Abstract of Andrew Bain McLEOD, 2019
Item — Box: 8
Identifier: H01410002
Overview
ANDREW BAIN MCLEOD
Interviewer: Ann Irving
Abstracter: W. Brent Coats
First Interview:
DISC 1: TRACK 1
00:03 Interview identification
00:48 End of Track 1
DISC 1: TRACK 2
00:02 [Interview Identification begins again]
00:44 ANDREW BAIN MCLEOD born in 1924 in INVERCARGILL Father WILLIAM MCLEOD – Mother MARGARET SWALLOW BAIN – Lived on farm at DACRE – FARM was dairy, sheep and rabbits – Grew oats when had horses, chermoula and swedes – Details
01:39 SCHOOLING - Self milked cows before school in morning Attended DACRE primary – Went to SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE by CLINTON train
02:27 Left school during DEPESSION to help parents –Self joined WOODLANDS RABBIT BOARD – Worked a lot around DACRE – Describes
03:36 METHODS for killing rabbits - Used FUMIGATOR with sawdust and sulphur smoke – Blocked warren holes - “Flat out” – Explains
05:36 Rabbit Board successful until amalgamation – Collapsed – Describes
06:12 WAR did not affect Self – PETROL BURN on back – Behind in schooling – Left education at 15 Taught himself to DRIVE at 9 or 10 years - Explains 07:44 Left RABBIT BOARD for better wages – Joined SAWMILL at FORTIFICATION in 1941 (?) – Wood used to be “trammed out” – Used converted Fortune tractor – Describes
09:47 Began as “slabbie” cutting waste off tree for firewood – Later “tailing out” – Explains sawmilling process Moved to skids and breaking down - Possibility of accidents - Describes 14:28 OWNERSHIP of mill – Trail and McKinnon – Self paid One Pound per day – Drinking culture - Mentions
15:39 FELLED in bush with handsaws – CARTED TIMBER with tractors – Did most mill jobs – Mentions Steam traction engine driving saws – Explains stoker’s skill – Effect on mill saws – Describes
18:36 TIMBER sold in INVERCARGILL – RIMU used for CLYDE STREET pub bartop –Mentions Lived in hut – Cooked over open fire – 12 People employed in Mill - Describes 20:09 In HOME GUARD during WAR – “Big joke” – Met at WAIMAHAKA – Turned down for war because of sawmilling skills 21:39 Finished at mill before war ended – Returned to family farm – Bought ALICE CHALMERS WF 25hp tractor – Began contracting Horse drawn ploughing machinery deteriorating – Farms growing – Self contracted in WOODLANDS, OTATARA, WQUARRY HILLS, TOKONUI, MOKORETA, WYNDHAM, STEWART’S carriers – Describes
24:19 PLOUGHED and TOPDRESSED for LANDS AND SURVEYS - Describes Explains how to spread LIME using MUNRO top dresser
26:57 Self and JACK SCARLET designed ELEVATOR to load fertilizer Explains how it worked – Popular with farmers – Spread 100 ton fertilizer and lime per day – Explains
29:49 Designed WINCH – Describes how it worked
31:45 Self describing PHOTOGRAPHS shown by Interviewer – Tractors, dray with haystack, truck with implements - Describes 33:22 Designed CRANE with winch to shift gear on truck – Describes how it worked – Photograph – Explains
34:34 DESCRIBES more PHOTOGRAPHS of Self working
36:24 Employed brother Graham (sp?) for contracting – Employed Australian “notorious character” - Mentions 36:59 FINISHED CONTRACTING Lime business – BOUGHT family FARM off father 1952 – 234 acres in size – Unsurveyed road put through land – Describes Farmed DAIRY COWS and SHEEP
39:18 Married DOROTHY ELIZABETH RONALD in 1953 – BETH helped on farm Remained contracting 6 months after buying farm – Developed own land – Describes
41:35 MILK went to MORTON MAINS – Closed around 1960s – WYNDHAM gravel company collected BULK milk for EDENDALE – Describes
43:06 MORTON MAINS daily factory concrete floor – Vats soldered metal and double skinned – Fired with coal – Describes
43:58 Became DIRECTOR of EDENDALE DAIRY FACORY early 1960s – Managed transport acquisition - - Describes Factory produced cheese and butter - Mentions MILKING SEASON end of August ending May/June
45:48 Sold farm in 1977 – Big herd with no help – Worked at TIWAI ALUMINIUM SMELTER – WORK ETHIC is “work all day” - Moved to EAST ROAD with 10 acres – Shifted after 17 years to MELBOURNE STREET – Describes
47:38 End of Track 2
DISC 1: TRACK 3
00:00 [Following is not part of formal interview] Self talks about contracting around Southland - STRATHALLAN gully – JACK BLACKBOARD (sp?) South MORTON MAINS – Discussion of hard work and fitness - Humourous recollections Played one season for MORTON MAINS
5:57 End of Track 3
Interviewer: Ann Irving
Abstracter: W. Brent Coats
