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MAIZE 



CHAP. 

 XI. 



458. Storage of Husked Maize. — Nor is it advisable to 

 leave the husked maize on the ground, on account of damage 

 by termites. It is customary, therefore, to store it in some 

 sort of crib, called a hock. This is variously constructed ac- 

 cording to the materials available in different parts of the 

 country. 



Modern maize hocks of various sorts are shown in Figs. 

 183, 184, and 185. 



459. Storage of Shelled Grain. — To reduce bulk and to be 

 ready for a sudden rise in the market, it is becoming custom- 

 ary to shell early and sack the shelled grain. The sacks of 



Fig. 185. — Method of storing maize, Government Experiment 

 Farm, Potchefstroom. 



shelled grain, containing 200 lbs. net each, are stored in sheds 

 (Fig. 186), or, in the usually dry winters of the interior, may 

 be stacked on large platforms, raised above the ground 

 (Fig. 187), and covered with sailcloth. 



The following description of the method of storing maize 

 employed at the Trappist Monastery, Mariannhill, Natal, is 

 taken from the Natal Agricultural Journal ; — ! 



" The mealie store is an independent building erected on 

 the face of the hill just above the mill proper. It contains 

 five large cement-lined compartments, each capable of holding 



1 Vol. VIII, No. 10, p. 1014, Oct., 1905. 



