New Zealand shearing sheds - plans and construction details
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View ArticleNorthumberland verse by Donald Clegg
Strange but trueBy Donald Clegg2012Aa was workin’ in the garden, Aa remember varry plain‘Cos it was the only day this yeor when it hadn’t poured wi’ rain.Aa cut the grass and forked the beds, howked...
View ArticleNew Zealand agricultural history. No 8. Importing exotic sheep breeds
Photographic recordsMemories from Ken SeccombeKen Seccombe in his LO DaysI trained as a Livestock Instructor in the old Department of Agriculture, which subsequently changed to Livestock Officer (LO)...
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