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3H MAIZE 



CHAP. In South Africa the cultivation of this breed appears to be 



mainly confined to Rhodesia, and even there (we are informed) 

 the tendency is to discard yellows in favour of whites for 

 export purposes. Reported {Sawer, I) as a strong, gross 

 feeder, requiring heavy and fertile soils. 



258. Principal American Breeds of Flint Maize. — The 

 following twenty-one breeds of flint maize are recommended, 

 principally for grain production, by the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Stations of the States mentioned after their names, as 

 reported by Hunt (1): — 1 



1. Angel of Midnight (r) : Utah n. Milliken's Prize (y) : Vermont, 

 (tested ten years), Vermont, 12. *North Dakota (w) : North Dakota^ 

 Wyoming. (No. 14S) ; Utah (tested seven 



2. *Canada yellow (y) : Nevada (did years), 

 not ripen grain). 13. Orange County (w) : Vermont. 



3. Canada 12-rowed (y) : Vermont. 14. Rideout corn (y) : Wyoming. 



4. Early Demand (o) : Vermont. 15. *Sanford (w) : New Hampshire, - 



5. French Squaw No. 32 (w) : North Vermont. 

 Dakota. 16. Smut-nose (w) : South Dakota. 



6. *Gehu, No. 123 (y) : North Dakota. 17. Squaw corn (w) : Utah (tested 



7. Golden Dewdrop (y) : Utah (tested seven years), 

 seven years). 18. *Thoroughbred (w) : Vermont. 



8. *King Philip (y) : Ottawa, Kansas, 19. Waushakum (y) : Vermont. 

 Oregon, South Dakota, Utah 20. White flint (w) : Utah (tested ten - 

 (tested nine years), Wisconsin. years). 



9. * Longfellow (y) : Ottawa, Vermont. " 21. Yellow Flint Corn (y) : South 

 10. Long Yellow flint (y) : Utah (tested Carolina (on thin upland soil). 



ten years). 



259. Principal South African Flint Breeds. — Flints appear 

 to have been grown in South Africa long before the introduc- 

 tion of dents, and still persist in the Native Territories, and in 

 districts of poor rainfall devoted mainly to stock-raising. 

 The breeds principally grown were : Bottnan (both white and 

 yellow) ; Cango (both white and yellow) ; Repatriation (yellow) ; 

 Bushman (yellow); and "Kaffir mielies" (mixed white, red, 

 blue, and yellow). The three first-named are now so mixed 

 as often to be indistinguishable, except that difference in time 

 of maturity is associated with the strains grown in one part of 

 the country as compared with those of another. " Bushman " is 

 rarely met with. The " Kaffir mielie " is probably a descendant 

 of the old Squaw or " native " corn still grown in Canada, and a 

 similar type has been received from Italian Somaliland. The 

 natives are said to have a predilection for parti-coloured ears. 



1 Red = (r) ; orange = (0) ; yellow = (y) ; white = (w). Those marked with 

 an asterisk have been tried in South Africa. 



