Maize, its history, cultivation, handling, and uses, with special reference to South Africa : a text-book for farmers, students of agriculture, and teachers of nature study / by Joseph Burtt-Davy ; with frontispiece and 245 illustrations.

  • Burtt-Davy, Joseph, 1870-1940.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Maize, its history, cultivation, handling, and uses, with special reference to South Africa : a text-book for farmers, students of agriculture, and teachers of nature study / by Joseph Burtt-Davy ; with frontispiece and 245 illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION PAGE 613. The hull 658 614. The embryo ........... 659 615. The endosperm ........... 660 616. The horny gluten .......... 660 617. The horny starch 661 618. The white starchy parts ......... 662 619. Chemical composition of different varieties and breeds of South . African.maize . . . . . . . . . . 662 620. Chemical composition of different varieties of North American maize 664 621. Composition of maize grain grown in different localities . . . 665 622. Relative feeding-value of maize, wheat, and other cereals . . .. 667 623. Composition of maize by-products 668 624. Composition of maize bran compared with wheat bran . . . 669 625. Digestibility of maize products ........ 670 626. Actual amounts of protein, etc., obtainable from each part of the grain 670 CHAPTER XIV. MAIZE GRAIN AS FOOD. 627. The uses of maize grain For Human Food. 628. Maize the staple foodstuff of the American aborigines 629. Maize adopted as the staple food of the African races 630. Use of maize in tropical Africa, in 1795 631. An important article of diet of the American people 632. Probable increase in demand among the white races 633. Advantages of maize as an article of food . 634. Injurious effect of unsound maize 635. Pellagra ........ 636. Variety of maize preparations available 637. Maize meal, corn meal or mielie meal 638. Corn-flour, Oswego, Maizena, etc. 639. Maize starch ....... 640. Samp, hominy, and cerealine .... 641. Stamped mielies ....... 642. Whole or crushed maize as a “ cereal food” 643. Corn-flakes, silver-flakes, corn-crisp, fanko, etc. . 644. Tortillas and enchilladas ..... 645. Maize as a “ green ” vegetable .... 646. To keep maize on the cob ..... 647. Dried maize for winter use ..... 648. Maize as a sweetmeat ..... 649. Glucose ........ 650. Maize stalks as a source of sugar and syrup 651. Corn oil 652. Maize vinegar ....... 653. Maize juice 654. Fermentation products of the grain 655. Beer 656. Whisky and gin ....... 657. Coffee substitute For Stock Food. 658. Maize grain for stock food 659. Grain and pasturage ...... 660. Feeding maize on the cob ..... 661. Frequency of feeding grain ..... • 673 • 673 • 675 . 676 . 677 . 678 . 678 . 680 . 680 . 684 . 686 . 688 . 688 . 688 . 688 . 689 . 689 . 690 . 690 . 691 . 691 . 692 . 692 • 693 . 696 . 696 . 697 . 698 . 700 . 700 . 700 . 701 . 702 . 704 • 705