vail, whilst they readily respond to the process of 

 grading. Possibly, the best advertisement the Pro- 

 tectorate possesses at present may be found in the fact 

 that, although still in its infancy, cattle breeding has 

 already progressed so far. Without in any way 

 disparaging the efforts of those who have built up 

 good herds of graded cattle, it may be stated as a 

 fact that with very few exceptions this has been 

 accomplished by amateurs in cattle breeding. Some 

 have made the mistake of using bulls of difiFerent 

 breeds — mainly owing to the difficulty of obtaining 

 sires — but even in these cases the results have been 

 little short of amazing. Go where one may through- 

 out the length and breadth of the Protectorate, one 

 finds that every farmer is firmly convinced that his 

 own farm is the best in the country — and where such 

 a happy state of affairs exists there cannot be much, 

 wrong. 



J. H. D. Beai.es. 



MAIZE. 



A STAPLE 

 FOOD. 



ITS ECONOMIC 

 VAI^UE. 



lyTAlZE is one of the staple food crops of the world. 

 The quantity produced is greater than that of any 

 other cereal, and climatic conditions alone limit its 

 more widespread cultivation. In those countries 

 adapted to its production, it is more extensively 

 grown than any other grain. The total world's crop 

 reaches the high figure of 1,085,700,000 two hundred 

 pound bags, of which more than 75 per cent, is pro- 

 duced in America. Only about one per cent, of the 

 world's supply is produced by Africa. 



Maize is one of the easiest grain crops to grow, 

 and it stands more rough usage than perhaps any 

 other. Its farm value must not be calculated solely 

 on the yield of grain, important as that is, for its- 

 total yield of vegetable matter is larger than that 

 of almost any other crop. Maize produces a large 

 amount of stalk and leaves of considerable value 

 after the ears have been harvested, for the feeding 

 of stock. As silage material maize is one of the very- 

 best crops than can be grown, on account of its 

 heavy yield per acre and also because of the succu- 

 lence and physical character of the plant, which 

 renders it peculiarly suitable to the process of en- 

 silage. Maize is a white man's crop — by which is- 



