MAIZE-GROWING
A PROFITABLE LINE. The few crops of maize that are grown in the district and now being harvested and give promise of verysatisfactory yields. It is rather difficult to understand why a much larger area of maize is not grown in this district. The crop is late in maturing, when compared with other cereals; thus ordinary routine farm work is stack when this crop requires to be harvested. On a general average the price returns a good working profit; also, a further advantage is that store cattle and dry dairy cows can be turned on to the stalks.
Evidently there is considerable nutriment in the stalks, because the writer had the opportunity of inspecting some store cattle last winter before they were put on to maize, and was surprised at the alteration in their condition after a few weeks on this rougli-
Last season the price opened up at 4/6 per bushel, and there is every indication that the opening price this season will be equal to last season’s.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 152, 13 June 1932, Page 11
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