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Carting grass seed

Carting grass seed

Cocksfoot grass seed was grown on Banks Peninsula to help develop North Island grassland farms between the 1890s and early 1900s. This bullock-drawn wagon, laden with sacks of seed, is on the way to the Little River railway station.

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Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury
Reference: CP 4637
Photograph by W. H. Montgomery

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John Wilson. 'Canterbury region', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/canterbury-region/7/5