1.
Discuss the best system for producing maize, rice and sugar cane in your
area?
2.
Give reasons for your answer in (1).
4.7
Harvesting
Maize:
Mature maize cobs can be recognised by a drying of the husks and the
grain being hard with a glossy surface.
Cobs are harvested by machine just after
they reach maturity and have a 35-40% grain moisture content, to reduce damage.
Cobs are harvested by hand at a later stage of maturity when grain moisture
content is 15-25%.
Activity 4.4
