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… the South Canterbury coast in February 1770, James Cook saw and described the Hunters Hills, but did not land. When … inland to see the Mackenzie Pass from a distance. The sheep runs The first Europeans to settle permanently in South Canterbury were runholders who ran sheep on natural grasslands leased from the government. The …
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Part of story: South Canterbury region
… Criticism of burning tussock grasslands: 19th century Criticism of burning in the South Island began during the time when sheep and cattle farming was expanding. In 1865 John Buchanan wrote that … Burning and erosion …
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Part of story: Fire and agriculture
… New Zealand’s advantage Isolation and the early practice of … cure, but two – tuberculosis (TB) and internal parasites of sheep and cattle – may threaten farming in the future. Tuberculosis is difficult to control … The threat of disease in New Zealand …
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Part of story: Diseases of sheep, cattle and deer
… Wire fencing provides a visual and physical barrier to stock. It is erected in sections, … fencing When Robert Heaton Rhodes purchased Blue Cliffs sheep station in South Canterbury in 1878, the property had … was enclosed with wire – 82% of it in the South Island. Farming had expanded much more rapidly in the South Island …
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Part of story: Farm fencing
… versus set stock grazing systems, milking machinery, bloat, and artificial insemination. Wallaceville Research Station … to investigate regional soil fertility, pasture, and sheep and beef production problems. A soil fertility … for pasture and crop production, and sheep and beef farming. Sheep and beef research developed with the …
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Part of story: Agricultural and horticultural research
… East Coast and Manawatū Minimum winter temperatures are mild … by moderate to steep hill country, which is used for sheep and beef farming. There are also dissected loess-covered ancient … Lower North Island …
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Part of story: Soils and regional land use
… The Corriedale – New Zealand’s first breed The Corriedale’s origins lie in early … and this name was officially sanctioned by the New Zealand Sheep Breeders’ Association in 1905. Jamie had a little lamb There was much debate about whether a sheep like the Corriedale could be bred. It was known that …
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Part of story: Sheep farming
… As New Zealand’s railway network developed in the 1870s, it offered a … lines in both islands, but branch lines stretched into farming areas. These allowed stock to be quickly moved to … demanded stockyards and loading ramps at railway stations. Sheep and pigs travelled in 15-foot (4.5-metre), double-deck …
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Part of story: Transport of animals
… on farms until the introduction of motor-driven machinery and tractors from the 1910s. By the mid-1950s, farmers’ … the local township. Horses ate as much as eight men or four sheep, so large amounts of valuable farmland were taken up … meal. Musters could last a month or more. Horses and farming today Horses are rarely used on modern farms, except …
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Part of story: Horses
… Wool on the rise Following closely behind explorers and surveyors, graziers penetrated both coastal and Central … Lake Wakatipu, where William Rees was the first to pasture sheep. Brothers James and William Murison ran flocks on the … bunny being taken daily by train down to the coast’. 1 Sheep – failure and success Returns from wool dipped in 1868 …
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Part of story: Otago region
… Rural tourism encompasses farmstays, farm tours, and other tourist activities in a rural setting – from … into the farmstay concept, where visitors stay in the farming family’s home. WWOOFing Willing Workers on Organic … The Agrodome’s shows featured displays of the best sheep and rams, shearing by black-singleted shearers, and …
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Part of story: Rural tourism
… Bay, on 25 March 1900, the son of Mabel Eldridge Lewis and her husband, Joseph Henry Harris, a farmer. The family … meat. He worked a seven-day week, cropping rented land and farming his own, and possessed the first tractor mower and … there 10 years later. He ran 900 cattle and 5,500 Lincoln sheep and employed a staff of more than 40, including young …
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… important source of income for many small farmers. Butter and cheese were tradeable commodities and had been exported … estate, in Southland. The estate was unprofitable as a sheep run, so the company’s New Zealand superintendent, … large tracts of country, refrigeration made smaller-scale farming of dairy and meat products viable. Dairying in …
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Part of story: Farming in the economy
… the Manchester block developed by the London-based Emigrant and Colonist’s Aid Corporation. It was sited in a natural … most important saleyards in the lower North Island: 42,000 sheep were yarded there as early as 1902. The establishment … first Young Farmers’ Club (1927) marked the importance of farming in the community. But the 1920s to 1940s were …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua places
… so different types of farms have different buildings. On a sheep farm the most important building is the shearing shed; … the milking shed. On a cropping farm the implement shed and grain silos dominate – on a horticultural unit, the packing shed does. As farming practices have changed over the years, the design of …
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Part of story: Farm buildings
… A slow start Livestock farming developed in the early 20th century – first to supplement natural resources such as timber and kauri gum, and then to replace them. Although much of … for farming, many areas were gradually brought into use for sheep and cattle. Small dairy factories had been established …
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Part of story: Northland region
… Sheep breeds Scottish farmer James Little came to New Zealand in 1863 and raised English-bred sheep on Corriedale station in North Otago. He developed a … Farming inventions …
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Part of story: Inventions, patents and trademarks
… Some workers – including shearers, harvesters and drovers – moved around from place to place for work. … a little easier and allowed more wool to be taken off the sheep. Māori were prominent in early shearing gangs, … the industry. Musterers Musterers specialised in bringing sheep off the high country in autumn for shearing. They …
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Part of story: Rural workers
… The beginnings of the frozen meat industry The New Zealand meat industry developed to service the British market. … 1893 there were 21. A good profit The Dunedin carried 4,909 sheep and lamb carcasses in the first shipment of frozen … in New Zealand. Loosening the ties to Britain New Zealand sheep meat and dairy products enjoyed preferential access to …
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Part of story: Meat and wool
… The Canterbury Plains are formed by extensive terraces and large alluvial fans near the main rivers, with a … loess-derived downlands are used for semi-intensive sheep and beef farming, and cropping. Tussock grasslands, with higher … Eastern and southern South Island …
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Part of story: Soils and regional land use