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on from the Heidelberg, Standerton, Bethal, and Carolina CHAP. 

 Districts. The " blood " of this strain has entered into the 

 composition of much of the " White Cango " now grown, from 

 which it is no longer kept distinct, and the name of Thorough- 

 bred has been dropped. 



262. Cango, yellow. — Fig. II9.A. Class: medium-late 

 yellow flint ; ear, 87} to 9 inches long ; circumference at butt, 

 5f to 6] inches, at tip, 5^ to 5 T T lT inches ; diameter, 1 \ to if 

 inches; cylindrical; butt even, slightly compressed; rows, IO 

 or 12. Grain medium, 4I to 5 lines wide, <\\ to 5 lines deep, 

 shallowly rounded above, flat on sides, colour golden yellow. 

 Shank small. Cob thin, white. Stem medium-tall, robust, 

 leafy, tillering ; good clrought-resister, well acclimatized. 

 Medium late. Valued for maize hay, and at one time exten- 

 sively grown in small plots. 



263. Wills Gehu. — Fig. 119c. Class: early yellow flint; 

 ears, 6 to "-h inches long; circumference at butt, 4H to 5 

 inches, at tip, 3I to 4§ inches; diameter, I \ to \\ inches; 

 almost cylindrical to slowly tapering; butt even; rows, 12, 

 10, or 8. Grain 5 lines broad, 4 lines deep, shallow rounded 

 above, flat on the sides (intermediate between "flat" and 

 " round "), bright yellow. Shank large. Cob white. De- 

 scribed from ears imported by the writer in 1910 from the 

 breeders, Oscar H. Will & Co., Bismarck, North Dakota. 

 Stem short ; inclined to stool ; early maturing, ripened at the 

 Botanical Experiment Station, Pretoria, in eighty-two days. 

 Has given excellent results in British Bechuanaland and the 

 semi-arid regions of the S.W. Transvaal and western Orange 

 Free State. 



264. North Dakota. — Fig. 119B. Class: early white flint; 

 ears, 7 to 8 inches long ; circumference at butt, 4 -J- to 5 inches, 

 at tip, 4-J to 4-J inches; diameter, \\ to 1 4 inches ; cylindrical 

 to tapering; butt even; rows, 12 (rarely 8). Grain small, 

 roundish, 4 lines broad and deep, shallowly rounded above, 

 flatfish on sides (intermediate between round and flat), greyish 

 white. Shank large. Cob white. Described from ears im- 

 ported by the writer in 1910 from the breeders, Oscar H. Will 

 & Co., Bismarck, North Dakota, U.S.A. Stem short, inclined 

 to stool. Early-maturing ; ripe at Skinner's Court, Pretoria, 

 in eighty-seven days, in 1910. 



