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SECTION 



245. Iowa Silver-mine 



246. Boone County 



247. Ladysmith . 



248. Natal White Horsetooth 



249. Eureka 



250. Chester County . 



251. Yellow Hogan . 



252. Golden Beauty . 



253. Yellow Horsetooth 



254. Reid Yellow Dent 



255. Minnesota Early . 



256. Star Learning 



257. Golden Eagle ..... 



258. Principal American breeds of flint maize 



259. Principal South African flint breeds ■ 



260. Cango, white 



261. Thoroughbred, Rural 



262. Cango, yellow 



263. Wills Gehu 



264. North Dakota 

 Botman, white 

 Botman, yellow . 

 New England 8-row 

 Burlington Hybrid 



26g. Gillespie Yellow . 

 270. Indian Pearl 



Principal breeds of soft maize or flour corn 



Brazilian flour corn .... 



Principal breeds of sugar maize grown in A 



Sugar breeds introduced into South Africa 



Clark Favourite . 



Arcadia sugar-maize 



Claret sugar 



278. Union sugar 



279. Golden sugar 

 Pop- corn 



Special-purpose sorts 

 Silage breeds 



Classes best suited for cultivation in South Africa 

 Relative length of growing season of different breec's 

 Breeds suitable for the High-veld 



286. Breeds suitable for the Maize-belt of the Transvaal and Orange 



State . 



287. Breeds suitable for the Maize-belt of the "Midlands" east 

 Drakensberg 



Breeds suitable for the Coast-belt 



Breeds suitable for the semi-arid western region 



Breeds suitable for the upper Bush-veld 



Breeds grown in Rhodesia ..... 



Relative yields of breeds in the Transvaal . 



Relative yields of breeds in Natal 



Third season's results, Cedara, Natal . 



Relative weight of grain per bushel of different breeds 



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CHAPTER VIII. 



SOILS AND MANURES. 



296. The soil ........ 



297. Chemical elements of the soil required by plants 



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