Story: Farming in the economy All images & media From page 1 – Early farming and the great pastoral era Empire Marketing Board poster (1st of 2) Helping the war effort (2nd of 2) Māori village with potato crops Nelson farmland Flaxbourne Station Clearing bush (1st of 2) Shearing time (2nd of 2) From page 2 – Responding to the marketplace, 1870s Corriedale wool Barrels of tallow Harvesting wheat Ploughing on From page 3 – Refrigeration and sheep farming A sheep’s journey Belfast Freezing Works, 1920s Canterbury lamb Sowing North Island hill country Canned roast mutton From page 4 – Refrigeration and the growth of the dairy industry Edendale Dairy Factory 1895 Dipping sheep (1st of 2) Cowshed (2nd of 2) Chew Chong’s general store, 1870s Dairy factory, Temuka (1st of 3) Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company, about 1900 (2nd of 3) Eltham Dairy Co-operative (3rd of 3) Alfa-Laval cream separator From page 5 – The closing of the farming frontier, 1900s to 1920 Farming Canterbury Cream collection Stock feed table Rabbiter Managing soil erosion From page 6 – Times of change, 1920 to 1950 Dairy cattle numbers Butter idol White clover trials McMeekan makes a speech Soil surveyors From page 7 – The golden years, 1950s to 1980s Topdressing trials Land clearance in the North Island Influence of Romney on New Zealand sheep breeds Wattie’s produce From page 8 – A sunset industry? 1984 to the present Closing-down sale Merino wool suit Deer farming Dairy products Dirty dairying From page 9 – Horticulture and viticulture Promoting apples (1st of 2) Washing and sorting apples (2nd of 2) Kiwifruit vines Growing grapes
