INDEX 



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Secondary ears, no, in. 

 Sections at S. African shows, 240. 

 Seed, 69. 



— amount planted per acre, 395. 



— classes for shows, 240. 



— from clean farms, 427. 



— judging for, 249. 



— necessity for pure, 15S. 



— score card for, 250. 



— selecting, 222, 223. 



— undesirable types for, 203. 

 Seed-leaf, 70. 



Seed-selection, chief points for, 213. 

 Seedling, 72, 74. 



Segregation of characters, 166-170, 

 181. 



— gametic, 1S0. 



— reason for, 180. 



Selection by continuous performance 

 record, 225. 



— for breeding, 209. 



— for exhibition, 235. 



— importance of care in, 219. 



— methods of, 218. 



— of ears, seed-room, 222. 



— of parents, 210, 220. 

 Separation, mechanical, of parts for 



analysis, 654. 

 Shank, 109. 



Shanks, loss from weak, 157. 

 Shape of grain, 120. 

 Sheep, maize for, 724. 



— stover for, 742. 



Shelled maize, classes for shows, 243. 



— — judging of, 263, 267. 

 Shelling machines, 480. 

 Shipments, Natal, 526. 



— Transvaal and Orange Free State, 



53°- 

 Shipping, 601. 

 Shock loader, 472. 

 Shocked corn, 743. 

 Shocker, maize, 471. 

 Shocking maize, 470. 

 Shoots, sucker, 78. 

 Shows, agricultural, 235. 

 Silage, 747. 



— addition of salt, 762. 



— amount required for feeding, 752. 



— breeds, 327, 760. 



— composition of, 757, 759. 



— cost of production, 751. 



— farm value of, compared with grain, 



75i- 



— feeding of, 752, 753. 



— for bullocks, 750. 



— for dairy cows, 749. 



— kinds of, 757. 



— late planting. for, 749. 



— mixtures to increase feeding value 



of, 756. 



Silage, moisture-content of, 759. 



— objections to, 759. 



— planting distance for, 393, 761. 



— uses of, 749. 



— v. roots, 751. 



— v. Timothy Hay, 750. 



— yield of green maize forage and, 



736- 

 Silk, 67, 104. 



— colour, 190. 



— relative appearance of, 108. 



— Zea or maize silk, 801. 

 ! Silks, 86, 88. 



— covering the, 233. 



— injured by larvas, gi. 

 Silo, capacity of, 773. 



— chute, 781. 



— doors, 780. 



— floor of, 778. 



— form of, 771. 



— losses in the, 739. 



— Manchester Ship Canal, 609. 



— materials of, 775. 



— modern, 762, 770. 



— pit, 764. 



— plaster of, 778. 



— position of, 774. 



— reinforced concrete, 776. 



— roof of, 780. 



— size of, 772. 



— the stack, 763. 



— walls of, 778. 



Silos and elevators, 578. 



— British, and elevators, 606. 



— historical account of, 770. 



— need for in S. Africa, 490. 

 Silver flakes, 689. 



Single breeding ears, classes for shows, 



242. 

 Size characters, 192, 195. 

 Smut or " Brand," 409. 

 Snapped corn, 705. 

 Soaked maize, 706. 

 Soda, see Nitrate of soda. 

 Soil, 346, 347. 



— character of S. African, 349. 



— maintaining the crop-producing 



power of, 352. 



— moisture, 347. 



— recuperative power of, 349. 



— suitable for maize growing, 349. 



— temperature, 36. 



— treatment, 376, 377. 

 Soils and manures, 346. 

 Somatic division, 163. 



— variation in pericarp colour, 190. 

 Sorghum vulgare, 13, 16. 



South Africa, see Africa (S.). 



Sowing, early, as a check against 



witch-weed, 426. 

 Special purpose sorts, 326. 



