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Kōrero: Farming in the economy

Barrels of tallow

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Barrels of tallow

Pure tallow could keep for long periods. The tallow in these barrels is cooling after being heated and purified. The men stir the tallow so the barrel-load cools and sets evenly.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)

Reference: 1/1-005066; G

by Steffano Francis Webb

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Robert Peden, Farming in the economy – Responding to the marketplace, 1870s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17611/barrels-of-tallow (accessed 4 June 2026).

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