INDEX 



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Manure requirements, 360. 



— residual value of, 362. 

 — ■ stable and kraal, 362. 



— value of foodstuffs for, 730. 

 Market condition, 260. 



— value, differences of grades, 619. 

 Markets, Egypt, 509. 



— English, 511. 



— European, 511, 615, 618. 



— local, 498. 



— oversea, 507. 

 Marrying cells, 162. 



Maturity, influence of climate upon, 

 42. 



— influence of, on yield, 457. 



— need for early, 155. 



— time taken for crop to reach, 330. 

 " Manigette," 13. 



Mays, use of name, 16. 



Meal, germ, or corn-oil meal, 714. 



— gluten, 712, 713. 



— maize, 709. 



— maize and cob, 706. 



— maize, corn, or mielie, 686. 

 Mealie or mielie, derivation of, 19. 

 Mealies, 13. 



Measuring leaf-surface, method of 



82. 

 Mendel's laws, 161. 

 Mexican Teosinte, sec Teosinte. 

 Mexico, 50. 



Mice in maize stores, 497. 

 Mielie, origin of word, 14, 18, ig. 

 Mielies, stamped, 688. 

 Milho, 14. 



— de Guine, 14. 

 Milium, 19. 



Mill, construction of a modern, 634. 



— products of maize, 630. 

 Millet, 13, 19, 57. 

 Milling, 629. 



— . condition for, 630. 



— loss in, 642. 



— modern methods, 629. 



— sorts for, 633. 

 Millstone process, 637. 

 Mily, 19. 



Mines trade, 499. 



Moisture, conservation of, by tillage 



348. 

 content of fodder and stover, 746. 



— — of silage, 759. 

 variation in, 483. 



— heating caused by, 594. 



— requirements, 36. 



— soil, 347- 

 Monkeys, 431. 

 Moncecism, 86. 

 Monohybrid ratio, 182. 

 Morgen, 59. 



Muid, 2, 239. 



Name Maize, The, 16. 

 Names, vernacular, rg. 

 Natal, production in, 60, 61. 



— shipments, 526. 



— yields of breeds in, 339. 



— yields per acre, 29. 

 Native trade, 501. 



Native methods of grinding, 629. 

 New corn product, 715. 

 Nitrate of soda, use of, 368. 

 Nodes, 75, 77. 

 Nubbins, 104, 135, 143. 

 Nuclei, 99. 



Nutrients, digestible, of several 

 cereals, 678. 



Odessa maize, 84. 

 Oil, corn, 696. 



Orange Free State, breed ssuitable for, 

 332. 



— production in, 58. 

 Organic matter, 357. 

 Organs of the plant, 69. 

 Origin, 9. 



Ostriches, maize for, 729. 



Oswego, 688. 



Ovaries and styles, 100. 



Ovary, 103. 



Oversea markets, 507. 



Ovule, 6g, 103. 



Oxen, maize for, 72r. 



manufactured from 



Pacific slope, 49. 

 Palea, 95. 

 Paper material, 

 maize, 793. 

 Parasitic weeds, 416. 

 Parents, selection of, 210. 

 Pasturage, grain and, 702. 

 Pearl millet, 13. 

 Pellagra, 680, 681. 

 Perfection, standards of, 262, 263. 

 Performance records, 225, 226. 

 Pericarp, 69. 



— colour, 189. 

 Pests, insect, 435, 496. 



— animal, 427. 



— of stored grain, 494. 

 Phosphatic manures, 366. 

 Photosynthesis, 34, 83. 



Physical composition, sec Composition. 

 Pickers, 473, 476. 

 Pigs, maize for, 726. 



— maize meal for, 710. 

 Pith, 77. 



Plant breeding, methods of, 208. 



— diseases, 405. 



Plant-food, available in soil, 349. 

 Plant-lice (Aphides), 450. 

 Plant structure, 67. 

 Planter, Fowler's steam, 383. 



