Agricultural Machinery
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
First David Brown Tractor Owned by Barry Benjamin KEEN
Digital Image
Identifier: DH04360010
Dates:
c.1950s
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Harvesting - haystack
Digital Image
Identifier: DH02400004
Dates:
No Date
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Harvesting - using the sweep
Digital Image
Identifier: DH02400003
Dates:
No Date
Found in:
Southland Oral History Project
Harvesting - using the sweep, No Date
Item — Digital-archive SOHP
Identifier: H02400003
Dates:
No Date
HILL, Ken and Catherine interviewed by Lynne Grove
Record Group — Box 39
Identifier: H0103
Overview
This interview is a topic-based interview covering ditch digging and land drainage in Southland. Ken and Catherine talk about the recollections of a common grandfather, Ernie Coster, who was a ditch digger.
Dates:
2006
MATTHEWS, Russell John interviewed by Nancy Burnett
Record Group — Box 15
Identifier: H0294
Overview
This interview is part of the Gorge Road Collection. In this interview Russell describes the huge changes in the landscape in the Waituna area. From the 1950s land around the Waituna Lagoon was drained and cleared of moss, manuka, flax and scrub and converted into farmland. Russell describes the machinary used and the processes involved in the conversion process and the support provided by central government.
Dates:
2016
McLEOD, Andrew Bain interviewed by Margaret Ann Irving
Record Group — Box 8
Identifier: H0141
Overview
In this interview Andrew describes and details his education, joining the Woodlands Rabbit Board, and later working at the Fortification saw mill; describing the workings of the mill and the living conditions. After the war he became a contractor which led him and Jack Scarlet to design an elevator to load fertilizer as well as a winch and crane to shift gear on the back of the truck. In 1952 he brought the family farm, farming dairy and sheep until 1977, when he sold up and went to work at the...
Dates:
2007
O'CONNOR, Murray Andrew interviewed by Jane Craske
Record Group — Box 2
Identifier: H0209
Overview
Murray reflects on his education at Waituna and Marist Schools, the need to run the family farm at the age of 15 when his father became ill, his marriage and employment on the sale of the family farm. He also looks at living and working around Kapuka/Gorge Road; Mentioning some of the local identities e.g. Andy Barker and Lionel Lobb as well as looking at some of the local history. Murray tells of setting up O’Connor Contracting giving a description of the sort equipment required and being...
Dates:
2014
PIRIE, Ewen Alexander interviewed by Rebecca Amundsen
Record Group — Box 26
Identifier: H0111
Overview
In this interview Ewen describes his family history in detail, dating back to his grandfather’s journey to NZ via goldmining in Australia and the establishing himself in farming in NZ. He refers to a book ‘One Hundred Years at Morton Mains’ which records his grandparents and their descendants. He discusses his relationship with his father and their religious beliefs. Ewen goes on to discuss tractors and their advancement in farming, deer stalking and culling, joining the army, friendships...
Dates:
2012
Request an Item | 
|