MAIZE 



ITS HISTORY, CULTIVATION, HANDLING, 

 AND USES 



WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOUTH AFRICA 



A TEXT-BOOK 



FOR FARMERS, STUDENTS OF AGRICULTURE, AND 



TEACHERS OF NATURE STUDY 



BY 



JOSEPH BURTT-DAVY, F.L.S., F.R.G.S. 



GOVERNMENT AGROSTOLUGIST AND BOTANIST, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 



WITH FRONTISPIECE AND 245 ILLUSTRATIONS 



L r N G M A N S, GREEN AND CO. 



39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON 



NEW YORK, BOMBAY AND CALCUTTA 



1914 



