodder crops, 251. 

 composition of, 252. 



pentosans in, 263. 



variation in digestibility of, 290. 

 Food, digested, absorption of, 278. 



poisons, 370. 



Foods, albuminoid ratio of, 290. 



and feeding, 281. 



ash constituents of, 303. 



availability of, 286. 



composition of, 281. 



concentrated forms of, 281. 



digestibility of, 285. 



digestible albuminoid and nitrogen- 



ous matter in, 291. 

 constituents of, 291. 



digestion coefficients of, 287. 



heat of combustion of, 290. 



manurial value of, 308. 



proportion of, retained by animals, 



309. 



relative feeding value of, 299. 

 Foodstuffs, analysis of, 261. 



- bye-products used as, 281. 



calorific value of, 290. 



money value of constituents of, 307. 

 "Foremilk," 329. 

 Formaldehyde, formalin, 369. 



as fungicide, 370. 



as milk preservative, 346, 355. 



formation of, in plants, 231. 

 Formic acid, 195, 196. 



Fowl dung, 121. 



Fowler's solution of arsenic, 359. 



Frost and thaw, action of, in soil forma- 

 tion, 39. 



Frozen milk, 320. 



Fructose, 180, 186. 



Fruits, 244. 



Fucose, 184, 185. 



Fumaric acid, 199. 



Fumigation, 371. 



Fungi, action of, on organic matter in 

 soil, 61. 



Fungicides, 369 



Furfuraldehyde, furfurol, 191. 



precipitation of, as osazone, 193. 

 Furfuroids, 184, 192. 



G. 



Galactase, 341. 

 Galactose, 180, 186. 



from gums, 191. 



from milk-sugar, 318. 

 Gallic acid, 200. 

 Gallotannic acid, 200. 

 Gamboge, 206. 

 Ganister, 149. 



Gases in milk, 319. 



Gases of blood, 267. 



G'as-lime, 159. 



Gas-liquor, 136. 



Gastric juice, 274. 



Gaultherin, 195. 



Gentiobiose, 181. 



Geraniol, 204. 



Gerber tube, 351. 



Gerber's process of fat estimation, 350. 



Germination, 219. 



Germ meal v. Corn-oil cake. 



Glaciers, action of, 40. 



Gliadins, gliadin, 208, 235. 



Globe artichoke, 250. 



Globulin, 207, 210. 



in milk, 315. 

 Gloucester cheese, 340. 

 Gluco-proteins, 208. 

 Glucosazone, 185. 

 Glucose, 180, 181, 186. 



from milk-sugar. 318. 

 Glucosides, 184, 185, 194. 



cyanogenetic, 214. 

 Glutamic acid, 208. 

 Glutamine, 212. 

 Glutelins, glutelin, 207. 

 Gluten in wheat, 235. 



- meal, 285. 

 Glycerol, glyceryl hydroxide, 197. 



from hexoses, 185. 



butter-fat, 313. 



Glyceryl salts in butter-fat, 318. 

 Glycine v. Glycocoll. 

 Glycocholic acid, 277. 

 Glycocoll, 114, 208, 277. 

 Glycogen, 183, 189, 271, 276. 

 Glyoxylic acid, 210. 



Gneiss, 38. 



Gorgonzola cheese, 340. 



Grain crops, 234. 



Granite, 37. 



Granulose, 188. 



Grass, 251, 253. 



Gravitation, effect of, on liquids in soil, 



59. 



Green manuring, 162. 

 " Green vitriol " v. Ferrous sulphate. 

 Grits, 37. 

 Ground nuts, 241. 

 Gruyere cheese, 340. 

 Guaiacol, 368. 

 Guanine, 121, 214, 271. 

 Guano, 38, 120. 



bats', 123. 



Damaraland, 120. 



fish, 124. 



meat, 127. 

 Guinea grass, 215. 

 Gulose, 180, 186. 

 Gum arabic, 191. 

 Gum resins, 206. 

 Gums, 190. 

 Gun-cotton, 6, 190 

 Gypsum, 11, 38. 



