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PRACTICAL AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY 



Lime manures, 28 



— slaking, 28 



— in soil, 27 



— solubility of, 29 



— tests for, 27 



— in water, 23 

 Limestone soils, 27 

 Linseed cake, 43 



adulteration of, 43 



mucilage in, 43 



starch in, 44 



Litmus paper, 12 

 Loam, 26 



Magnesium, tests for, 59 

 Manganese, tests for, 57 

 Mangels, 46 

 Manures, acidity in, 38 



— compound, 38 



— experiments on, 28 



— lime, 28 



— mixing, 35 



— nitrogenous, 33 



— phosphatic, 31 



— potash, 31 



— testing, 36 

 Measures, 86 



Metals, preliminary examination for, 

 65 



— reactions of, 55 



— separation of, 68 



— wet examination for, 67 

 Metric weights and measures, 86 

 Milk, 49 



— acidification of, 49 



— action of acids on, 49 

 • — albuminoids in, 49 



— fat in, 49 



— preservation of preservatives in, 50 



— sugar in, 49 

 Mineral phosphate, 31 

 Mixing manures, 35 

 Mounting platinum wire, 4 

 Mouth blowpipe, 2 

 Mucilage in linseed cake, 43 



Natural waters, 22 



Nessler's solution, preparation of, 80 



Nitrates, action on superphosphate, 



35 

 Nitrate, test for, 62 

 Nitric acid, action on phosphates, 32 

 — nitrogen, 34, 40 

 Nitrite, tests for, 61 



Nitrogen, ammoniacal, 34 



— ammoniacal, test for, 34, 40 



— in albuminoids, 41 



— in curd, 51 



— nitric, 34, 40 



— nitric, tests for, 34, 40 

 Nitrogenous manures, 33 

 Nitrogen, organic, 34 



— organic, test for, 34, 39, 64 



— preparation of, 15 



— properties of, 16 

 Note-book, 54 



— entry of analysis, 74 



Notes on separation of metals, 67 



Oil-cakes, 41 



— albuminoids in, 42 



— carbohydrates in, 42 



— oil in. 41 



— sand in, 43 



— water in, 41 



— woody fibre in, 43 

 Oil in oil-cakes, 41 

 Organic carbon, test for, 64 



— chlorine, test for, 64 



— matter, test for, 27 



— nitrogen, tests for, 34, 39, 64 



— sulphur, test for, 65 

 Oven, steam, 10 

 Oxygen, preparation of, 13 



— properties of, 14 



Peat, 26 

 Phosphate, bone, 31 



— mineral, 31 



Phosphates, action of ammonium 

 citrate on, 32 



— action of dilute nitric acid on, 32 



— action of water on, 31 



— in grass, 46 



— insoluble, tests for, 38, 39 



— of lime, 31 



— soluble, tests for, 38 



— table, explanation of, 70 



— table for separation of, 70 



— tests for, 63 

 Phosphatic manures, 31 

 Phosphoric acid, 31 



in guano, 36 



Platinum wire mounting, 4 

 Potash in kainit, 31 



— manures, 31 



— manures, tests for, 40 

 Potassium, tests for, 60 



