Story: Sheep farming
These illustrations are from History of a New Zealand sheep from the station to the London market, a pamphlet published in London in 1893. Click on the numbers to view the animals' journey from the farm to London. The sheep on the cover (1) are Suffolks, not the Halfbreds or Merinos that were found on New Zealand stations at the time.
The first step in the journey involved the sheep being mustered (2). Next, they were slaughtered at the freezing works (3), and the carcasses were covered with muslin for protection (4). The next sketch (5) shows the refrigeration machinery for freezing the meat – the next is of people in the saloon of a ocean liner en route to London (6), not the sheep carcasses in the hold. Finally, the carcasses were kept in cool stores in London before being taken to butcher shops (7).
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-K 816
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
