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… Feilding is situated at the junction of the Oroua Valley and the Manawatu Plain. The Oroua River, a north-bank … The rural activities of the district include dairying, sheep farming, mixed cropping, and market gardening. Feilding is a …
… Stratford is situated on the Patea River and on the eastern slopes of Mount Egmont. The surrounding … by rail. The main rural activity of the district is dairy farming associated with sheep raising. Butter, cheese, and casein are manufactured …
… south-eastern Otago on an alluvial flat among the valleys and hills east of the Tuapeka River, an east bank tributary … of the Clutha River. The Roxburgh branch goods railway and a highway into Central Otago pass through the town. … and 60 miles west of Dunedin by road or rail. Mixed farming on the flats and extensive sheep farming on the …
… towards the Firth of Thames by means of the Piako, Waitoa, and Waihou Rivers. The eastern and higher boundary is formed … plains are dominantly a dairying region, with more fat-lamb farming included in the southern and western parts, and … extended over 50,000 acres and, in 1899, carried 41,000 sheep, 2,600 cattle, and 184 horses, while 2,000 acres were …
… on alluvial flats on the northern bank of the Wairoa River and about 40 miles north of the entrance to the Kaipara … The rural activities of the district are varied and include sheep and cattle raising, dairying, mixed agricultural farming, market gardening, and fruitgrowing. Wine is made at …
… the Manawatu River in the lower basin on the Manawatu Plain and about 3 miles inland from the sea. The surrounding … north of Levin, and 10 miles northwest of Shannon. The main farming activities of the district are dairying and sheep raising. Market gardening and poultry farming are …
… The principal mountain chain of the North Island is continued in the East Cape as the Huiarau Range, the … area is given over largely to the production of store sheep and wool and the farms are large, as is borne out by … seeds are also important cash crops. In addition fat-lamb farming and dairying are important. …
… of the Manawatu River. The Ruahine Range rises to the west, and to the east the land is broken by a discontinuous chain of hills—the Whangai, … Dannevirke is a servicing centre for a dairying and sheep-farming district. Important industries in the town include …
… the ranges, where the snow risk is not great, are the store-sheep farms, the runs averaging between 8,000 and 10,000 acres and Corriedale and cross-bred flocks … with Merino and half-bred flocks and ploughed up for wheat farming, a policy of closer settlement and returned-soldier …
… the eastern bank of a lagoon estuary formed by the Aparima and Pourakino Rivers, which leads through a narrow mouth to … main centre. The rural activities of the district include sheep, dairy, and mixed farming. The town is primarily a trade and servicing centre …