Ritchey tags. When I took over the L&S Angus breeding scheme at Waihora, we had to decide on how to ID the 600 wild cows, and as our Station had used round brass tags on chains for years, Graham Hight thought they were the only choice. Thankfully the Ackland brothers of Mount Peel station in … Read more
Betty Farrelly’s 1986 book (Farrelly, Elizabeth J. Whatawhata Hill Country Research Station — An historical Review 1949–1986, including early farming in the Waikato and formation and activities of the Department of Agriculture, (No ISBN number) is the main source of the Whatawhata Hill Country Station history, and much more. The photos in particular bring back … Read more
By Dr Clive Dalton The monument to the New Zealand Huntaway at Hunterville. Farmers can buy a paving stone around the bronze sculptor to record their own huntaway’s name and dates of its loyal working career. (Photo by Molly Dalton 2012) History Nobody knows the true history of the New Zealand Huntaway – it was … Read more