LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. 



122. Brazilian flour corn; grown by F. le Roux, Volksrust, Transvaal; 



prize ear at the First South African Maize Show, igio . • 3 21 



123. Arcadia Sugar-maize ; improvement by breeding .... 3 2 5 



124. Pop-corn, Zea Mays var. prcecox ....... 3 2 ° 



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125. Effect of basic slag on the maize crop ...... 36S 



126. Effect of growing maize without manure (on plot adjacent to that 



shown in Fig. 127) ......... 3^9 



127. Effect of superphosphate and nitrate of soda mixed .... 370 

 r28. Effect of manganese compounds on maize ...... 37 1 



129. Effect of sulphate of potassium on maize ...... 37 2 



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130. Primitive method of preparing land for maize, in Zululand . . . 375 



131. Deep ploughing by steam ; 12 furrows at a time by direct traction . 375 



132. The " Fowler " direct traction engine (for oil or coal) . . . . 376 



133. Disk cultivating; double-engine system ...... 378 



134. Harrowing by steam ; double-engine system ..... 378 

 I 35- Zigzag harrow. (Courtesy of Messrs. Malcomess & Co., Ltd.) . . 379 



136. Riding cultivator. (Courtesy of do.) ....... 379 



137. Riding disk cultivator. (Courtesy of do.) ...... 380 



r38. Spring-tooth harrows. (Courtesy of do.) ...... 380 



t39. Harrowing the young maize plants, Vereeniging .... 381 



140. Part of the gang of fifty-two " Champion " planters at work on Messrs. 



John Fowler & Co.'s demonstration farms at Vereeniging . . 382 



141. Fowler's steam planter ......... 383 



142. Combined lister and planter ........ 386 



143. A, a home-made hand planter for maize. (After Myrick, The Book of 



Corn) 3S7 



B, home-made marker for planting maize by hand. (After Myrick, 



The Book of Corn) 387 



144. Maize planter, " Moline Champion " ....... 388 



145. Cultivating maize lands in Kaffraria ....... 397 



146. Steam-cultivating maize plants 36 inches high, with spring-tooth 



cultivators doing 6 rows at a time. (Courtesy of Messrs. John 



Fowler & Co., Ltd.) 398 



T47. " New Western" cultivator. (Courtesy of Messrs. Malcomess & Co., 



Ltd.) 399 



T48. Anti-clog weeder .......... 400 



149. " Captain Kidd " cultivator. (Courtesy of Messrs. Malcomess & Co., 



Ltd.) ............ 400 



150. " Single Dutchman " cultivator. (Courtesy of do.) .... 401 

 r5i. Adjustable cultivator. (Courtesy of do.) ...... 401 



152. Adjustable weeders. (Courtesy of do.) . . ... 402 



153. Steam-ploughing and subsoii packing the land at Vereeniging; 



double-engine system. (Courtesy of Messrs. John Fowler & Co., 

 Ltd.) . . . . . . . . . . . .403 



154. " Lucky Jim " weeder. An implement lor cleaning the growing crop 404 



155. "Red King" cultivator. Another implement for cleaning the grow- 



ing crop 404 



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156. Brown rust of maize .......... 407 



157. Maize smut or brand on the tassel ....... 410 



158. Maize smut or brand on the ear ........ 411 



