New Land For Farming

It needs no repetition that the standard of living of all New Zealanders depends primarily on the country's farming industry. The more land which can be brought into production, the better off everybody is.

These pictures show scrub land on the property of Mr and Mrs T. P. Horne, "Rotongaio Station", Putere (41 miles west of Wairoa) being given modern treatment by bulldozer and giant discs. The contractor, Mr Barney Walker, Gisborne, has the job of flattening and cutting up great stands of manuka up to 20ft high. After burning off, the land reclaimed will be sown down next summer, will soon be carrying profitable harvest of sheep.

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Dozer working down hill

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Machine works through 20ft scrub

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Typical of the country being broken in. Cost is less than half what it would be with hand labour & slasher