Decreased Maize Yields As A Result Of Damaged Crops
QJSBORNE maize yields this year avo generally considerably lighter than Inst season, as a result ot damage to the i-obs. Vn increased area was planted last spring, and' some, I’alc crops were noticed during the summer, but the early rains and their continuance practically ever since gave the crops little opportunity to ripen as they should have done.
An estimate of the season’s yield is diflieuir to make. The average is regarded as approaching SO bushels to the acre, and some estimates suggest that the present year’s yield will not be much more than GO. bushels. However, the total crop may not bo very much lighter than Inst year, when there was also a small yield.
The great height some of the stalks reached during the past season, which was one of-the best for actual growth that has been experienced' for some years, was seen at the Winter Show last week, when some towered' to a height of 12 to Lift. These, however, did not secure a place in the class lor the best maize stalks, because they were up against stalks with double cobs of sound order and growth. The cobs on the highest of the stalks had grown the protective covering in a manner which let the weather in at the end, this causing discoloration. Many of the cobs in the Gisborne crops this years were so affected, and much damage was done to some pi the crops. At present, little interest is being taken in the market for Gisborne maize, because the early lines of Bay of Plenty maize are arriving on the Auckland maket, where there is a satisfactory demand, and as a result of the cheapr freight Bay of Plenty maize has an advantage over that of Gisborne. Some good crops are reported from the Bay of Plenty this year; the yields there are about the average, while a greater area than last, year is being harvested. The increased _ production is estimated at about 15 per cent, in all parts of the Bay of Plenty.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18757, 13 July 1935, Page 13
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349Decreased Maize Yields As A Result Of Damaged Crops Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18757, 13 July 1935, Page 13
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