When cocksfoot was the main constituent of permanent pasture cocksfoot production was of considerable importance on Banks Peninsula. The hilly nature of the country made cutting by sickle or scythe and threshing by flail necessary, though by 1910 small portable threshing plants were also used.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 100, Issue 6, 15 June 1960, Page 520
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45When cocksfoot was the main constituent of permanent pasture cocksfoot production was of considerable importance on Banks Peninsula. The hilly nature of the country made cutting by sickle or scythe and threshing by flail necessary, though by 1910 small portable threshing plants were also used. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 100, Issue 6, 15 June 1960, Page 520
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