EARLIEST MAIZE IN THE WORLD.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 March 1916, Page 2

EARLIEST MAIZE IN THE WORLD.

(To tho Jikiitor.) -I take tlie pleasure of forwarding ,nou a sample <>t i-He above grown i t Heatlierleia. Tiie earliest maize we Knew of pievious t, O xixiw was Jiiarly / Learning. We Jiad a handicap race uiili this one, pointing the Learning in st week in October; then we planted t.iis one on October 22nd; after this much start the cobs 011 the Jjjarly Learning are stili in their infancy, and ft ill not be lit to pull til) July as usual. U e obtained the seed of this new variety from the Government Experimental I'arm, Hawke's Bay; the name of it is -\lmuesota No. 13. They sell the seed at I' 3 per ijushei. This price vthree pounds sterling per bushel)staggered a good many people, but we took it on and there you have it. i<'or dairymen it will give green cobs in the hot months of January and February. As a drought register it is out on its own; one poultry fanner said lie was going to light the Pollard Trust with that. We will not offer any seed till spring, when it will be duly aniiounc'ed in your paper. It won't be £3 per bushel either; but it will then remain to be seen wiio . wants to ibe first in the matter of production in a very rapid manner.—lours, ©to., <i. Pi/UMRIDGE. Hcatherlea, March 6, 1916. {The sampie sent us is splendidly developed. Two cobs may be seen at The Chronicle Offilee.— Ed. Chronicle.) SCHOOL OK DAY NURSERY. (To the Editor). Sir, —The infant department of our school at the present time can ,-nly give one the impression of a day nursery ior babies. It is quite evident that mothers are making a convenience of the school for that purpose. This is a great injustice to the children of proper school ago (1 mean from bis years) by overcrowding the | e/assrooms and hindering them working in the desks. There are children attending our school now not turned live years of age. The teacher must admit they learn nothing; then why should her valuable time be occupied with these 'babies that for their own sake (their health), as well as the comfort of the other children, ought to be in their mothers' care. Ask any medico man or trained nurse what they think of a child of five or under attending school in the present crowded condition; or even otherwise, at that age. Our school committee would be doing a service by attending to the subject mentioned.—l am, etc., MATER. March 6th, 1916.