The Farmer in New Zealand
Index
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Index
- Adaptability, 47–8, 83–4, 104, 122, 141
- Agricultural education, 111, 135–6
- Agricultural revolution in Great Britain, 30, 31, 88
- Agricultural Shows, 49
- Agriculture, British, burdens on, 36
- Agriculture, Department of, 111, 131, 133–6, 138
- Anderson, Archibald, at Waitati, 40
- Auckland, 44–5, 49, 56, 78
- Babcock test, 108
- Bakewell, Robert, 32
- Banks Peninsula, 25, 39–40
- Barker, Lady, 67, 71–3
- Barley, 24, 41, 49, 80, 81
- Bateman, William, 81, 84
- Bay of Plenty, 14
- Bluff, 40
- Boiling-down works, 90, 91
- Borsodi, Ralph, 128–30, 136
- Borth, Christy, 133
- Boundaries unfenced, 48, 60–1, 63, 64
- British farming, advances in technique, 30–4, 88
- Brunner, E. de S., 114–5
- Brydone, Thomas, 89, 140
- Bullock drays, 51, 62–3, 71; plough-teams, 10, 16, 17, 34, 40, 49, 77
- Burdon, R. M., 64, 68
- Bush, burning off, 99–100, 103; farming, 98–103; felling, 12, 43, 99
- Bush sickness in stock, 103
- Butler, Rev. J. G., 10
- Butler, Samuel, 54, 59–61, 65, 67, 90
- Butter, export, 47, 91, 106–7, 113, 115, 116; imported from Ireland, 51
- Cameron, Duncan, of Springfield, 79–80, 82, 93
- Canterbury, 28, 36, 43, 52, 53, 59, 61, 63, 67, 70, 71, 75, 77–83, 121, 140
- Carver, George Washington, 132 Cattle, 21, 24, 25, 32, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 49, 59, 76, 77, 78, 80, 102, 107
- Cawthron Institute, 110
- Chamier, George, 72, 74
- Cheese, 105, 106–7, 113, 115; factory at Otago Peninsula, 1871, 94
- Chew Chong, 95–6
- Chilled meat, 109; early attempt, 89
- Clifford, Sir C., 46; at Flaxbourne, 47
- Climate, 121–3
- Clover, 32, 66, 100
- Cob huts, 62, 71
- Cockatoos, 72–3
- Coke, Thomas, of Norfolk, 33, 82
- Community Centre at Feilding, 139
- Compulsory purchase of land, 92
- Condliffe, J. B., 69
- Correspondence School, 138
- Corriedale breed, 70–1
- Country Library Service, 139
- Dairy experts, 94, 95
- Dairy factories, 93, 105, 106, 108, 131; co-operative, 94, 96, 107, no; Edendale, 93
- Dairy-farming, 38–9, 41, 47, 75, 93–6, 97, 98, 105, 106–7, 108–9, 130
- Davidson, W. S., 70, 89
- Deans, William, 35; William and John, 39, 52, 140
- Dillon, C. A., 28, 41 Dipping of sheep, 46, 61, 64 page 154
- Draining, 21, 78, 82, 104, 126
- Dunedin, 89, 90
- Duppa, George, 61, 65, 69
- Electricity used, 108, 109, 138
- Enclosures in Britain, 30–1
- Erosion, 124–6
- European farming before 1840, 10, 23–5, 38
- Experiments by pioneers, 47–8, 52; see also Adaptability
- Farming a business, 123; not a business, 126–30, 140
- Farming for industry (chemurgy), 132–3
- Fat lambs, 82, 94, 97, 107, 109
- Fencing, 44, 61; wire, 61, 64–5, 101
- Fern, burning off, 2; trampling, 66
- Fertilisers, 109, 110, 126
- Flock House, 135
- Foot-rot, 66
- Ford, Henry, 132
- Freezing works, 106–7, 131, 133
- Fruit, 87, 110, 114, 116, 117, 123, 134
- Fuller, Francis, 50
- Fungus exported, 96
- Gammack, James, 86
- Gebbie, J., 39
- Goats, 52
- Gold, discovered, 56; raises prices, 57
- Gorse, 24, 61, 126
- Gorst, Sir John, 15, 20, 21
- Gourd, 3
