LIST OF TABLES 



BY CHAPTERS. 



CHAPTER II. 



TABLE PAGE 



I. Comparative table of mean monthly temperatures ... 28 

 II. Mean temperatures of the cereal belt of Argentina : November, 



December, January, and February ..... 29 



III. Mean monthly temperatures, Transvaal ..... 30 



IV. Mean minimum temperatures at Government Observatory, 



Johannesburg ......... 31 



V. Mean minimum temperatures at Vereeniging .... 32 



VI. Mean minimum temperatures at Bethal ..... 32 



VII. Rainfall of South Africa 40-1 



CHAPTER III. 



VIII. The world's maize crop of 1906 ...... 47 



IX. Statistics of the maize-surplus States ..... 48 



X. Acreage under maize in India for ten years (1897-1907) . . 53 



XI. Acreage and yields of maize in the Indian Provinces . . 54 



XII. Areas and yields of Transvaal Districts ..... 60 



XIII. Maize production of Natal, igo6-7 61 



XIV. Area and yield of Natal Districts 62 



XV. Maize production of Cape Colony, 1906-7 ..... 64 



CHAPTER IV. 



XVI. Variation in time of flowering ....... 93 



XVII. Correlation of flowering and ripening period .... 94 



CHAPTER V. 



XVIII. Summary of percentage stands of maize ..... 134 



XIX. Analysis of yields of 134 ears of Hickory King . . . 138 



XX. Analysis of yields of 100 ears of Natal White Horsetooth . 139 



XXI. Analysis of yields of 123 ears of Ladysmith .... 139 



XXII. Analysis of yields of 150 ears of Iowa Silver-mine and 10 ears 



of Chester County 140 



XXIII. Analysis of yields of no ears of Champion White Pearl (a 



breed closely allied to Iowa Silver-mine) .... 141 



XXIV. Analysis of yields of 170 ears of Yellow Horsetooth . . . 141 

 XXV. Analysis of yields of 352 ears of Yellow Hogan . . . 142 



XXVI. Analysis of yields of 200 ears of Golden King .... 143 



XXVII. Analysis of yields of 370 ears of Wisconsin .... 144 



XXVIII. Analysis of yields of 100 ears of Skinners Court 10 . . . 145 



