INDEX 



391 



Manures, organic, 120. 



phosphatic, 142. 

 application of, 167. 



potash, 153. 



application of, 169. 



special, 132. 



- valuation of, 175. 

 Manurial value of food-stuffs, 308. 



of urine, 110. 



Manuring, 103. 



- green, 162. 

 Marble, 11, 36. 



Margarine, oleomargarine, butterine, 



338. 



Marl, 49, 158. 

 Marrow of bones, 269. 

 Mass action, 79. 

 Mate, 14, 214. 

 Maysin, 239. 

 Meadow crops, 251. 

 " Mealies " v. Maize. 

 Meat extracts, 271. 



- meal, 127. 

 Meerschaum, 11. 

 Melibiase, 187. 

 Melibiose, 181, 187. 

 Membranes, semi-permeable, 223. 

 Menthol, 202, 203. 

 Menthone, 203. 



Mercerised cotton, 190. 

 Mercuric chloride, 369, 373. 

 Mercury salts, effect of, on plants, 373. 

 Merits, comparative, of NaN0 3 and 



(NH 4 ),S0 4 , 165. 

 Metabolism, 222. 

 Metamorphic rocks, 36. 

 Metapectin, 194. 

 Metaprotein, 208. 

 Methyl pentoses, 185. 



salicylate, 204. 



Metric system of units, 379. 

 Mica, 12, 35. 

 Micrococci, 61. 

 Micrococcus urea;, 62. 

 Micro-organisms, 60. 

 " Middlings," 285. 

 Milk, acidity of, 319. 



adulteration of, 353. 



albuminoids of, 315. 

 analysis of, 348. 



and milk products, 312. 



as germ-spreading medium, 346. 



ash of, 319. 



butter-, 339. 



condensed, 342. 



constituents of, 312. 



cows', 320. 



composition of, 321. 



influence of breed on, 322. 



of food on, 325. 



of individuality on, 330. 



of manner of milking on, 327. 



of period of lactation on, 323. 



of season on, 326. 



Milk "deep setting " of, 334. 



detection of preservatives in, 354. 



estimation of fat in, by Adam's 



method, 348. 



centrifugal methods, 



349. 



Gerber's method, 



350. 



Leffmann-Beam me- 

 thod, 349. 



Werner-Schmid me- 

 thod, 349. 



- - of milk-sugar in, 352. 



- of proteids in, 352. 



of specific gravity of, 351. 



of total solids in, 351. 



fat of, 312. 



frozen, 320. 



gases in, 319. 



human, 333, 345. 

 - humanised, 345. 



of various animals, 333. 



pasteurisation of, 345. 



powder, 343. 



preservation, 344. 



- products, 334. 



ripening of, 340. 



separators, 334, 349. 



skimmed, 336. 



- standards, 358. 



sterilisation of, 344. 



sugar, 318. 

 Millet, 240. 

 Millon's reagent, 210. 

 "Mineral alkali," 10. 

 Mineral, definition of, 35. 

 Minerals, 35. 

 Mockern process, 173. 



Moisture, determination of, in soils, 84. 



Molasses, 284. 



Monkey nut, v. Ground nut. 



Monocalcium phosphate, 142. 



Monosaccharoses, 180, 184. 



Morphine, 6, 214. 



Moulds, 61. 



Mucin, 273, 277. 



Muriate of potash, 156. 



Muscle, 271. 



stroma, 271. 

 Musculin, 271. 

 Myoglobin, 271. 

 Myosin, 271. 

 Myrcene, 202. 

 Myristic acid, 196, 313. 

 Myrosin, 205. 

 Myrrh, 206. 



N. 



Neon in atmosphere, 22. 

 Nerol, 204. 



Neufchatel cheese, 340. 

 Nicotine, 213. 

 Nitragin, 68. 



