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Kōrero: Farm mechanisation

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Reasons for mechanisation

Advertising for farm labour

Advertising for farm labour

Reid & Gray reaping machine

Reid & Gray reaping machine

Jeep-towed hay baler

Jeep-towed hay baler

Tractors on display

Tractors on display

Tractor advertisement

Tractor advertisement

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Machines powered by humans and animals

Manual hay grab

Manual hay grab

Threshing grass seed

Threshing grass seed

Sharpening blade shears

Sharpening blade shears

New Zealand’s first plough

An early plough (1 o 2)

First ploughing in New Zealand

First ploughing in New Zealand (2 o 2)

Horse-powered threshing machine

Horse-powered threshing machine

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Steam, wind, water and oil

Steam-powered threshing machine

Steam-powered threshing machine

Hayes windmill

Petrol-powered milking machine

Petrol-powered milking machine

Spray dipping

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Vehicles

Early tractor

Early tractor (1 o 4)

Fordson tractor

Fordson tractor (2 o 4)

Massey Ferguson tractor

Massey Ferguson tractor (3 o 4)

John Deere tractors

John Deere tractors (4 o 4)

Crawler tractors

Crawler tractors

Combine harvester at work

Combine harvester at work

Bale wrapper

Quad bike

Mai i te whārangi 5 - Machines powered by electricity

Spread of electricity, 1930

Spread of electricity, 1930

Electric tractor

Electric tractor

Electric rotary milking platform

Electric rotary milking platform

Moving an electric fence

Moving an electric fence

Computerised spray irrigation

Computerised spray irrigation

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Consequences of farm mechanisation

Milking before mechanisation

Milking before mechanisation

Dairy cow numbers, 1895–2005

Dairy cow numbers, 1895–2005

Cresco topdressing plane

Cresco topdressing plane

Imported machinery

Imported machinery

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

James Watson, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/farm-mechanisation/media (accessed 25 April 2024)

He kōrero nā James Watson, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008