A resurgence of wheat production is taking place. It seems that in the future Canterbury could again play the dominant role of wheat producer for New Zealand.
A VANISHING SlGHT.—Stacking wheat in the days of the threshing mills was a common sight in Canterbury but with the header, it is becoming rare. The photograph shows the capping of the stack with a stook with each sheaf being passed up from the dray by a man on a ladder.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28701, 26 September 1958, Page 10 (Supplement)
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78A resurgence of wheat production is taking place. It seems that in the future Canterbury could again play the dominant role of wheat producer for New Zealand. A VANISHING SlGHT.—Stacking wheat in the days of the threshing mills was a common sight in Canterbury but with the header, it is becoming rare. The photograph shows the capping of the stack with a stook with each sheaf being passed up from the dray by a man on a ladder. Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28701, 26 September 1958, Page 10 (Supplement)
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