Pictures From The Past

From Graeme Miller, chalmers Road, come these two pictures of harvesting at Makauri in the early 1920's. The occasion was the gathering of a barley crop on the late George Witters property which yielded a record 110 bushels to the acre.

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Part of the record crop bagged and ready for transport by horse and dray.

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Graeme's uncle, the late Henry Benson, is seen driving the traction engine and grain threshing machine and on the engine with him is Mr Mick Bonniface.