Development of farming, 1860-1900 /

Boon, Kevin,

Development of farming, 1860-1900 / Development of farming, eighteen sixty-nineteen hundred Development of farming, 1860 to 1900 by Kevin Boon. - 32 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 29 cm. - Developments in New Zealand history . - Boon, Kevin. Developments in New Zealand history. .

Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.

Pioneer farmers -- Dairy farmers -- The story of Chew Chong -- Sheep stations -- The wheat boom -- The frozen meat trade.

Tracks the key events in New Zealand's early farming history. As land was cleared to expose arable pasture for settling farmers, livestock was imported, agriculture and dairy technology developed, wheat cropping boomed and the frozen meat trade began. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.

1869632028 9781869632021


Agriculture--History--New Zealand--Juvenile literature

630.993

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