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Sheep Farm Husbandry – Preparation for Shearing

Shearing preparation, sheep, facilities, yards, woolshed and plant, pressing, branding, documentation By Dr Clive Dalton How to keep shearers and wool handlers happy Ronney ewes waiting to be second shorn Preparing for shearing The key to a trouble-free shearing is good preparation and the thing you must avoid at all costs is to hold the … Read more

New Zealand agricultural history. Whatawhata Hill Country Research Station. Joe McLean

Joe McLean – research station farm manager Research on hill country farming neededIn 1952 Joe McLean went to work at the ‘Ruakura Hill Station’ where his father was a fencer. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries had purchased the block to do sheep and beef research to help farmers increase production after WWII. The station … Read more