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INDEX 



Loam, 6g. 



LoCUStS, 2QS. 



Lye, concentrated, 6 S 

 Lyrate, 420. 



Magnesium, 55. 

 Magnesium carbonate, 56. 

 Magnesium sulphate, 56. 

 Magnetite, 60. 

 Maintenance ration, 383. 

 Mangel-wurzel, 238. 

 Manure, amount of, 106, 418. 



animal, 106. 



application of, 108. 



care of, 108. 



economy of, no. 



green, 105. 

 Maple sugar, 35. 

 Matches, 45. 

 Mealy bug, 304. 

 Meat breeds of poultry, 366. 

 Mediterranean breeds, 366. 

 Melons, 261. 

 Merinos, 353. 

 Metamorphosis, 204. 

 Methyl alcohol, 40. 

 Midrib, 138. 

 Milk yield, 339. 



composition of, 340. 

 Millet, 226, 228. 



nutrients in, 416. 

 Milo maize, 215. 

 Minorcas, 368. 

 Mints, 223. 

 Mites, 320. 



Mixing fertilizers, 112. 

 Mixtures, 10. 

 Moisture, 71. 

 Molasses, 35. 

 Molecules, 10. 

 Monocotyledons, 170. 

 Monoecious, 147. 

 Moraines, 71. 

 Mortar, 54. 

 Mosquito, 308. 

 Moss plants, i6g 

 Mother of vinegar, 43. 

 Mucronate, 420. 

 Mulch, dirt, 74. 



dust, 74. 

 Mule, 349. 

 Muriate of potassium, 49. 



Muscovy, 376. 

 Mustard family, 173. 

 Mycelium, 268. 



Netted-veined leaves, 138. 

 Nightshade family, 178. 

 Nitrate, potassium, 50. 



sodium, 63. 

 Nitric acid, 22. 

 Nitrification, 114. 

 Nitrogen, 20, 113. 

 Nitrogen free extract, 37. 

 Nitroglycerin, 22. 

 Node, 132. 

 Nucleus, 124. 

 Nutrients in food, 416. 

 Nutritive ratio, 386, 414. 

 Nuts, 242. 



Oat fodder, nutrients in, 416. 

 Oats, 205. 



weight of, 413. 

 Obcordate, 420. 

 Oblique, 420. 

 Obovate, 420. 

 Obtuse, 420. 

 Oil, 38. 



castor, 218. 



cottonseed, 218. 



fusel, 42. 



linseed, 218. 



olive, 218. 

 Oil cake, 221. 

 Oil plants, 218. 

 Olein, 39. 

 Oleomargarine, 39. 

 Olive oil, 218. 

 Onions, 239. 



weight of, 413. 

 Orange, 255. 



Orchard grass, nutrients in, 416. 

 Orchards, 243. 

 Orpingtons, 372. 

 Osmosis, 124. 

 OvaJ, 420. 

 Ovary, 146. 

 Ovules, 146. 

 Ox warbles, 311. 

 Oxen, rations of, 414. 

 Oxford, 355. 

 Oxygen, 14. 

 Ozone, 1 8. 



