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Story: Farm mechanisation

Jeep-towed hay baler

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Jeep-towed hay baler

Military vehicles were commonly found on farms after the Second World War. Army-surplus jeeps and bren gun carriers easily traversed steep country and were sometimes converted to other uses – such as this jeep with an attachment for picking up hay bales.

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James Watson, Farm mechanisation – Reasons for mechanisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18328/jeep-towed-hay-baler (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by James Watson, published 1 March 2009.