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X Factory buildings: space of arrangement and 

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X Fabrieksgebouwen: plaats, in richting en machi- 

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XI Power: water, steam, petroleum, gas, electricity. 

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electriciteit.) 



XII Management and bookkeeping, control of factory 

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XIII Handel,) 



XIV Historical review of the cultivation. 

 XIV Geschiedkundig overzicht van de thee cultuur. 



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THE CULTIVATION AND MARKET- 

 ING OF MAIZE. 



(Bulletin of the Imperial Institute.) 



Among the food-grains of the world 

 mazie or Indian corn holds by no'means 

 an unimportant place ; thus in the United 

 States of America it occupies the lead- 

 ing position in agriculture, both as 

 regards the area under cultivation and 

 the amount produced. In 1907 the area 

 under maize was just under 100 million 

 acres ; whilst that under wheat, the 

 next crop as regards acreage, was only 

 45 million acres. The total production 

 in that country was 2,592 million bushels, 

 or, taking the U. S. A. bushel of mazie 

 as 56 lb., just under 65 million tons. 

 Next after the United States, as a maize- 

 producing country, comes the Argentine 

 Republic, and then comes Hungary. 



In the United Kingdom a comparatively 

 small quantity of maize products is used 

 as human food, yet the amount of maize 

 imported for feeding poultry and farm 

 live stock and for making spirits is quite 

 considerable, as is shown by the follow- 

 ing table ; and in 1906 it averaged 125 

 lb. per head of the population. 



Imports of Maize into the United 

 Kingdom. 



The United States of America and 

 the Argentine Republic are the largest 

 contributors to these imports, British 

 Possessions rarely sending as much as 

 ten per cent, of the total. There thus 

 seems to be an opening for the develop- 

 ment of a much larger trade in maize 

 from those colonies where the climate 

 is suitable for its growth ; and the 

 object of the present article is to direct 

 attention to this article of commerce, 

 and especially to point out the precau- 

 tions that should be taken in order that 

 it may reach its destination without 

 having undergone deterioration and 

 consequent loss of market value. 



The following table shows the sources 

 and amounts of the imports during the 

 three years 1905-7 : — 



Imports of Maize into the United 

 Kingdom. 



Origin. 



1905. 

 Tons. 



1906. 

 Tons. 



United States of America 944,010 943,260 

 Argentine Republic ... 917,730 1,226,210 

 Other Foreign Countries 23,712 149,990 

 British East Indies ... 45,885 1,190 

 Canada .. ... 137,040 106,110 



Other British Possessions 6,683 7,500 



1907. 

 Tons. 



748,205 

 884,410 

 889,340 

 1,655 

 117,930 

 27,457 





Quantity in 



Value in 



Year. 



Tons. 



£, 



1898 



2,858,465 



11,282,310 



1899 



3.137,067 



12,978,025 



1900 



2,707,578 



12,327,859 



1901 



2,568,635 



12,387,225 



1902 



2,224,649 



11,713,132 



1903 



2,504,966 



12,465.583 



1904 



2,144,894 



10,247,134 



1905 



2,105,060 



11,034,748 



1906 



2,434,260 



11,972,694 



1907 



... 2,668,997 



14,604,504 



Total 



2,105,060 2,434,260 2,668,997 



As regards the extent to which maize 

 is cultivated in different British posses- 

 sions, the statistics from different 

 localities vary much in respect to com- 

 pleteness and uniformity ; but the follow- 

 ing table gives some indication of the 

 area devoted to its growth and the 

 production obtained. 



(To be continued,) 



