634 MAIZE 



CHAP, niaize of a long-grained type, such as Iowa Silver-mine, Lady- 

 XI11 ' smith, or Mercer, yielding a high percentage of horny endo- 

 sperm, is required. Soft, starchy, immature, or mixed maize is 

 said to be useless for this purpose. 



The "flour corns," "flour maize" or " bread-mielies " make 

 the softest floury meal of any variety of maize, but as their 

 protein-content is low, their nutritive value is poor ; moreover 

 they do not keep well, being more quickly attacked by weevil 

 and grain moth than the harder types. 



Yellow breeds : — 



Chester County ; 



German Yellow (the true dent type) ; 



Eureka. 



Yellow Horsetooth, Golden Beauty, and Reid Yellow Dent 

 are also suitable for milling and the manufacture of flakes. 



The different breeds of hard round flint maize, such as 

 the White and Yellow Cangos, are not considered suitable 

 for milling as they produce a very sharp, gritty meal, and it 

 requires more power to reduce them than is the case with any 

 of the other sorts named. 



589. Construction of a Modern Mill and Modern Machinery. 

 — The modern mill is designed and planned by the milling 

 engineer before a brick has been laid. In the arrangement of 

 the machines, elevators, shafting, and belt drives, it is essential, 

 in order to produce the best results with the smallest con- 

 sumption of power, that the engineer should have the "first 

 say " as to the internal construction of the building. He will 

 see to it that there is sufficient floor space to get comfortably 

 round every machine for inspection and sampling of products, 

 etc., with some space to spare for additional machines when 

 necessary ; sufficient height between floors for spouting by 

 gravitation, and plenty of light ; and the best driving arrange- 

 ments for each machine. Another desideratum is the lowest 

 possible fire risk and insurance rate, which means that there 

 should not be a machine in the store, nor a bag of produce in 

 the mill, except the sacking-off products ; the two buildings 



show, among other things, that Iowa Silver-mine is an ideal vnielie for samp- 

 making, even preferable to Hickory King (assuming that it does not make too 

 much meal in the process of degermination), because of its lower percentage of 

 fat ; one object in samp-making is to get the product as free from oil as possible. 



