Story: Beef farming All images & media From page 1 – Beef farming in New Zealand First shipment of chilled beef for England Sheep and cattle on easy hill country Break-feeding cattle Prize-winning beef Shorthorn From page 2 – 19th-century beef farming Shipmates Cows in a swamp Cattle farming in the North Island (1st of 2) Cattle on a North Island bush farm (2nd of 2) From page 3 – Main beef cattle breeds Modern beef Shorthorns The New Zealand Herd Book, 1886 Modern Angus cattle Polled Hereford cattle Belted Galloway From page 4 – Scientific breeding and cross-breeding Beef production research, Ruakura, 1956 Cross-breeding From page 5 – Exotic cattle breeds Charolais and Angus calves Charolais cows and calves Simmental bull Limousin calf with Friesian foster mother Belgian Blue bull (1st of 3) Wagyu cow and calf (2nd of 3) Santa Gertrudis bull (3rd of 3) From page 6 – Beef breeding Herefords and Merinos being mustered Artificial insemination From page 7 – Beef finishing and dairy beef Prize-winning steak and surviving cattle Five Star feed lot Feeding bobby calves South Westland cattle drive, 1951
