Index 



219 



PHO 



Phosphoric acid, estimation of, molyb- 

 date method, 131, 159 



soluble, 140 



Phosphorite, 129 

 Platinum cones, 15 



— vessels, 16 



— wire, 17 



Potash available in soils, 159 



— estimation of, 24 



in kainit, 149 



soil, 165 



— manures, analysis of, 149 

 Potassium bichromate, standard solu- 

 tion, 47 



— permanganate, standard solution, 



— platinum chloride, weighing, 25 

 Precipitation, rules for, 10 



Press for turnips, 113 

 Purity of oil cakes, 100 



Rabbits' dung, 147 



Rape cake, 149 



Raw bones, 135 



Reduced iron, 70 



Reducing volume of gas, table for, 74 



Reduction of ferric salts, 48 



Refuse manures, analysis of, 145 



Reichert number, 197 



Rice meal, 104 



Richmond's milk scale, 180 



Rider, 3 



Roots, analysis of, 111 



Rough balance, 105 



Salt, estimation of, 44 



— in butter, 191 



cheese. 198 



Samples, 82 



— preparation of, 90 

 Sampling, 82 



— grass, 87 



— hay, 87 



— limestone, 83 



— liquids, 88 



— machine, 83 



— manures, 84 



Sampling mineral phosphates, 82 



— oil cakes, 87 



— shovel, 83 



— silage, 87 



— soils, 88 



— superphosphates, 84 



— tool, 85 

 — - water, 88 



Sand, estimation of, in bones, 134 



in guano, 136 



manure cakes, 148 



mineral phosphates, 123 



oil cakes, 93 



superphosphate, 142 



Schloesing's method of nitrogen esti- 

 mation, 70 

 Schroeder's carbon dioxide apparatus, 



32 

 Seminormal solution, definition of, 37 



— — of potash, 42 



sulphuric acid, 40 



Sewage, dried, 147 

 Shoddy, 147 



Silage, analysis of, no 

 Silicates in limestone, estimation of, 

 174 



— in soils, estimation of, 163 



Silver nitrate, standard solution of, 44 

 Slag, analysis of, 103 

 Soap solution, preparation of, 207 

 Soda, estimation of, in soils, 165 

 Soda lime method of nitrogen estima- 

 tion, 58 

 Soil, action of citric acid on, 158 



— analysis of, 157 



Solid matter, estimation of, in milk, 



180 



in roots, 118 



water, 201 



Solubility of magnesium ammonium 



phosphate, 125 

 Soluble albuminoids, estimation of, in 



roots, 115 



— ash, estimation of, in roots, 115 



— phosphoric acid, estimation of, 140 

 Soot, 147 



Soxhlet's-fat extractor, 93 



