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Early dairy farm

Black and white photo of a dairy farm in Taranaki ca 1900. Photograph taken by James McAllister.

Bush was cleared for farming in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bush was felled and burned, then oversown with clover and grasses.

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Rights: A Taranaki dairy farm. McAllister, James, 1869-1952: Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district. Ref: 1/1-007882-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22742798
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