Manawatu Farming Lifestyles, May 2022

May 2022 Edition

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“Accidents and illnesses can affect any of us at any time,” she said. “Knowing help could be only minutes away, even in some of our most remote locations, is so important in a country as diverse as ours.

“When we’ve learned over the last couple of years that we can live, work and explore from almost anywhere, knowing the chopper crews are there for you when you need them is so important.

“We know that living is getting more expensive, so every dollar donated is incredibly appreciated. All money donated in your region goes straight to your local chopper service, so you know that your donation is supporting your community.”

More than 9,500 missions were flown nationwide in 2021. Each average mission costs $9,500, and the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter’s budgeted annual cost of service delivery is close to $3.97 million. Around 70% of this comes from a government contract. The remainder comes from the support of sponsors and the community’s generosity.

Rural contractor Colin Howes strongly believes that living rurally, and working in remote locations, it is important to support his local rescue helicopter.

After driving home one day, Colin stopped at the end of his long drive to collect his mail and suddenly became breathless. Colin had a chest infection at the time, but not wanting to put anyone out, he was waiting for his appointment to see his busy local GP. He didn’t realise

how bad his chest infection had become until that day.

Out of breath, Colin quickly rang his son, who lives 10 minutes away. Colin realised he needed help sooner than his son could get to him, so he rang 111. A first responder arrived, then the ambulance, by which time Colin thinks he must have blacked out. He then heard the sound of the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter overhead. Colin remembers the huge relief, knowing how skilled the crew on the rescue helicopter were.

It was the second time Colin had been rescued by the highly trained and skilled chopper crew. The first time was about six years ago when Colin badly broke his ankle in a truck accident. The rescue helicopter was first on the scene of the crash.

Colin speaks highly of the rescue helicopter crew. He arrived at Palmerston North Hospital with speed, and after a few days on intravenous antibiotics, he was thankful to be back on the land.

“You never know when you are going to need help, but when you do, it’s good to know I contribute to the rescue helicopter,” he said.

He strongly encourages all rural folk to donate to the vital service the rescue helicopter provides.

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May 2022

by Denise Gunn

A partnership between Massey University’s Dairy 4 Farm and AgResearch will boost on-farm research capabilities and facilities in the lower North Island.

The Dairy 4 Farm, located adjacent to Massey’s Manawatū campus, is the larger of the university’s two farms, with close to 600 spring calving cows.

Construction of a feed pad continued through autumn, with the finish date earmarked towards the end of May. It brings work on the farm close to completion, enabling the facility to provide scope for a range of independent trials to operate at any one time. The facility will also allow greater interaction between Massey University and AgResearch staff and students.

Head of Massey University’s School of Agriculture and Environment, Professor Paul Kenyon, said the new facilities would enable detailed research projects on the farm to be carried out at the same time as usual operations.

“The new facilities will boast two rotary milking platforms, which will allow detailed research projects to take place alongside the farm’s daily operations. Other new facilities include a covered veterinary area for individual cow measurements and a multi-lane feed pad to enable differential feeding to various groups of cows. There will also be an effluent treatment system, a data centre within the shed to store and manage research data, a teaching room and a biosecurity station.

“The partnership with AgResearch will help Massey built on its reputation of contributing world-leading pure and applied research, in partnership with

industry, on matters that are of national and international interest including environmental impacts of climate change, biosecurity issues, animal welfare issues and economic threats posed by innovations in food production.”

AgResearch science objective leader and principal scientist Dr David Pacheco said it is rewarding to see the progress at the farm after the decision several years ago to invest with Massey in its development.

“With the expanded facilities available to us at the Dairy 4 Farm, we will be able to grow our science in critical areas such as greenhouse gas research, animal nutrition and health, through to finding ways to increase the value of New Zealand’s dairy products.

“Our partnership with Massey means we can make the most out of combining our resources and expertise, while the close physical proximity of the farm to our respective facilities in Palmerston North makes everything simpler and more efficient. That close collaboration also means together, we can develop the next generation of researchers to tackle the complex issues that New Zealand and the globe are facing.

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It wasn’t long before Penelope’s parents, Margaret and Edwin, also became interested in the breed. The couple has continued breeding horned Welsh Blacks.

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“We are primarily a sheep breeding operation with 1,600 ewes, breeding our own replacements on the hill block. The ewes on the flats go to a terminal ram and those lambs all to the works. We fatten 70 to 80 two-year-old steers annually,” said Andrew.

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The couple has found straight Welsh Black cattle gentle-natured and easy to work with

“We raise all the calves, keeping the best heifer replacements, and all steers, bulls and other heifers are sent to the works at around two and a half years old.

Most of the bull calves are steered, but we do keep some of the best as bulls to see how they grow out, and in case anyone in the society needs an unrelated bull.”

For the first couple of years, Andrew and Penelope used AI to grow their stock numbers before buying bulls from other Welsh Black breeders.