- Grace, Rev. T. S., 17, 18, 20; at Taupo, 15; at Turanga, 14
- Graduated Land Tax, 92
- Grass, 21, 33, 49, 58, 59, 66, 69, 80, 81, 98, 100, 101, 102, 109, 112, 117, 118, 125
- Gridironing, 50, 55
- Grigg, John, of Longbeach, 78–9, 80, 82, 93
- Guaranteed price, 113, 114–5
- Guthrie-Smith, H., 65–7, 90
- Hadfield, Rev. Octavius, 21
- Hall, W., 11
- Harrows, 34; tine, 77; girder, 103
- Hawke's Bay, 65, 67, 71, 98, 121, 125; stocked, 53
- Hay, E., 39
- Herd-testing, 108
- Hokianga river, 24, 26
- Holloway, Thomas, 86
- Hongi, 4, 5, 6, 7
- Horses, 37, 46, 49, 60, 80; thorough-breds, 118
- Housing, 45, 62, 71–2, 86, 138
- Hurt valley, 43, 45
- Industrial revolution in Britain, 30, 31, 88
- Irrigation, 21, 79, 82, 104
- Jones, John, 39–40, 140
- Journal of Agriculture, 134
- Kapiti island stocked, 25
- Kendall, Rev. Thomas, 9
- Keri-Keri farm, 9, 10, 24
- King Country, 98
- King, J., 6
- ko, 2, 3
- kumara, 1, 2, 3, 14
- Lambing dates, 48, 58, 64
- Land, access to, 34–6, 41–3, 49–50, 53–6, 84–5, 91–3, 98; buying, 25, 26, 35, 43; cost of clearing, 43, 99, 101–2; speculation in, 25, 29
- Large families a help, 98, 119, 137
- Large scale production methods, 83–4, 130
- Levels, the, 70, 80
- Linen flax, 48, 116–7
- Lincoln, Canterbury Agricultural College, 110, 135
- Little, James, of Woodend, 77
- Little, James, sheepbreeder, 70–1
- Lord, Russell, 140
- Mcdonnell, Lieut. Thomas, 24, 26
- McKenzie, John, 92
- Mana island stocked, 25
- Manawatu, 98
- Manson, S., 39
- Maori and iron tools, 8, 18; and ploughs, 18, 19; as farming com-page 155petitor, 12, 57; business men, 20; cultivation of potato, 4, 7, 14, 20, 44; diet, changes in, 17, 38; exports, 4, 56; maize-growing, 14; mills, 14, 17–8, 19, 21; owning cattle, 14; owning horses, 14, 16, 20; owning pigs, 14, 21; owning ships, 14, 19, 20, 22; pre-European food of, 1; religion and crops, 2; wheat-growing, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15; working as tribe, 11, 22; working for Europeans, 12, 13
- Maori Messenger, 21
- Maori People Today, The, 20
- Maori Wars, 12, 15, 16, 56
- Market-gardening, 118–9
- Marlborough, 47, 53
- Marsden, Rev. Samuel, and Maori farming, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 18; and missionary farming, 24; mentioned, 33; sends cattle, 9
- Martin, Lady, 13, 14, 17
- Martin, Dr S. M. D., 12, 122
- Massey Agricultural College, 110, 135
- Mataura, 90
- Meat, frozen, 87, 89, 93, 113, 115; shortage in England in mid-nineteenth century, 88, 91; tinned, 75, 88
- Menlove, of Windsor Park, 80
- Merinos, 33, 50, 58, 123; crossed with Southdown, 51, 70
- Missionary farming, 9, 10, 23–5
- Navigators bring seeds and stock, 3
- Nelson, 28, 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 63, 68
- New Plymouth, 28, 40–1
- New South Wales, stock from, 9, 24, 37, 41, 43
- New Zealand and Australian Land Company, 89, 93
- New Zealand Company, 25–30, 35, 37, 39, 40–3, 54, 59; its emigrants, 26–30, 34–7, 127
- New Zealander, 22
- North Auckland, pin point erosion in, 125
- Northbourne, Lord, 126–8
- Noxious weeds, 126
- Oats, 41, 60, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 118
