INDEX 



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643, 646, 

 645. 



Chacma Baboon, 427. 

 Chaff, maize, Soi. 

 Championships, 236, 245. 

 Characters, acquired, 160. 



— botanical, 65. 



— correlation of, 213. 



— fluctuation of plant, 160. 



— heritable, 160. 



— inheritance of, 126, 160, 188, 195. 



— reproduction and transmission of, i 



162. 



— repulsion and coupling of, 174. 



— segregation of, 166, 167, 170, 181. 



— size, 192. 



— transmission of, 160. 



— unit, 164. 



Charcoal, maize, 708, 793. 

 Check-rowing, 387. 

 Chemical composition, 45, 



662. 



— constituents of foodstuffs 

 Chlorophyl, 68. 

 Chloroplasts, 68. 

 Chlorosis, resistance to, 156. 

 Chromosome theory, 163. 

 Chromosomes, 107. 

 Circumference of ears, 261. 

 Classes for maize shows, 240. 



— number of S. African, 6ig. 

 Classification of exhibits, 239. 

 Cleaning and preparation of maize, 



636. 

 Clearing House at Durban, 537. 

 Climate, 25, 42, 44, 45. 

 Cob, characteristics, 113. 



— colour of, 191, 261. 



— keeping maize on the, 6gr. 



— percentage by weight of grain and 



cob, 148. 



— shape, 113. 



— thickness of, 258. 

 Cobs, desirable, 216. 



— effect of diameter of, 154. 



— loss from weak, 157. 



— uses of, Soi. 

 Coffee, substitute, 700. 

 Colour, glume, 191. 



— inheritance of, 187. 



— of cob, 191, 261. 



— of grain, 259. 



— pericarp, 189. 



— silk, igo. 



Composition, chemical, of the physical 



parts of the grain, 656. 

 chemical, of varieties and breeds of 



South African maize, 662. 



— chemical, of varieties of North 



American maize, 664. 



— of dry fodder, 745. 



of maize bran compared with wheat 



bran, 66g. 



Composition of maize by-products, 668. 



— of maize-grain of different localities, 



665. 



— of plant at different stages, 458. 



— of silage, 737, 757, 759. 

 Computing sheet for judges, 271. 

 Conference, Bloemfontein, 537. 



— Pretoria, 532. 

 Conferences, Inter-Colonial, 532. 

 Constituents, chemical, of foodstuffs, 



645. 

 Consumption, European, 508. 



— in Canada, 5og. 



— on the Kimberley mines, 4gg. 

 Corn, 15, 18. 



— use of word, 18. 

 Corn-belt, 5. 

 Corn-crisp, 689. 

 Corn-flakes, 689. 

 Cornflour, 688. 

 Corn-oil, 696, 785. 

 Corn-oil cake, 714. 

 Corn-smut, 212. 

 Corn-surplus states, 48. 

 Cornstalk disease, 768. 

 Correlation of characters, 213. 

 Cotyledon, 70. 



Coupling of characters, 174. 



Cows, 709, 716, 741, 749. 



Cricket, insect, 446. 



Crop in U.S.A., amount and value of, 5. 



Crop, importance of, 1. 



— improvement of, 127. 



— uses of, 782. 



— White Man's Crop, 5. 



— World's, 1, 9, 47. 

 Crops, rotation of, 355. 

 Cropping, effect of continuous, 352. 

 Cross-fertilization, 210. 



— pollination, 87, 105. 



— — method of, 231. 



— — prevention of, 229. 



— — production of new types by, 230. 

 Crosses, reciprocal, 23r. 



Crossing between an allelomorphic pair, 



174- 



Culms, 78. 

 Cultivating disk, 378. 

 Cultivation, 374. 



— after, 396. 



— effect of clean, 420. 



— experiments at Potchefstroom, 334. 



— history of, II. 



— in England, 27. 



— intensive, 128. 



Curings, loss of weight, etc., due to, 739, 

 Cusco Mexican breed, 75. 

 Cutter, maize stubble, 46g. 

 Cutting maize by hand, 462. 

 Cutworms, Agrotis spp., 437. 



— remedies for, 437. 



