INDEX. 



385 



L. 



Lactic acid, 329, 377, 445. 

 Latent heat, 48. 

 Lead, 310. 



— action of water on, 313. 



— acetate, 311. 



— carbonate, 311. 



— oxides, 310. 



— red, 310. 



— sulphate, 272. 



— sulphuret, 310. 



— white, 311. 

 Leather, 592. 

 Leaven, 441. 

 Leaves, 699. 



— fall of the, 743. 



— office of, 713. 

 Lees of wine, 389. 

 Legumine, 347, 598. 

 Lemons, 496. 

 Lentils, 946. 

 Lettuce, 901. 



Light, effects of, 187, 295, 701. 



— influence on plants, 602, 606, 

 623, 683, 700. 



Lighting a fire, 36. 

 Lignin, 319. 

 Lime, 7, 226. 



— action on soil, 872. 



— and salt, 897. 



— biphosphate of, 245, 834. 



— burning, 118,233. 



— carbonate of, 230, 530, 595. 



— caustic, 7, 226. 



— citrate, 497. 



— hydrate of, 235. 



— in plants, 242, 504, 551,871. 



— muriate of, 241. 



— nitrate of, 163, 240. 



— oxalate of, 504, 551. 



— phosphate of, 242, 551,595. 



839, 877. 



— silicate of, 267, 276, 873. 



— slaking, 235. 

 Limestone, 227, 874. 



— magnesian, 246, 874. 

 Lime, sulphate of, 237, 876. 



— super-phosphate- of, 832. 



— when useful, 871. 



— when not to be used, 837, 



885. 



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Limes, juice of, 496. 

 Linen, 321. 

 Linseed, 935. 

 Liqueurs, 398. 

 Liquid manure, 767. 

 — tanks, 783. 

 Litharge, 310. 

 Liver, 607. 



Loss of manure, 783, 789, 798, 802. 

 Lucern, 980. 

 Lungs of animals, 107, 566, 606. 



M. 



Macaroni, 333. 

 Magnesia, 246. 



— carbonate of, 247, 249. 



— in plants, 253, 552. 



— muriate of, 247, 251. 



— phosphate of, 247, 253, 



878. 



— silicate of, 267. 



— sulphate of, 247, 250, 

 878. 



Magnesian limestone, 248. 

 Magnesium, 246. 



— chloride of, 251. 

 -^ oxide of, 246. 



Maize, 333, 927. 

 Malt, 401,412, 433, 915. 

 Malting, 690. 

 Malic acid, 502. 

 Manganese, 309. 



— in plants, 916, 920, 



929,936, 941. 



— in soils, 309. 



— oxide of, 191. 

 Mangel-wurzel, 966. 

 Manure, 754, 762. 



— farmyard, 802, 1002. 



— fossil, 877. 



— green, 847, 852. 



— heating of, 802, 845. 



— inorganic, 856, 868. 



— liquid, 788, 797, 811. 



— loss of, 782. 



— preservation of, 781, 802. 



— strong, 800, 817. 



— vegetable, 839. 

 Manures, animal, 718, 777, 786, 



795, 799. 



