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196. Automatic weighing and bagging off, from warehouse. (Courtesy of 



Messrs. W. & T. Avery, Ltd., Birmingham) .... 50 1 



197. Loading trucks, Vereeniging ....•••■ 5° 2 



198. Grain silos at Puerto Galvan, Argentina. (Courtesy of Messrs. Henry 



Simon, Ltd.) • • 5»3 



199. Loading s.s. Dunluce Castle with maize, by cranes, at Durban. 



(Courtesy of Union-Castle S.S. Co.) 5°5 



200. Grain conveyor-belts .....■•••• 5°° 



201. Central granary, Milwall Docks, London. (Courtesy of Messrs. 



Goldstuck, Hainze & Co.) •. .588 



202. Steamer being discharged by travelling elevator, Victoria Docks, 



London. (Courtesy of Messrs. Spencer & Co., Ltd., Melksham) . 590 



203. Steamer being discharged by floating elevator, Surrey Commercial 



Dock, London. (Courtesy of Messrs. Goldstuck, Hainze' & Co.) . 592 



204. A, drying wet maize, Durban wharves, 1909 . 59° 

 B, maize dried and re-graded, ready for shipment .... 59° 



205. The Hess grain-drier for conditioning grain 597 



206. Vertical section through Hess grain-drier ....•• 59° 



207. Granary and barge elevator on the Thames. (Courtesy of Messrs. 



Spencer & Co., Ltd., Melksham) 6o ° 



208. Diagram of floating pneumatic elevator. (Courtesy of Messrs. Henry 



Simon, Ltd., Manchester) 6o 3 



209. Diagram showing general arrangement of barge elevator and auto- 



matic weigher. (Courtesy of do.) ...... 605 



210. Grain warehouses, London, fitted with Avery scales. (Courtesy of 



Messrs. W. & T. Avery, Ltd., Birmingham) .... 607 



211. Travelling ship elevator. (Courtesy of Messrs. Henry Simon, Ltd., 



Manchester) 608 



212. Terminal grain silos, Bahia Blanca, Argentina. (Courtesy of Messrs. 



Spencer & Co., Ltd., Melksham) 612 



213. Interior of the Baltic Exchange, London. (Courtesy of the Secretary) 616 



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214. Zigzag separator. (Courtesy of Messrs. Samuelson, Banbury) . . 636 



215. Diagram of maize meal plant. (Courtesy of do.) .... 637 



216. " Dreadnought" grinder. (Courtesy of Messrs. W. S. Barron & Son, 



Gloucester) ........... 638 



217. Diagram of "Dreadnought" grinder. (Courtesy of do.) . . . 639 



218. Centrifugal dressing machine. (Courtesy of Messrs. Samuelson, 



Banbury) ........... 639 



219. Posser. (Courtesy of do.) ......... 640 



220. Three-pair high roller mill for grinding maize. (Courtesy of do.) . 641 



221. Improved degerminator. (Courtesy of do.) ..... 642 



222. Hominy separator. (Courtesy of do.) ...... 643 



223. Diagram of samp plant. (Courtesy ot do.) ..... 644 



224. Diagram of flaked-maize plant. (Courtesy of do.) .... 644 



225. Physical composition of low-protein maize grain. (After Hopkins ; 



from Bulletin of Illinois State Agricultural Experiment Sution) . 649 



226. Physical composition of high-protein maize grain. (After do.) . . 653 



227. Enlarged longitudinal section of maize grain. (From Hunt, The 



Cereals in America, Orange Judd Co.) ...... 655 



228. Hull, endosperm, and embryo. (From Myrick, The Book of Com, 



Orange judd Co.) .......... 659 



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229. Shangaan kraal, Zoutpansberg ........ 675 



230. Zulus eating maize-meal pap . . . . . , i gyg 



231. Native women grinding maize ........ 687 



232. Modjajie women stamping mielies ....... 680 



233. Zulu women carrying kaffir beer for a " beer-drink " , 699 



