INDEX 



Acids in plants, 3 

 Accumulated nitrogen, 52 

 Adult animal, growth of, 97 

 Albuminoids, 61, 65 



— in food, 92 



— in plants, 5 

 Albuminoid ratio, 80 

 Alumina, 19 



Amides, 65, 66 



Ammonia absorbed by plants, 6 



— in atmosphere, 12 

 Animal nutrition, 60 

 Application of manure, 34 

 Artificial manuring, 47 

 Ash consumed and voided, HI 



— in animals, 65 



— in food, 78 



— in plants, 2 

 Atmosphere, 13 

 Autumn manuring, 35 



Bacteria, uses of, 17 

 Bare fallow, 50 



Barley, composition of, 38, 72 

 Beans, 72 



— composition of, 38 

 Beech wood, composition of, 39 

 Beet, composition of, 39 

 Blood manure, 29 



Bones, 29 



Brewers' grains, composition of, 72 



Bulk of food, 94 



Buried seed, 11 



Burning soil, 22 



Butter, 121 



— produce of, 108 

 Buttermilk, 122 



Cakes, composition of, 72 



— manure produced by, 114 

 Calf, composition of, 62, 63 



Carbo-hydrates, 65—67 

 Carbonic acid, 5, 6 

 Carcase weights, 63 

 Cattle food experiments, 80 — 84 

 Cellulose, 2 



Cereal crops, composition of, 40 

 Chalk, 32 

 Cheese, 123 



Clilorides in atmosphere, 14 

 Chlorophyll cells, 7 

 Clay, 14 

 Cleanliness, 124 

 Climate, effect of, 48 

 Clover hay, composition of, 38, 72 

 Colostrum, composition of, 96 

 Colour of soils, 16 

 Colourless plants, 7 

 Common salt, 33 

 Conservation of plant food, 57 

 Constituents of animals, 60 

 — of plants, 1 — 4 



Continuous cropping, 54 

 Coprolites, 31 

 Cotton cake, 72 

 Cream, 118 

 Crops, 37^9 

 — distinctive characteristics of, 54 



Daiky, 117—125 

 Deep-rooted plants, 55 

 Digestibility, 78 

 Digestible proportion of food, 80 

 Digestion, 68, 80—93 

 Drainage, action of, 18, 21 



Evaporation, action of, 7, 18 

 Excretion, 70 

 Excrement from food, 113 



Fallow, bare, 50 

 Farmyard manure, 24 — 27 



