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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

[Broadfields] — Broadfields

Broadfields is in the county of Selwyn, and within three miles of Prebbleton. There is a school, a post office, a Wesleyan church, and a Roman Catholic church in the district, which is a fine farming area bounded by the Springston, Ladbrook and Prebbleton districts. Mixed farming is carried on; the land yields large crops of wheat, and numerous sheep are fattened for freezing purposes. The main Christchurch and Southbridge road intersects the district, and the local roads are good for cycling. A company has built large shearing sheds, at which the sheep of the farmers are shorn by machinery; and the venture so far has proved very profitable to the shareholders, and most convenient to the farmers.