GLOSSARY 



Protoplasm. — The slimy, granular, semi-fluid content of vegetable cells. This 

 substance is the living portion of the plant, the active, vital thing which gives to it 

 its sensibility to heat, cold and other agents, and the power of moving, of appropriat- 

 ing food, and of increasing its size. 



Chlorophyll. — The green coloring matter of plants. 



Inoculation (Soil i. — Introduction of a definite species of bacteria into the soil or 

 on to the roots of a leguminous plant. This may be accomplished by transferring soil 

 from fields already inoculated or by the use of artificial cultures a pplied either to the 

 seed or the soil. 



Manure Salt. — Double sulphate of potash and magnesia, sometimes referred to 

 as low-grade sulphate of potash and kainit. 



Denitrification. — A bacterial change which results in the breaking down of 

 nitrogenous compounds, such as nitrates and nitrites, giving rise to free nitrogen or 

 nitrogen in the form in which it is found in the air. 



Concentrates. — These include all the grain and mill products used for feeding 

 stock. 



Humates. — These are compounds of humus and salts, such as lime. 



Tri-Calcium Phosphate. — A definite compound of calcium, phosphorus and 

 oxygen, containing 19 per cent phosphorus. 



Rachis. — The continuation of the stem along which the spikelets, as in wheat 

 for instance, are arranged. 



Mycelium. — The thread-like growth of fungi which penetrates the host plant in 

 case of such diseases as smut on grain or moulds on fruit. In the case of mushrooms, 

 it takes the form of a thread-like growth in the soil. 



Calcium Cyanimid. — A compound of calcium, carbon and nitrogen manufactured 

 by an electrical process and used as a nitrogenous fertilizer. 



"In Kase." — A technical phrase. When the tobacco leaf becomes dry and 

 brittle in the curing barn, it will, during damp or rainy weather, become soft and 

 pliable. When in this condition it is called "in kase." 



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