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Kōrero: Farm mechanisation

Reid & Gray reaping machine

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Reid & Gray reaping machine

This horse-drawn reaping machine was advertised in the 1879 catalogue of Reid & Gray, an early New Zealand agricultural machinery firm. James Gray, one of the founders, had immigrated from Scotland. He had skills in making farm implements, and contacts with overseas manufacturers.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 22 DA 31 311

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James Watson, Farm mechanisation – Reasons for mechanisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/18327/reid-gray-reaping-machine (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā James Watson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.