INDEX. 



Acclimatization, 43. 

 Acre, feeding value of, 734. 



— yield per, 128, 147. 



— value in U.S.A., 5. 



Acreage under maize in S. Africa, 8. 

 Acridida;, 446. 

 Adventitious roots, 75. 

 Africa, native method of preparing 

 maize, 676. 



— staple food of races of, 675. 



— (S.) acreage under maize, 8. 



— breeds of Dent maize, 284. 



— breeds of Flint maize, 314. 



— character of soils, 349. 



— classes best suited for cultivation in, 



328. 



— future possibilities, 7. 



— introduction into, 12, 14. 



— maize-belt, 58. 



— production in, 127. 



— rainfall, 40. 



— staple crop, 6. 



— time of arrival of crop, 4g8. 



— tropical, production of maize, 56. 



use of maize in, 676. 



Agricultural shows, 235. 



Alcohol, de-natured, preparation of, 786. 

 Alcoholic drinks, preparation from 



maize, 698. 

 Aleurone layer, 122, 179, 660. 

 Allelomorphic pairs of unit-characters, 



170. 

 Allelomorphs, dominant and recessive, 



172. 

 Altitude affecting crops, 26. 

 America, aborigines of, maize staple 



foodstuff, 673. 



— breeds of Dent maize, 281. 



— breeds of Flint maize, 314. 



— consumption of maize, 677. 



— origin of maize in, 9, 10. 



— Central, 50. 



— S., tropical, 51. 



— U.S. of, see United States. 

 American cornstalk disease, 768. 



— farmer, opinion of, 4. 

 Angoumois grain-moth, 494. 

 Animal pests, 427. 

 Anther, 95. 



Aphides, 450. 

 Apogamy, 124. 

 Apogeotropism, 73. 

 Argentina, $1. 



— temperature, 27, 29. 

 Argentine Elevator Silos, 612. 

 Ash, 651, 652. 



Asia, growth of maize in, 14, 53. 

 Atlantic States, 49. 

 Auricle, absence of, 124. 

 Auricles, inheritance of, igr. 

 Australia, 55, 510. 



Baboons, 427. 

 Barren plants, 87. 



— stalks, 142. 



Basic slag, use of, 368. 



Basin, Great, 49. 



Basutoland, 58. 



Beer, maize, 700. 



Bees, 105. 



Beetles, 105. 



Bethal, temperatures at, 32. 



Beverages, manufactured from maize, 



697. 

 Binder, 466, 468, 470. 

 Birds, 433. 



Bisexual tassel, 86, 88. 

 Blade, 80. 

 Ble de Turquie, 10, 15. 



— portugais, 14, 19. 

 Blight, 409, 412. 

 Blind ear, 92. 



Bloemfontein Conference, 537. 

 Bolu (Eleusine Coracana), 57. 

 Bone-meal, use of, 367. 

 Botanical characters, 65. 

 Botanical relationship, 65. 

 Brace-roots, 75. 



Bran, maize, 669, 711. 



Brand or maize smut, 409. 



Bread, wheat compared with maize 



bread, 679. 

 Breed characteristics, 108, 255. 



— tests, Cedara, 344. 

 Potchefstroom, 334. 



— — Natal, 339. 



Breeding ears, desirable characters for, 

 250. 



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