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INDEX 



Amygdalin, hydrolysis of, 25, 43 

 Aniline dyes, in butter, 196, 206 

 Annatto, in butter, 196, 206 

 Artificial manures, nitrogenous, 

 105 

 manures, phosphatic, 124 

 potassic, 136 

 Ash, in plants, estimation of, 5, 7 

 in plants, constituents of, 6, 8 

 in cheese, estimation of, 205, 



211 

 in feeding stuffs, 141, 148 



B 



Bacteria, nitrifying, 64 



nitrifying, occurrence of, 43, 

 66 

 Barley, examination of, 157, 161 



by-products of, 163, 165 

 Basic slag, adulteration of, 123, 



135 

 analysis of, 124, 136 

 Becchi's test (for cotton oil), 14, 



25 

 Biuret reaction, 9, 15 

 Bone manures, examination of, 



110, 127 

 Boric acid, in milk, 186, 194 

 Butter, composition of, 196 

 colour of, 205 

 colouring matter, artificial, in, 



196, 206 

 estimation of fat in, 188, 197 

 of moisture in, 187, 196 

 of protein in, 191, 199 

 of salt in, 190, 198 

 of solids-not-fat in, 189, 198 

 Butter-fat, composition of, 184, 

 199 

 iodine, value of, 195, 204 



Butter - fat, Rei chert - Meissl 

 number of, 192, 200 

 saponification number of, 203 

 unsaturated acids in, 194, 204 



Caffeine, extraction of, 21, 37 



tests for, 23, 42 

 Calcium, cyanamide, 115 



phosphates of, 108, 109, 125 



in soil, estimation of, 83, loi 

 Caliche, 107 

 Cane sugar, inversion of, 19, 33 



specific rotation of, 18, 32 



tests for, 16, 28 

 Capillarity, measurement of, 58, 



78 

 Capillary attraction, in soil, 59, 



79 

 Carbohydrates, 26 

 in feeding stuffs, estimation 

 of, 145, 152 

 Carbonates, estimation of (by 

 absorption), 75, 94 

 estimation of (by Amos' 

 method), 76, 96 

 (by Schroffer's method), 36, 



57 

 (in soft soap), 224, 234 

 Casein, in cheese, 204, 210 

 in milk, 175, 177 

 vegetable, 14 

 Catalase, plant, 35, 56 

 Cattle powders, 173, 173 

 Cellulose, in plants, 15, 26 



in shoddy, 105, 122 

 Cereals, examination of, 160' 



diastatic capacity of, 160, 164 

 Cheese, composition of, 206 

 estimation of ash in, 205, 21 1 



