CHAP. 

 XII. 



620 MAIZE 



many types or classes of maize instead of concentrating on 

 one, on the ground that (1) better prices are obtainable for 

 large flat whites ; (2) Rhodesia is said to be discarding yel- 

 lows altogether, and concentrating on Hickory King, 10-row 

 Hickory, and Salisbury White (a 12-row Hickory); and (3) 

 because of the greater difficulty in handling and marketing 

 so many grades. 



It should be remembered, however, that by growing several 

 types, South Africa will be able to enormously increase her 

 producing area, and the amount available for export. The 

 United States, which is the largest maize-producing and maize- 

 exporting country in the world, produces twenty-five standard 

 breeds, covering all four classes : flat white, flat yellow, round 

 yellow, and round white. Moreover, (1) the English market 

 calls for a large number of types ; no one type is handled to 

 the exclusion of others ; (2) the best price is obtainable not for 

 large flat whites but for small round yellows ; (3) the demand 

 lor large flat whites is limited, and South Africa has been 

 warned that it may be overdone ; under such circumstances it 

 is well not to have "all the eggs in one basket"; (4) the 

 demand for "yellows" and "mixed" is unlimited. 



With reference to the alleged difficulty in handling so many 

 types, it is not likely that restriction to one type by white 

 people will affect the supply of other types, inasmuch as native 

 growers produce a considerable amount of that which is ex- 

 ported ; it is bought from them by the small merchant in 

 barter, and will always furnish a number of extra types, which 

 will have to be handled. 



The market wants larger shipments ; it behoves us to make 

 every possible district a producing centre, even if we have to 

 add new types in order to do it. 



577. Standards of Weight and Measurement. — In the English 

 market maize is sold by the "quarter" of 8 bushels, i.e. 480 

 lbs., the standard bushel of maize weighing 60 lbs. Galatz- 

 Foxauiaii quotations are for 492 lbs. On the continental 

 markets it is sold by the 1 ,000 kilograms, equal to 2, 204^62 

 lbs., or the quintal or doppelzentner of 100 kilograms or 220^462 

 lbs. avoirdupois, or I j\ T muids. 



In South Africa maize is sold by weight only; the unit is 

 the muid of 200 lbs. or 3-571 American bushels. 



