CONTENTS 



SECTION PAGE 



613. The hull 658 



614. The embryo ........... 659 



615. The endosperm 660 



616. The horny gluten .......... 660 



617. The horny starch .......... 661 



618. The white starchy parts ......... 662 



619. Chemical composition of different varieties and breeds of South 



African maize .......... 662 



620. Chemical composition of different varieties of North American maize 664 



621. Composition of maize grain grown in different localities . . . 665 



622. Relative feeding-value of maize, wheat, and other cereals . . . 667 



623. Composition of maize by-products ....... 668 



624. Composition of maize bran compared with wheat bran . . . 66g 



625. Digestibility of maize products ........ 670 



626. Actual amounts of protein, etc., obtainable from each part of the grain 670 



CHAPTER XIV. 



MAIZE GRAIN AS FOOD. 



627. The uses of maize grain ......... 673 



For Human Food. 



628. Maize the staple foodstuff of the American aborigines 

 62g. Maize adopted as the staple food of the African races 



630. Use of maize in tropical Africa, in 1795 



631. An important article of diet of the American people 



632. Probable increase in demand among the white races 



633. Advantages of maize as an article of food . 



634. Injurious effect of unsound maize 



635. Pellagra ....... 



636. Variety of maize preparations available 



637. Maize meal, corn meal or mielie meal 



638. Corn-flour, Oswego, Maizena, etc. 



639. Maize starch ...... 



640. Samp, hominy, and cerealine 



641. Stamped mielies ...... 



642. Whole or crushed maize as a " cereal food " 



643. Corn-flakes, silver-flakes, corn-crisp, fanko, etc 



644. Tortillas and enchilladas 



645. Maize as a " green " vegetable . 



646. To keep maize on the cob . 



647. Dried maize for winter use . 



648. Maize as a sweetmeat 



649. Glucose ..... 



650. Maize stalks as a source of sugar and syrup 



651. Corn oil 



652. Maize vinegar .... 



653. Maize juice .... 



654. Fermentation products of the grain 



655. Beer 



656. Whisky and gin .... 



657. Coffee substitute .... 



For Stock Food 



658. Maize grain for stock food . 



659. Grain and pasturage . 



660. Feeding maize on the cob . 



661. Frequency of feeding grain . 



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