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Agricultural Chemistry. 



Beets, 194. 



Bile, 223. 



Bleaching powders, 311. 



Blood, 211. 



dried for manure, 150. 

 Boiler scale, 71. 

 Bone ash, 156. 

 Bones, 156, 212. 

 Boracic acid, 279. 

 Bordeaux mixture, 307. 

 Bran, wheat, 181, 

 Bran, corn, 186. 

 Brewer's grains, 184. 

 Buckwheat, 189. 

 Butter, 283. 

 Butter milk, 285. 



Cabbage, 196. 



Calcium, function in plants, 106. 



occurrence, 12. 



carbonate, 37. 



in soils, 38. 



cyanamide, 150. 



nitrate, 150. 

 Caliche, 149. 

 Calf, composition, 210. 

 Calorie, definition, 8. 

 Cane sugar, 90. 

 Capillarity, 53. 

 Carbohydrates, in plants, 89. 



in animals, 208. 



function in animals, 217. 

 Carbolic acid, 311. 

 Carbon, occurrence, 9. 



dioxide in air, 30. 



assimilation, 86. 



in decay, 47. 



respiratory, 226. 



in soil gases, 60. 



as a solvent, 43. 

 Carbon disulphide, 307. 



Carcase, composition of, 209. 



in increase, 211. 

 Cartilage, 214. 

 Casein, 271. 

 Castor bean, 189. 



oil, 189. 

 Cellulose, 93. 

 Cereals, 173. 

 Chalk, 38. 

 Cheese, 288. 



Chemical changes in soil, 55. 

 Chemical manures, 147. 

 Chili saltpeter, 149. 

 Chlorine, bleaching action, 15. 



as a disinfectant, 311. 



function in plants, 108. 



occurrence, 14. 

 Chlorophyll, 86. 

 Churning, 283. 



Clay, occurrence and composition, 

 45. 



physical and chemical proper- 

 ties, 48. 



Climate, influence on plants, 200. 

 Clovers, 191. 

 Collagen, 214. 

 Colloids, 53. 

 Colostrum, 249. 

 Cooking fcod, 232. 

 Combustion, spontaneous, 96. 

 Condensed milk, 286. 

 Connecting tissue, 214. 

 Constituents of plants, 22. 

 Copper sulphate, 309. 

 Corn, composition, 185. 



stover, 139. 



silage, 192. 

 Cotton seed meal, 151, 188. 



oil, 188. 

 Cow, digestion in, 220. 



ration for, 263. 

 Cream, 280. 



