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Kōrero: Sheep farming

Milking East Friesian ewes

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Milking East Friesian ewes

Having more lambs will be profitable only if they grow quickly. For this to happen, the ewes rearing them must produce a lot of milk. East Friesians are renowned for their milk production and were imported to improve the milking ability of New Zealand’s traditional breeds. These East Friesians are kept for their milk, not their meat.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1996/3239/26A

by Ross Giblin

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Hugh Stringleman rāua ko Robert Peden, Sheep farming – Recently introduced breeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16670/milking-east-friesian-ewes (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hugh Stringleman rāua ko Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009, updated 1 March 2015.