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Kōrero: Arable farming

Sheep grazing on swedes

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Sheep grazing on swedes

Swedes are one of a range of brassica crops that are sown for supplementary feeding of sheep, especially in the southern South Island. These sheep have already removed the leaves and are starting to eat the bulbs of the swede plants.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AANR 6329 13 DA8,192

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Sue Zydenbos, Arable farming – 19th-century arable farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17564/sheep-grazing-on-swedes (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Sue Zydenbos, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.