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INDEX 



Ketoses, 180. 

 Kidney beans, 241. 

 Kieserite, 154. 

 Kjeldahl's process, 85. 

 Koumiss, 343. 

 Kraal manure, 109. 

 Krypton in atmosphere, 22. 



Lab, 316. 

 Labradorite, 35. 

 Lactase, 318. 

 Lactic acid in milk, 318. 



fermentation in intestines, 277. 

 "Lacto-chrome," 314. 

 Lactometer, 351. 



Lactose, milk-sugar, 318. 



Lahn phosphate, 144. 



Lambs, standard rations for, 302. 



Land plaster v. Gypsum. 



Laurie acid, 313. 



" Law of minimum," Liebig's, 100. 



Lead arsenate, 370. 



Leaves as litter, 112. 



assimilation by, 227. 

 cause of rigidity of, 225. 



functions of, 227. 



stomata of, diffusion through, 229. 

 Lecithin, 265, 277. 



constitution of, 198. 

 Leffmann-Beam's process of fat estima- 

 tion, 349. 



Legumin, 207. 

 Leguminous crops, 251. 



seed crops, 241. 

 Leicester cheese, 340. 

 Lentils, 242. 

 Leucme, 114, 208. 

 Leucocytes in blood, 267. 

 Levulin, 183, 189. 

 Levulose v. Fructose. 

 Lichenin, 189. 

 "Licks," 305. 

 Lignification, 193. 

 Lignite, 38. 

 Ligno-cellulose, 193. 

 Lignoceric acid, 49. 

 Lignose, lignone, 184, 193. 

 Lima beans, Java beans, 241. 

 Limburg cheese, 340. 

 Lime and sulphur dip, 371. 



as manure, 158. 



chloride of, 361. 



determination of, in soil, 90. 



hydrated sulphate of, 170. 

 Limestone, 11, 36, 158. 



as soil-constituent, 46. 

 Limestones, 37. 



Limitations of chemical analysis of soils, 



90. 



Limonene, 201. 

 Limonite, 50. 

 Linalol, 204. 



Linamarin v. Phaseolunatin. 

 Linoleic acids, 196. 

 Linolenic acid, 196. 

 Linseed v. Flax. 



cake, 281. 



- oil, 196, 243. 



Lithium, 14. 



Litter, 110. 



Loams, 49. 



Locust destruction, 360. 



" London purple," 370. 



Loss on ignition, estimation of, in soils, 



84. 



Lotusin, lotase, lotoflavin, 215. 

 Lucerne, 251. 

 Lunge's method for NO 3 estimations, 



94, 173. 

 Lupines, 242. 

 Lycopodium, 12. 

 Lysine, 209. 

 Lysol, 368. 

 Lyxose, 180. 



M. 



Magnesia, determination of, in soil, 90. 

 Magnesian limestone, 11. 

 Magnesium, 11. 



function of, in plants, 206. 



- in chlorophyll, 216, 217. 

 Magnetite, 11. 



Maize, mealies, 238. 



- bran, 285. 



- bye-products from, 285. 



varieties of, 238. 

 Malic acid, 199. 

 Malt culms, 284. 



sugar v. Maltose. 

 Maltase, 215. 

 Maltodextrin, 189. 



Maltose, malt sugar, inaltobiose, 181,187. 

 Mandelo-nitrile glucoside v. Prunasin. 

 Manganates of potash and soda as disin- 

 fectants, 367. 

 Manganese, 13. 

 Mangolds, 247. 

 Manna, 186. 

 Mannitol, 184, 186, 192. 

 Mannose, 180, 186. 

 Manure, definition of, 104. 



farm-yard, 106. 

 application of, 161. 



Kraal, 109. 

 Manures, 104. 



analysis of, 170. 



application ot, 161. 



catalytic, 160. 



concentrated, application of, 163. 



determination of nitrogen in, 173. 

 of P 2 O 5 in, 174. 



general, 106. 



miscellaneous, 156. 



nitrogenous, 132. 

 application of, 164. 