- Otago, 40, 48, 56, 63, 65, 68, 70, 71, 75–8, 80, 121
- Otaki, 21
- Palmerston North, 110, 134
- Panama canal, 109
- Pastures, natural, 24–5, 42, 46, 53, 80
- Pharazyn, C. J., 46
- Ploughs, 34, 43, 49, 51, 100; introduced, 10, 18, to Nelson, 45, to Wellington, 45
- Pomare, 8
- Pork, 38, 117; Maori export of, 4
- Port Fairy, 109
- Port Molyneux, 40
- Port Nicholson, see Wellington
- Potatoes, 38, 46, 76, 78; export, 84, 119
- Poultry farming, 117
- Poverty Bay, 19
- Pumice land, breaking in, 103–4
- Rabbits, 49, 68
- Railways, 97–8
- Reaping machines, 34, 76, 77, 80
- Reeves, W. Pember, 92
- Refrigeration, 55, 67, 68, 75, 79, 82, 83, 87–95, 97, 109–10
- Reid, Donald, 76–7, 85, 86
- Research, agricultural, 109–11
- Rhodes, Capt. W. B., 25
- Rotation of crops, 21, 32, 81
- Rotorua, 14
- Ruakura farm, 135
- Ruatara, 5, 6, 7
- St Leonard's, 61, 62, 64, 65
- Scab, 46, 61–2, 63, 64, 67
- Scandinavians at Dannevirke and Norsewood, 96–7
- Science helping farmer, 111–2, 124
- Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of, 111
- Seed drills, 31, 32, 34, 77
- Self-sufficient farming, 24, 38–9, 98, 119, 129
- Separator, centrifugal, 94, 108
- Shearing, 46, 58, 64, 106 page 156
- Sheep, 15, 16, 19, 25, 32–3, 40, 41, 42, 46–7, 48, 49, 50–1, 53–6, 58–74, 78, 80, 84, 102, 105, 107, 130; on terms, 59; population, 90, 93
- Siegfried, André, 104, 122
- Sinclair, F., 39
- Snow-storms, 67, 68
- Social opportunities, 136–8
- Soya bean, 132
- Spotting, 50, 55
- Squatters, 46–7, 50, 52, 55–6, 71–3, 85, 93, 98
- State marketing, 113–5
- Station amusements, 72; life, 71–4
- Story of New Zealand, The, 35
- Studholme, J., 80, 82
- Subsidies, 130–1
- Swaggers, 73
- Swainson, William, 14, 19
- Taranaki, 56, 95–6, 110
- taro, 3
- Taupo, 14, 15, 16, 17
- Threshing machines, 24, 34, 76, 85
- timo, 3
- Tobacco-growing, 62, 117
- Top-dressing, 109
- Townshend, Lord, and Norfolk rotation, 32, 33
- Tuhoe tribe, 1
- Tull, Jethro, invents seed-drill, 31
- Turnips, 32, 49, 82, 103
- Tussock, burning off, 65
- Tutira, 65–7, 90
- Vavasour, W., 46
- Vogel, Sir Julius, 75, 97
- Waikato, 14, 15, 17, 20, 57
- Waikouaiti, 40, 140
- Waimate farm, 10, 24
- Waimea, 49
- Waipu, Nova Scotian settlement, 97, 140
- Wairarapa, 45, 53, 58, 63, 71; stocked, 46
- Wairau, 47
- Wakefield, Edward, 74, 97–8
- Wakefield, E. G., 25, 42
- Wakefield, Col. W., 25, 26
- Wallaceville laboratory, 111, 134
- Wangaehu valley, upper, 101
- Wanganui, 35, 36
- Ward, Joseph, diary of, 46, 68
- Weeds, 21
- Weld, Sir F., 47, 57–9, 60, 67, 70, 71
- Wellington (Port Nicholson), 26, 27, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47
- Wheat, 6, 7, 24, 34, 37, 38, 40, 41, 44, 46, 49, 51, 67, 69, 75–85, 87, 88, 93, 105, 117–8; exported, 78, 81, 82; prices, 81
- Wheat in New Zealand, 81, 105
- Wheat Research Institute, 110
- Wild dogs, 40, 46, 63
- Women's Division of Farmers' Union, 138
- Women's Institutes, 138
- Woodville, 100–2
- Wool export, 25, 38, 47, 51, 57, 87, 107, 114, 116
- Woolsheds, 62, 63–4
- Workers' Educational Association, 139
- Yate, Rev. T., 10
- Young Farmers' Clubs, 135, 138