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… (1811–87). Danish statesman, Bishop of the Lutheran Church, and pioneer New Zealand farmer. Ditlev Gothard Monrad was a … family and set about clearing the bush, introducing cattle and sheep and experimenting in tobacco culture. He had … His sons Viggo and Johannes returned to Karere to continue farming. On his departure Monrad presented to the Colonial …
… Plains stretch to the south, while in the west the land rises to the Ruahine Range. North of the city is the … aircraft. Rural activities of the district include sheep farming, dairying, the growing of ryegrass and clover for …
… Constitution Act enabled the General Assembly of New Zealand to make laws regulating the sale, disposal, and … who could not afford to take up pastoral land and buy the sheep to stock it, turned to market gardening or dairying on … the sale of land led to fighting in Taranaki which brought farming almost to a standstill in the mid-1850s. It spread …
… from the soil. The herbage is then consumed by stock and the nutrients contained are in great part returned to … losses, however, of precious minerals may occur within the farm. Transfer in dung and urine from grazed areas to sheds, … also used to make good any losses which occur under pasture farming as already discussed. The supplying power of soils …
… the Hutt River. The boundaries are Taita Gorge in the north and Port Nicholson and the borough of Petone in the south. … of small factories. Activities in the district include sheep, cattle, and poultry farming, logging and sawmilling. The Wallaceville Research …
… bank of the Waikato River at its outlet from Lake Taupo, and at the head of Tapuaeharuru Bay. Mount Tauhara (3,566 … main farning activity of the district is dairying, but some sheep raising is also carried on. Large exotic forests of … lying generally north of the town are being developed for farming by the Departments of Lands and Survey and Maori …
… of the Firth of Thames on the banks of the Kauaeranga River and about 1 mile north of the mouth of the Waihou River. … facilities are at Auckland, 42 miles north-west. The main farming activities of the district are sheep and cattle raising, dairying, market gardening, …
… of Todd, Charles appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Charles Todd was born in 1868 at Peebles, Scotland, the eldest son of Charles Todd, who was born at Alloa, … years where he carried on the business and later engaged in sheep farming there and at Lawrence. In 1895 he married Mary …
… Landscape Pattern Taranaki consists in the main of the slopes … in July and a mean daily maximum of 69·4F in January. The farmers of Taranaki have taken advantage of these favourable … contained the butter or cheese factories. Modern Dairy Farming The last 40 years have seen the final transformation …
… Greymouth is situated on the northern part of the Westland Plain close to the south bank of the Grey River mouth. … and cargo facilities on the south bank in the town. Sheep and cattle raising and dairying are carried on in the … store. The town site was laid out by Rochfort in 1865. Farming was begun in the Grey Valley in 1862 by S. M. …