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INDEX 



Sulphur, as fungicide, 370. 



as insecticide, 371. 



dioxide as disinfectant, 367. 

 in atmosphere, 29. 



function of, in plants, 206. 

 Sulphuric acid, application of, to 



manure heap, 119. 



determination of, in soil, 93. 



Sunflower-seed, 243. 



cake, 283. 



Superphosphate, application of, to 

 manure heap, 119. 



"basic, "148. 



" double," 146. 



methods of expressing analysis of, 



147, 170. 



- " reverted," 146. 

 Superphosphates, mineral, 144. 

 Surface pressure, action of, in soil, 55. 

 Swedes, 247. 

 Sweet corn, 238. 



potato, 216, 250. 



silage, 255. 

 Syenite, 37. 

 Sylvestrene, 202. 

 Sylvine, 154. 

 Sylvinic acid, 205. 

 Sylvinite, 156. 

 Symbiosis, 68. 



T. 



Tagatose, 180. 



Talbot's method of dephosphorising iron, 



153. 



Talc, 11, 36. 

 Talose, 180, 186. 

 Tanners' refuse as litter, 112. 

 Tannic acid, 199. 

 Tannin, 199, 200. 

 Tartaric acid, 199. 

 Tatlock's method for estimating potash, 



89. 



Taurine, 277. 

 Taurocholic acid, 277. 

 Tea, ash of, 14. 



Paraguay v. Mate. 

 Terpenes, 201. 



olefinic, 202. 

 Terpineol, 202, 203. 

 Tetracalcium phosphate, 143. 

 Tetrasaccharoses, 183, 188. 

 Theine v. Caffeine. 

 Theobromine, 121, 214. 

 Thomas- Gilchrist process, 149. 

 Thomas phosphate v. Basic slag. 

 "Thomas phosphate meal, 1 ' artificial, 



152. 



Thermometric scales, 377. 

 Thymol, 203. 

 Timothy grass, 253. 

 Tissue, connective, 272. 



fatty, 271. 

 Titanium, 14. 



Tobacco smoke as insecticide, 371. 



Toxic substances in soils, 49, 71. 



Transpiration, 221, 227, 232. 



Trap, 37. 



Travertine, 38. 



Trefoil, 251. 



Trehalose, 182, 187. 



Tricalcium phosphate, 142. 



Trigonelline, 212. 



Trimethylamine, 115. 



Trisaccharoses, 183, 187. 



Triticin, 189. 



Trypsin, 275. 



Trypsinogen, 275. 



Tryptophane, 209, 210, 289. 



Tufa, 38. 



Turanose, 181. 



Turnips, 240. 



Turpentine, 205. 



Tyrosine, 114, 208. 



formation of, from proteids, 276. 



u. 



Ulmic acid, ulmin, 47. 



Ulsch's method of NO. determination, 



174. 

 Unit value of foods, 308. 



of various manures, 176. 



Urea, 279. 



fermentation of, 115. 

 Uric acid, 214, 279. 



in guano, 121. 



Urine, 279. 



manurial value of, 110. 



V. 



Valine, 208. 



" Vegetable alkali," 10. 



Vegetation as agent in soil-formation^ 



42. 



Velvet beans, 163, 241. 

 Vetches, 252, 258, 293. 

 Vinyl sulphide, 205. 

 Viola cdtaminaria, 14. 

 "Viscose," 190. 

 Vitellin, 208. 

 Vivianite, 9. 

 " Volatile alkali," 10. 

 Volemitol, 192. 



W. 



Water as agent in soil-formation, 39. 



estimation of, in crops, 261. 

 - for irrigation purposes, 32. 



hot, as fungicide, 370. 



in a soil, 57, 72. 



ratio of, to dry matter, in rations,. 



306. 



table, 57. 

 Waxes, 198. 

 Weathering, 34. 



