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… aerial topdressing, the use of molybdenum superphosphate, and the assistance of the Marginal Lands Board have permitted an increase in the region's … Part of the increase must be attributed to the non-farming population associated with the smaller villages and …
… is situated in Central Otago, in the fork of the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers, on wide flat terraces. The town is … by rail. The main rural activities of the district are sheep farming and fruitgrowing. Stone fruits, especially …
… on the Mataura River on the eastern fringe of the Southland Plain. The land rises to the Hokonui Hills 8 miles … south-west of Gore and 32 miles north-east of Invercargill. Sheep, cattle, and dairy farming are practised on the surrounding plain. There is …
… Kawerau is situated on the flat land in the central valley of the Tarawera River and … north-west, the nearest deep-water port. The principal farming activities of the district are sheep, cattle, and mixed farming. The major primary industry …
… Martinborough is situated on flat, open land south of the junction of the Huangarua and Ruamahanga … a servicing centre for a district engaged in intensive sheep raising with some dairy farming. About 9 miles southwest, at a place locally called …
… One of the main rivers of Southland, it rises in the Thomson mountains west of Lake Wakatipu … cusecs. The upper reaches of the river flow in mountainous sheep-farming country, but the main reaches lie across the plains …
… as the Horowhenua district. The sea coast is 6 miles west, and about 5 miles east of the town the land rises to the … The main rural activities of the district are dairying; sheep raising, including fat-lamb production; market … on at Waitarere Beach (9½ miles north-west). A hospital farm for mentally handicapped children is situated 3 miles …
… (1891–1944). Soldier, politician, and farmer A new biography of Hargest, James appears in the … at the Gore and Mandeville Primary Schools. He began farming in the Mandeville district and entered the Army at … HARGEST, James, C.B.E., D.S.O. and 2 bars, M.C. …
… the central part of the Canterbury Plain about 10 miles inland from the shores of Canterbury Bight. The surrounding … north-west) serves the northern parts of the district. The farming activities of the district are sheep and cattle raising, agricultural and mixed farming. …
… plain is broken by the foothills of the Gordon, Richmond, and Bryant Ranges. To the west the land rises more gradually … highway. The rural activities of the district are mixed farming and cash cropping, sheep farming, fruit-growing, market gardening, tobacco and …