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CHAP. Experiments were conducted in 1909 by the writer, in 



collaboration with the Fort Captain, Durban, to determine the 

 degree of dryness requisite for safe shipment. These experi- 



Fig. 204. — A, Drying wet maize, Durban wharves, igog. B, Maize dried 

 and re-graded ready for shipment, Durban, igog. 



ments were described in the Transvaal Agricultural Journal, 

 and it is, therefore, unnecessary to repeat the details here. 

 Our conclusions were as follows: — 



