Story: Rural workers

Training artificial inseminators

Training artificial inseminators

From the 1950s, more science was applied to farming. These men are being trained as artificial-insemination technicians. Selective breeding using artificial-insemination techniques greatly improved farm productivity.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: AANR 6325/W3302 Drawer 1

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Carl Walrond, 'Rural workers - Changes in the rural sector', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/17224/training-artificial-inseminators (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 24 Nov 2008