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Kōrero: Farm fencing

The drafting race

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The drafting race

A well-designed drafting race makes life a lot easier for a lone operator. Sheep will move well if they can follow one another, and especially around a slight curve. They also prefer to move up an incline rather than downhill, and away from the sun rather than towards it.

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by G. R. Roberts

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Farm fencing – Yards, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17481/the-drafting-race (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.