Story: Farm mechanisation All images & media From page 1 – Reasons for mechanisation Advertising for farm labour Reid & Gray reaping machine Jeep-towed hay baler Tractors on display Tractor advertisement From page 2 – Machines powered by humans and animals Manual hay grab Threshing grass seed Sharpening blade shears New Zealand’s first plough (1st of 2) First ploughing in New Zealand (2nd of 2) Horse-powered threshing machine From page 3 – Steam, wind, water and oil Steam-powered threshing machine Hayes windmill Petrol-powered milking machine Spray dipping From page 4 – Vehicles Early tractor (1st of 4) Fordson tractor (2nd of 4) Massey Ferguson tractor (3rd of 4) John Deere tractors (4th of 4) Crawler tractors Combine harvester at work Bale wrapper Quad bike From page 5 – Machines powered by electricity Spread of electricity, 1930 Electric tractor Electric rotary milking platform Moving an electric fence Computerised spray irrigation From page 6 – Consequences of farm mechanisation Milking before mechanisation Dairy cow numbers, 1895–2005 Cresco topdressing plane Imported machinery
