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Biography: Dry, Francis William

Dry with Drysdales

Dry with Drysdales

Francis Dry is pictured later in life with two rams from the Drysdale sheep breed developed as a result of his research.

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Massey University

Reference: L-1-1-7-2-1-DryFW.5

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A. L. Rae. 'Dry, Francis William', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/40498/dry-with-drysdales (accessed 4 June 2026).