Story: Fire and agriculture
In a 1929 advertisement from the Arthur Yates seed company, a man spreads grass seed on burnt bush land in the Hokianga. It must have been an unpleasant task as the fine ash would have covered the seed-sower from head to toe.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-YATES-1929-cover
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