. 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. Corn; Corn. DISEASES AND PESTS OF THE MAIZE CROP 411 X. to affect 2 per cent of the plants in several crops of maize; chap. 2 per cent on a 10 muid per acre yield means a loss of 2 muids from every 10 acres, or 20 muids from IOO acres, which at 8s. per muid amounts to £S. The general average of infected plants in the United States crops is said not to exceed 1 or 2 per cent; but Prof. Brewer reports having heard of cases
. 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. Corn; Corn. DISEASES AND PESTS OF THE MAIZE CROP 411 X. to affect 2 per cent of the plants in several crops of maize; chap. 2 per cent on a 10 muid per acre yield means a loss of 2 muids from every 10 acres, or 20 muids from IOO acres, which at 8s. per muid amounts to £S. The general average of infected plants in the United States crops is said not to exceed 1 or 2 per cent; but Prof. Brewer reports having heard of cases of ,'1 ; 4g â â . :â¢,â I. Fig. 15S.âMaize smut or brand on the ear. 16 per cent, and Prof. Bessey states that in a garden where sugar maize had been grown for several years in succession, 66 per cent of the crop was destroyed by smut in one season {Weed, 1). Maize smut is quite a different fungus from the smut of wheat, oats, etc. ; it gains access to the plant in a different way, and is not controlled by dipping seed in bluestone or formalin solutions but by destruction of infected plants. Most people,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burtt-Davy, Joseph, 1870-. London, New York, [etc. ] Longmans, Green and co.
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