396 



INDEX. 



Chlorophyll, chemical compo- 

 sition and con- 

 stitution of ... 221 

 ,, extraction of 



from plants ... 221 

 ,, function of in 



plants ... 221 



Cholalic acid ... ... ... 273 



Cholesteiin in bile ... ... 273 



Cholesterol in milk ... ... 307 



,, in blood 259 



Choline, constitution and oc- 

 currence of ... 217 

 ,, in cotton -seed cake... 280 

 Chromium, relative abundance 



of 19 



Churning, effects produced by 333 

 ,, temperature of ... 334 

 Chyme, production of in the 

 stomach ... ... ... 270 



Chyrnosin ... ... ... 310 



Citric acid, constitution of ... 206 

 ,, in milk ... ... 315 



Clay as a soil constituent ... 51 

 ,, composition of ... 16,41 



,, retentive power of ... 16 



Clover crop 243,244 



,, action of micro-orga- 

 nisms on ... . . 245 

 ,, composition of after 



being in the "silo" 249 

 "Clover sickness," causes of 244 

 Coal, average, calorific power of 4 

 Coke, calorific power of ... 4 

 Collagen, composition of ... 267 

 ,, products of decom- 

 position of ... 267 

 Collodion, composition of ... 192 

 ,, solubility of ... 192 

 ,, use of ... ... 192 



Colloids 226 



Colostrum, composition of ... 317 

 Combustion, heat of ... ... 5 



,, slow ... ... 6 



Common salt as a manure ... 169 

 Condensed milk, see "Milk" 340 



Condy's fluid 372 



Contact poisons, see "Insecti- 

 cides" 377 



Coniine, constitution of ... 220 

 Connective tissue, essential 

 substances in ... ... 267 



Copal 211 



Copper, occurrence of in plants 365 

 ,, salts, action on plants 381 

 ,, ,, as fungicides ... 375 



,, sulphate, destruction 



of charlock by ... 367 



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Copper sulphate as a fungi- 

 cide 366 



,, sulphate as a disinfec- 

 tant . . 369 



,, sulphate, action on 

 grain and potato 



crops 172 



Coprolites ... .. ... 13 



,, composition of ... 152 

 ,, description of ... 151 



,-, use of 152 



Corn-oil cake 280 



,, digestible con- 



stituents of... 288 

 Corpuscles, colourless, number 



of 261 



, , colourless, proper- 

 ties of 261 



,, red, size and shape 



of 250 



,, red, number of ... 250 

 Cotton -seed cake ... ... 280 



,, ,, decorticated 280 



,, ,, fed to cows 280 



,, ,, undecortica- 



ted ... 280 



Cotton seed, digestible consti- 

 tuents of 288 



Coumarin ... ... ... 248 



Cova, see "Sodium nitrate" 140 

 Cows, analyses of excrements 



of* 114 



,, dairy, ration for ... 297 

 ,, standard rations for .. 298 

 Cow, total excrements per day 119 

 Cream, "clotted," composi- 

 tion of 332 



,, " ripened" ... ... 334 



,, separation from milk 330 

 ,, separation from milk 



by centrifugal force 330 

 ,, separation from milk 



by cold setting ... 331 

 ,, separation from milk 



by deep setting ... 330 

 ,, specific gravity of ... 332 

 ,, variation in composi- 

 tion of ... ... 331 



Creasol 374 



Creasote as a disinfectant ... 373 

 Creatin in blood ... ... 259 



,, muscle ... .. 265 



Creatinin, constitution of ... 276 

 ,, in the urine of 



animals ... 276 



Creosote, see "Creasote" 

 Cresyl sulphuric acid in urine 277 

 Crops, classes of ... ... 240 



