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Tending of animals, 71.
Ternary compounds, 30.
Tests for guano, 133–137; for
bone-dust, 157-159; for adul-
terations of oil-cake, 167; of
water, 336.

Theory, errors of, 9.
Thorn-stone, 227.
Tillage of the soil, 32; different
modes of, 330.
Top-dressing, application of guano
to, 133.

Trees, gigantic size of, in tropical
climates, 343.
Trenching, 32.

Turnip, manure of the, 364.

U.

Ultimate constituents of bodies,
14, 15 et n.

Ultramarine, a chemical discovery,
7.

Urate, a chemical manure, 184-
186.

Urine, its beneficial influence on
vegetable growth, 50; constitu-
ents of, 64, 65, 67, 72; relative
value of, 72; quantity lost in
large cities, 73; alteration of, by
continued keeping, 76; experi-
ments on, 77 et seq.

V.

Vegetable acids, destitute of nitro-
gen, 19.
Vegetable bases, nitrogenous sub- |
stances, ib.

Vegetable fibre, 17; destitute of

nitrogen, 19; the exclusive pro-
duce of humus, 39.
Vegetable life, principles of, 12.
Vegetable mucus, destitute of ni-
trogen, 19.

Vegetable refuse, different kinds

of, employed for manure, 242–
248; for the preparation of com-
post, 257.
Vegetation, on the growth of, 285
et seq.; relations to, of water, air,
heat and light, 332 et seq.; in-
fluence of different temperatures
on, 343 (see Plants).
Vinegar, guano tested by, 136;
test of bone-dust by, 159.
Vital force, of animal and vegetable
life, 11, 12.

W.

Washing, test of bone-dust by, 158.
Water, oxygen and hydrogen ob-
tained from, 22; amount of, in
the articles of food, 70; effect of,
on soils, 273-275; solvent power
of, 275; excess or deficiency of,
may impoverish the soil, 316; its
relation to soil and vegetation,
332; the services it affords to
plants, 333, 334; different kinds
of, 335; tests of, 336; tempe-
rature of, 342.
Weathering of soils, process of, 28;
causes of, 272.

Weeds, &c., employed for manure,

242.

Wheat, constituents of, 294, 295.
Wild-rocket, cultivation of, 129 n.
Wine, chemical changes of, 3.
Wood, chemical changes of, ib.
Wood-ashes, to be employed for
manure, 236.

Wool, employed for manure, 251.
Y.

Yeast, valuable as manure, 248.

Z.

Zechstein, a limestone formation,
208.

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