771 



tion would have become general throughout the province, and 

 seed had also been supphed to Bida, Kontagora and Maiduguri 

 (I.e. 1917, p. 14). This variety was indented for, amongst several 

 others, all grown in America, in 1912 (Letter Crown Agents to 



Kew 



Nigeria 



medium 



fertility (Agric. News, Barbados, Oct. 19th, 1907, .p> 323); it 

 has yielded as much as 50 tons of green fodder per acre in New 

 Zealand (Ann. Rep. Dept. Agric. New Zeal. 1909, p. 443). This 

 variety and '' Cuzco " — also known as " Peruvian," a very fine 

 Variety which grows 20 ft. or more in its native habitat, the 

 Andes, at an elevation of 7000-8000 ft. (Agric. News, Barbados, 

 1903, p. 262) — ^have been found to yield abundantly and best 

 suited to grow in British East Africa (Kenya Colony), where, next 

 to potatoes, maize is the principal crop grown by the European 



with great success (Bull. 



met 



Imp. Inst. 1906, p. 273). 



The yield may vary considerably ; an experiment in white 

 maize at Oloke Meji show^edthe average yield of grain per acre 

 at 2238 lb. ; the seeds were sown in rows 3 ft. apart and 2| ft. 

 apart in the rows, on 30th March, and harvested 27th July. 

 The plot had been manured with sulphate of ammonia and 

 muriate of potash (Govt. Gaz. S. Nigeria, March 3rd, 1909, 



time 



manure 



gave an average yield of 1254 lb. per acre (I.e.). A field 

 of 8 acres at Onitsha, sown in April and reaped in August, gave 

 a total weight of corn and cob in husk of 12,408 lb., and one-half 

 of this total weight — shelled, husked, and crushed yielded 

 2803 lb., this field was manured with guano, bone meal, sulphate 

 of potash and sidphate of ammonia (Dodd, List PI. Onitsha, 

 July 1907). Five acres of "Lagos White Maize" at the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ibadan, yielded a total of 

 green fodder of 18-4 tons; this was planted 4th April (1911) 

 ^nd cut from 16th May to 30th July (Johnson, Ann. Rep. 

 Agric. Dept. S. Nigeria, 1911, p. 4). This variety is recommended 

 in Sierra Leone, where under experiment it has produced half 

 a ton of cleaned grain per acre, and selected stock for distribution 

 was being sold at 55. for 63 lb., or Id. per lb. (Sierra Leone Gaz., 

 15th Peb. 1919, p, 106). In the experiments with the 11 va " 



ram 



yield 



18 cwt. per acre (Johnson, 



I.e.). In general a good average yield may be estimated at 



The yield from 3 acres 



0-4 



of " Hickory King " in Ilorinwas 10351b., 1126 lb., and 1066 lb, 

 (Thornton, I.e. 1917, p. 14). 



Jief. — '' A Note upon the Wild State of Maize, or Indian 

 Com," Joum.Hort. Soc, London, i. 1846, pp. 114-117.—" On 



Mays and Other CereaHa of W 



in Pharm 



-Utihty 



Maize 



