8 3 o 



MAIZE 



Spikelet, 95, 96. 



Spikes, 102. 



Splashed purple colour of aleurone 



layer, 179. 

 Stalks, as a source of sugar and syrup, 



693- 



— desirable, 215. 



— loss from weak, 157. 

 Stalk-borer, 438, 443. 

 Stamped mielies, 688. 



Stand, importance of a perfect, 131. 

 Standard for judging, 246. 

 Standards of perfection, 262, 263. 



— of weight and measurement, 620. 

 Stands, summary of percentage, 134. 

 Staple crop of South Africa, 6. 



— food of African races, 675. 



— foodstuff of American aborigines, 



673. 

 Starch, formed, 83. 



— horny, 661. 



— maize, 688. 



— manufacture of, 783. 



— physical condition of, 192. 

 Starchy parts, the white, 662. 

 Stem, 69, 76, 77, 78. 

 Stewart's Corn Wilt, 415. 

 Stock-food, forms of, 737. 



— maize-grain for, 7or. 



Stock, loss of, from lack of winter-feed, 



732- 

 Stomata, 83. 

 Storage at inland centres, 577. 



— at ports of export, 5S4. 



— in the husk, 484. 



— Kaffir method of, 488. 



— of husked maize, 486. 



— of shelled grain, 486. 

 Stored grain, pests of, 494. 

 Stover, 3, 33, 740. 



— best stage of growth for, 455. 



— for dairy cows, 741. 



— for sheep, 742. 



— for stock-food, 732. 



— moisture content of, 746. 

 Strains, 92. 



Straw for thatching, 802. 

 Striped Beard grub, 444. 

 Structure, plant, 67. 

 Stubble cutter, 469. 

 Style, see Silk. 

 Sub-arid zone, 49. 

 Sucker shoots, 34, 78, 80. 

 Sugar, stalks as a source of, 693. 

 Sugar maize, 45, 49, 279. 



— — breeds introduced into S. Africa, 



323- 



— — — grown in America, 323. 

 tassel of, 95. 



Sulci, effect of width on yield, 151. 



— points for judging, 252. 



J Sunshine, 42. 

 Superphosphate and bone-meal mixed, 

 use of, 367. 



— — nitrate of soda, 369. 



— used alone, 367. 

 Sweetmeat, maize as a, 692. 

 Syrup, stalks as a source of, 693. 



Tassel, bisexual, 88, 8g. 



— of Odessa maize, 84. 

 Tassels of sucker-shoots, 80. 

 Tegmen, 69. 

 Temperature, 27. 



— at Bethal, 32. 



— at Johannesburg, 31. 



— at Vereeniging, 32. 



— average, of Argentina, 27. 



— mean monthly, 28, 30. 



— night, 30. 



— soil, 36. 



Temperatures, mean, of Argentina, 29. 

 Teosinte, n, 66, 87. 



— crossing with, 156. 

 Testa, 69. 



Tillage, conservation of moisture by, 

 348. 



— effect of, 351. 



— planting, etc., 374. 

 Timothy hay v. maize silage, 750. 

 Tip, 113. 



— cap, 658. 



— — chemical composition, 658. 

 Tips of ears, 258. 



Tissues, 69, 



Tok-tokje, 449. 



Tonnage, 602. 



Topping, 461. 



Tortillas and enchilladas, 690. 



Trade, International, in maize, 622. 



— with Canada, 509. 

 Transmission of characters, r6o, 162. 



— mechanism of, 163. 

 Transpiration, 82, 85. 

 Transvaal, 58. 



— breeds suitable for, 332. 



— crop rotations in, 359. 



— districts, yield, 5g, 60. 



— grown maize, comparative yields of 



grain, 146. 



— maize plants, 67, 



— mean monthly temperatures of, 30. 



— production in, 28. 



— suitability for maize production, 8. 



— yields of breeds in, 333. 

 Tribybrid cross, distribution of gametes 



in a, 184. 



— ratios, 184. 

 Tropical Africa, 56. 



— S. America, 51. 



Tubular glands in the embryo, 124. 

 Type, trueness to, 255. 



