Index. 



331 



Lime, as a manure, 161. 



in foods, 266. 



in soil, 38. 

 Limestone, 46. 

 Linseed, 188. 

 Lipase, 80, 223. 

 Litter, 118. 

 Loco-weed, 109. 

 London purple, 298. 

 Lupines, 144. 

 Lysol, 312. 



Magnesium, functions of, 106. 



occurrence, 14. 



silicates, 37. 



Maintenance ration, 253. 

 Maltose, 90. 

 Malt, 183. 

 Maltsprouts, 183. 

 Mangolds, 194. 

 Manure, farmyard, 112. 



application, 134. 



composition, 113. 



decomposition, 127. 



yield by animals, 114. 

 Manurial value of feeds, 115. 

 Maple sap, 90. 

 Marl, 45. 



Marrow of bones, 212. 

 Margarine, 285. 

 Meadow hay, 191. 

 Metamorphic rocks, 35. 

 Methane, production in digestion, 



238. 



Mica, 36. 

 Milk, albumin, 271. 



ash, 272. 



cows, 274. 



composition of, 273. 



fat of, 269. 



physical properties, 273. 



powders, 286. 



preservation, 278. 



souring, 278. 



sugar, 271. 



of various animals, 268. 

 Milking cows, rations for, 263. 

 Mineral phosphates, 153. 

 Minerals, 36. 



Miscellaneous materials, 313. 

 Muscular tissue, 213. 

 Muriate of potash, 159. 



Nitrate, of potash, 149. 



of soda, 149. 

 Nitrates, conservation of, 128. 



loss by drainage, 66. 



produced in soil, 57. 

 Nitric acid, in air, 31. 



in rain, 32. 

 Nitrification, 57. 

 Nitro-bacter, 29. 

 Nitrogen, in air, 27. 



assimilation, 27. 



fixation, 27. 



occurrence, 10. 



stored up, by animals, 207. 

 by plants, 205. 



voided by animals, 216. 

 Nodules on legumes, 45. 

 Nucleins, 100. 

 Nucleic acid, 100. 

 Nutrition, of animals, 214. 



of plants, 18. 

 Nutritive ratio, 234. 



Oat, grain, 184. 



hay, 191. 



straw, 185. 

 Oil meal, 189. 

 Oils, influence on milk fat, 276. 



drying and non-drying, 96. 



essential, 98. 



nature of, 98. 



