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… Tuakau is situated on flat land in the Lower Waikato Valley, and 2 miles from the bridge … for a district well suited for several kinds of intensive farming. The rural activities include sheep and dairy farming, market gardening, fruitgrowing, and …
… The Coromandel region is easily located by its backbone, the … of the peninsula small villages supply the needs of the farming population and cater for the tourist traffic. Of … COROMANDEL REGION …
… country between the western slopes of the Blue Mountains and the Pomahaka River, a major tributary of the Clutha. … runs through Tapanui station 2 miles west of the town. Sheep raising is the most important farming activity, with some mixed agricultural farming on …
… Winton is situated on the Southland Plain near Winton Creek and about 4 miles upstream from its junction with the Oreti … 20 miles north of Invercargill. Winton is the centre of a farming district with good, well-watered soil. The main …
… The main highway between Wanganui, 57 miles south-west, and Taumarunui, 49 ½ miles north, passes through Raetihi. National Park is 22 miles north-east. The main farming activities of the district are semi-extensive sheep raising, cattle fattening, dairying, and some market …
… on flats on the banks of the Mataura River in central Southland. The main part of the town extends along the west bank … of Mataura. Roxburgh is 66 miles north-west. The main farming activity of the district is sheep raising, but there is some mixed farming. Wheat and …
… which is referred to as the “stratification” of the sheep industry. The pattern arose primarily through the … farms on which rams of the fat-lamb breeds are used and all of their progeny slaughtered. As no ewe lambs are … These are typical areas of concentration of fat-lamb farming, although it is undertaken wherever suitable land is …
… Inglewood is situated on gently undulating land in the northern part of the Taranaki ring plain, Mount … ft) rising immediately to the south-west. The highway and the railway between New Plymouth and Wanganui pass … or rail. The surrounding land is devoted primarily to dairy farming, with associated sheep and cattle farming. Inglewood …
… The New Zealand climate is generally favourable for grassland farming. Stock are not housed in winter, and their feed …
… registered largely in the urban areas. The increase in sheep shorn, 13·20 per cent, was markedly below the New Zealand level, and that for lambs shorn, 54·53, somewhat below. … is dependent largely upon the intensification of farming. Without a port, and subsidiary to Wellington and …