MORE MAIZE PLANTED
EARLY CROPS DO WELL
HARD WORK IN LATE AREAS
A larger area lias been planted in maize in the Gisborne district this season than last. Practically all the planting lias been completed for the season, but a few late crops have still to be put in. , Most of the seed was planted last month and early this month. The early lots were put in at a time when the ground was still moist and when there Were still frequent showers. The ground was also warm enough to give the young plants a good start. Germination was good, and the early crops have corne away very well, and much better than (hose of last season, which was a bad one for maize growers, although a good recovery was made. Rapid progress has been made, and some of tlm crops are about 18in. above tho ground. Later plantings have not done so well, for they were put in at a time when the moisture was rapidly drying out of the ground. However, these have made a better start than most of the crops of last season, and a warm vain now would bring them forward in rapid fashion. „ One or two late areas have to bo planted yet, but if a .soaking rain, is experienced these crops may come on ’letter than those put in a few weeks ago. Farmers who have yet to plant are experiencing great difficulty in working up their ground. The surface soil has caked so hard that it is almose impossible to break up the hard lumps of earth, and the discs are merely bumping over the surface. The weekend rain helped in those parts where it was heaviest, but in some areas, notably Hexton, only a light shower, insufficient even to keep down the dust, was experienced.
In the meantime, the market position is weak. The forward delivery inquiry has died away over the past tew days, as sellers are not interested in buyers’ ideas of values, which, for forward delivery, are equal only to today s f.o.b. rates. Buyers will now eon-t'-nt themselves, no doubt, with drawing Poverty Bay supplies in small quantities as required. ,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17949, 29 November 1932, Page 2
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363MORE MAIZE PLANTED Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17949, 29 November 1932, Page 2
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