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Story: Farming in the economy

Barrels of tallow

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Barrels of tallow

Pure tallow could keep for long periods. The tallow in these barrels is cooling after being heated and purified. The men stir the tallow so the barrel-load cools and sets evenly.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)

Reference: 1/1-005066; G

by Steffano Francis Webb

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Robert Peden, Farming in the economy – Responding to the marketplace, 1870s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17611/barrels-of-tallow (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.