TY - BOOK AU - Boon,Kevin TI - Development of farming, 1860-1900 T2 - Developments in New Zealand history SN - 1869632028 U1 - 630.993 22 PY - 2005/// CY - [Auckland, N.Z.] PB - Waiatarua Pub. KW - Agriculture KW - New Zealand KW - History KW - Juvenile literature N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -