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… range of soil types. The soils used for agriculture in lowland areas can be generalised as three broad groups: Recent … dairy products, as well as some hay and chaff for horses. Sheep and cattle were driven over passes from Canterbury to … but the climate is generally too damp for successful sheep farming. Rise of dairy factories Changing technology in the …
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Part of story: West Coast region
… Irrigation South Canterbury’s rainfall is adequate for farming, but not generous. Successful water races for livestock, drawing on the Ōpihi and Waitaki rivers, were built in the 1880s and 1890s. … Canterbury has had dairy farms since the late 19th century. Sheep and cropping farms were converted to dairying after …
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Part of story: South Canterbury region
… There are about 200,000 working farm dogs in New Zealand. Without them, the costs of farming sheep and beef cattle would be much higher, because it would … Heading dogs, huntaways and all-purpose dogs …
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Part of story: Farm dogs
… Early agriculture In the late 19th century Nelson’s inland areas were regarded as ‘a back of beyond’. 1 Agriculture … common in much of New Zealand in the late 19th century. Sheep were imported in the 1840s and wool slowly became an export product. Farming developed in the 1850s, with produce shipped to …
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Part of story: Nelson region
… Robert Thompson Batley, the son of Jane Thompson and George Batley, a mariner, was born in Great Yarmouth, … In 1868 he was employed by A. S. and W. J. Birch, pioneer sheepfarmers of Erewhon station, at inland Pātea (the upper … He became known as the 'King of Moawhango'. He expanded his farming interests, including property in Taranaki, and in …
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… Weed control Goats thrive on New Zealand pastures. They are naturally browsers and foragers, rather than close grazers like sheep. Goats can do well on vegetation that is unsuitable for sheep, and can help control weeds. Most goats on New Zealand … Farming goats for weed control and milk …
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Part of story: Goats and goat farming
… time an unsuspecting occupant was about to exit the hut, and with precision timing would kick snow onto the person’s … of Māori). Kea numbers probably fell as a result. Kea and sheep When runholders began farming sheep in the high country from the 1870s, there were …
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Part of story: Birds of mountains and open country
… Voyage out Stock were first brought to New Zealand on sailing ships from Britain and Australia. These … were faster. A watery grave In 1861 and 1862 over 50,000 sheep were shipped from Australia to Canterbury. A drought in Australia had reduced sheep prices, so it was profitable to ship surplus animals …
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Part of story: Transport of animals
… Castaways Apart from French scientists on Campbell Island and German scientists on Auckland Island who came to … The dream that the subantarctic islands might be good for farming did not die with the Enderby failure. In 1874 Dr F. … Monckton took up a lease over the Auckland Islands and sent sheep and a married couple to Port Ross. They lasted until …
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Part of story: Subantarctic islands
… Animal diseases Scab Scab was a troublesome 19th-century sheep disease, spread by a mite that caused skin irritation. … distinctive terms – such as the verb ‘to scab’ (to inspect sheep for scab). The need to control the disease led to the … (required before the farmer could drove a flock), and scab inspector or sheep inspector (officials who …
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Part of story: Rural language
… Animals Shows were primarily intended to display new breeds and encourage improvements in stock. In the 19th century, the main animals shown were horses, cattle and sheep, with a few competitive classes for dogs. At first … burnished with the softest of towels; the coats of the sheep are lubricated with choice brands of hair oil …’ …
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Part of story: Shows and field days
… move to pasture From the 1890s to 1914, large grain-growing and sheep-raising estates were bought and subdivided by the government into smaller, family-run farms. New Zealand farming became more industrialised, modern and simplified …
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Part of story: Farming and the environment
… What is biosecurity? Biosecurity encompasses the policies and measures taken to protect people, natural resources, … fear was disease – for humans, and for animals such as sheep and cattle. From the 1860s major ports built … munched on native birds instead. Legislation to protect farming The 1849 Sheep Ordinance was introduced to protect …
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Part of story: Biosecurity
… Rural occupations Shows held competitions for various farming activities. In the early days ploughing with bullock … offered a prize for the ploughman with the largest family! Sheep-shearing contests began in the 19th century, and became more organised in the 20th when shearing machines …
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Part of story: Shows and field days
… population of 624. The valley has many vineyards, wineries and orchards. The local church, designed by W.E. Finch and … comprises 64 hectares of the original coastal forest. Feral sheep In the early 20th century merino farming was abandoned as unprofitable in the area around the …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay places
… New Zealand’s economic backbone New Zealand’s agricultural … cows. In parts of the North Island, Māori learned European farming techniques at mission stations. Māori also adopted … in the South Island From the mid-1840s the expansion of sheep farming changed the economic base of New Zealand. The …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… From the 1890s social and economic changes made the family farm the dominant … shipping made smaller pastoral holdings producing sheep meat and beef viable. Refrigeration established a … to the city for work, or to get married locally. By 1950 farming areas had a much lower proportion of unmarried women …
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Part of story: Farm families
… Lincoln and Massey universities began life as centres for teaching … followed traditional agriculture, with an emphasis on sheep farming and the South Island environment. Soils research …
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Part of story: Agricultural and horticultural research
… after the Second World War, prices for farm products rose, and there was increasing technological innovation and … was a significant technological breakthrough in pastoral farming. Aerial topdressing enabled farmers in hill country … and converted it back to pasture. Between 1950 and 1960 sheep numbers rose by 40%, the value of wool exports …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… Winton 2013 population: 2,211 Southland’s third largest centre, Winton is 32 km north of … Creek. The district thrived with the development of sheep and fat-lamb farms in the early 1900s. Later, dairy farming became the staple economy, although the town has … Central Southland …
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Part of story: Southland places