First Interview:
DISC 1: TRACK 1
00:03 Interview identification
00:48 End of Track 1
DISC 1: TRACK 2
00:02 [Interview Identification begins again]
00:44 ANDREW BAIN MCLEOD born in 1924 in INVERCARGILL Father WILLIAM MCLEOD – Mother MARGARET SWALLOW BAIN – Lived on farm at DACRE – FARM was dairy, sheep and rabbits – Grew oats when had horses, chermoula and swedes – Details
01:39 SCHOOLING - Self milked cows before school in morning Attended DACRE primary – Went to SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE by CLINTON train
02:27 Left school during DEPESSION to help parents –Self joined WOODLANDS RABBIT BOARD – Worked a lot around DACRE – Describes
03:36 METHODS for killing rabbits - Used FUMIGATOR with sawdust and sulphur smoke – Blocked warren holes - “Flat out” – Explains
05:36 Rabbit Board successful until amalgamation – Collapsed – Describes
06:12 WAR did not affect Self – PETROL BURN on back – Behind in schooling – Left education at 15 Taught himself to DRIVE at 9 or 10 years - Explains 07:44 Left RABBIT BOARD for better wages – Joined SAWMILL at FORTIFICATION in 1941 (?) – Wood used to be “trammed out” – Used converted Fortune tractor – Describes
09:47 Began as “slabbie” cutting waste off tree for firewood – Later “tailing out” – Explains sawmilling process Moved to skids and breaking down - Possibility of accidents - Describes 14:28 OWNERSHIP of mill – Trail and McKinnon – Self paid One Pound per day – Drinking culture - Mentions
15:39 FELLED in bush with handsaws – CARTED TIMBER with tractors – Did most mill jobs – Mentions Steam traction engine driving saws – Explains stoker’s skill – Effect on mill saws – Describes
18:36 TIMBER sold in INVERCARGILL – RIMU used for CLYDE STREET pub bartop –Mentions Lived in hut – Cooked over open fire – 12 People employed in Mill - Describes 20:09 In HOME GUARD during WAR – “Big joke” – Met at WAIMAHAKA – Turned down for war because of sawmilling skills 21:39 Finished at mill before war ended – Returned to family farm – Bought ALICE CHALMERS WF 25hp tractor – Began contracting Horse drawn ploughing machinery deteriorating – Farms growing – Self contracted in WOODLANDS, OTATARA, WQUARRY HILLS, TOKONUI, MOKORETA, WYNDHAM, STEWART’S carriers – Describes
24:19 PLOUGHED and TOPDRESSED for LANDS AND SURVEYS - Describes Explains how to spread LIME using MUNRO top dresser
26:57 Self and JACK SCARLET designed ELEVATOR to load fertilizer Explains how it worked – Popular with farmers – Spread 100 ton fertilizer and lime per day – Explains
29:49 Designed WINCH – Describes how it worked
31:45 Self describing PHOTOGRAPHS shown by Interviewer – Tractors, dray with haystack, truck with implements - Describes 33:22 Designed CRANE with winch to shift gear on truck – Describes how it worked – Photograph – Explains
34:34 DESCRIBES more PHOTOGRAPHS of Self working
36:24 Employed brother Graham (sp?) for contracting – Employed Australian “notorious character” - Mentions 36:59 FINISHED CONTRACTING Lime business – BOUGHT family FARM off father 1952 – 234 acres in size – Unsurveyed road put through land – Describes Farmed DAIRY COWS and SHEEP
39:18 Married DOROTHY ELIZABETH RONALD in 1953 – BETH helped on farm Remained contracting 6 months after buying farm – Developed own land – Describes
41:35 MILK went to MORTON MAINS – Closed around 1960s – WYNDHAM gravel company collected BULK milk for EDENDALE – Describes
43:06 MORTON MAINS daily factory concrete floor – Vats soldered metal and double skinned – Fired with coal – Describes
43:58 Became DIRECTOR of EDENDALE DAIRY FACORY early 1960s – Managed transport acquisition - - Describes Factory produced cheese and butter - Mentions MILKING SEASON end of August ending May/June
45:48 Sold farm in 1977 – Big herd with no help – Worked at TIWAI ALUMINIUM SMELTER – WORK ETHIC is “work all day” - Moved to EAST ROAD with 10 acres – Shifted after 17 years to MELBOURNE STREET – Describes
47:38 End of Track 2
DISC 1: TRACK 3
00:00 [Following is not part of formal interview] Self talks about contracting around Southland - STRATHALLAN gully – JACK BLACKBOARD (sp?) South MORTON MAINS – Discussion of hard work and fitness - Humourous recollections Played one season for MORTON MAINS
5:57 End of Track 3
Dates
- 2019
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Irving, Margaret Ann (Interviewer, Person)
Repository Details
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