The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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The depression of the late ' seventies caused the farmers to neglect the rabbits , and , as a result , they overran large stretches of ... which reached its peak in 1883 , was symptomatic of an interesting stage in New Zealand farming .
The depression of the late ' seventies caused the farmers to neglect the rabbits , and , as a result , they overran large stretches of ... which reached its peak in 1883 , was symptomatic of an interesting stage in New Zealand farming .
Page 162
Since refrigeration was introduced , there has been a continuous development from largescale extensive farming , in which wool was the product of overwhelming importance , to smaller - scale mixed farming , involving much more ...
Since refrigeration was introduced , there has been a continuous development from largescale extensive farming , in which wool was the product of overwhelming importance , to smaller - scale mixed farming , involving much more ...
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The dairy farmers were small men with little capital , and in any case the nature of the industry lends itself readily to co ... Some dairying exists in conjunction with mixed farming , but the great bulk of the produce in the dairying ...
The dairy farmers were small men with little capital , and in any case the nature of the industry lends itself readily to co ... Some dairying exists in conjunction with mixed farming , but the great bulk of the produce in the dairying ...
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