“My husband really likes Shorthorns, so we are in our fourth year of diversifying a bit by crossing a Shorthorn bull over the cows. The cross seems to grow out really well, but their temperament is not quite as laid back. So we are thinking it’s

time to move back to straight Welshy,” said Penelope.

“The marbling in the meat is good, and they taste great. Our butcher always comments on the quality of the meat. The Shorthorn cross produces a beast of any colour, from black to red and white and any possible option in between. No cross seems to look the same.”

The couple still bring in some stock from Penelope’s parents from time to time.

“A straight Welshy is a gentle-natured breed and easy to work with. Naturally, they are horned, but we prefer the polled line,” said Andrew.

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“We have to take care not to overfeed them on the flats, but on the hills where they calve, they are great at cleaning up and maintaining excellent condition, even on the rougher hill country.”

When the calves are weaned around May, they are brought down to the flats to graze on a crop for the winter and integrate with the steers.

“We keep the best-looking heifers, culling for size, temperament or anything we don’t like the look of.”

Calving, weaning and weighing is a family affair, and the couple’s children always get a kick out of these tasks.

Andrew and Penelope think people would be surprised to know Welsh Blacks always weigh heavier than they appear.

“It’s always been nice to see some of our favourite calves grow out, and the fun of seeing what the crossed calves look like has been a laugh. They look like liquorice allsorts.

“Welshies are just lovely, and it’s nice in farming to do something for pure enjoyment.”

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“I believe the Poll Dorset breed has a great future in the sheep industry as a terminal sire or utilised partially in a maternal flock. Over the last mating season, we used Poll Dorset rams over all our commercial ewes, which are half Poll Dorset, to take advantage of growth rates and their milking ability. This allows us to shear only once a year.”

The farm currently runs 3,200 stock units made up from 40% sheep, 39% deer and 21% cattle. Lambing starts at the beginning of October, with the first draft of lambs sold in mid-January. All store lambs are off the property by the start of April.

Angus cattle and red deer are also a good fit within the farming operation.

“We find Angus are hardy and well suited to our conditions.”

Towards the end of October, calving begins. Steer calves and surplus heifers are sold in the May weaner fairs.

Andrew said the red deer hinds suit the grass growth pattern, but they have to supplement the velveting stags. Hinds start fawning in late November, and weaner stags are sold in July. Baleage is bought in for all stock.

“The higher quality baleage sourced is used for the deer and sheep when needed. Two hectares of kale and swedes are for the deer. Four hectares of kestrel kale will be used for the sheep and cattle.

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“The devastating snowstorm that hit in 2017 not only affected us, but many in our district and beyond,” said Andrew.

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“We are proving that our stock is resilient, but so are we over some very trying times.”

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Two teams from Huntley School qualified for the AgriKidsNZ grand final after placing first and second in the regional contest

Taranaki-Manawatū FMG Young Farmer of the Year David Reesby is preparing for the grand final

Taranaki-Manawatū regional winner David Reesby will be putting in the hard yards in the lead-up to the competition.

“You don’t know what to expect in the grand final,” said David. “So, I will be giving it my all and will be trying to study hard.”

The 21-year-old is second-in-charge on his family’s Oroua Downs dairy farm and is a Marton Young Farmers member.

Two FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year teams will represent Taranaki/ Manawatū at the national competition.

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Students will also study independently during their own time. “Learning and developing their skills as a team will be crucial for a successful outcome at the grand finals. They need to find out each other’s strengths and weaknesses so they are clear with who does what during each module at the grand final.”

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A working holiday around New Zealand in 2004 led Alun Jones to take a keen interest in shearing and an ongoing career in the industry.

Alun competed regularly in New Zealand and Welsh shearing competitions in his younger years

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elsh-born Alun grew up on a farm in Wales, where he was expected to regularly help out with various chores. After finishing high school, Alun studied agriculture for two years at the Carmarthenshire Agriculture College in West Wales, gaining a National Diploma in Agriculture.

When Alun travelled to New Zealand, the lure of farming continued to beckon, and he picked up general farm worker positions in Gisborne and the Bay of Plenty. It was while working in the Gisborne area, Alun became interested in shearing.

“I enjoyed the skill of the work,” he said.

A four-day shearing course run by Tectra near Palmerston North equipped Alun with the necessary skills to gain a spot in a shearing gang. Starting on a learner stand in a shearing gang took him to woolsheds all over the Gisborne and Wairoa districts.

After three to four months shearing around Poverty Bay, Wairoa and the East Cape, Alun returned to the United Kingdom to shear in Scotland and Wales.

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While shearing full-time, Alun always aimed to become more proficient with consistent tallies. He remembers shearing his first 400 sheep in a day as a huge career highlight. He then managed to top this personal best tally, notching up a total of 500 sheep.

In his younger years, Alun was a regular competitor in New Zealand and Welsh shearing competitions.

“I was shearing at Taumarunui, the Royal Welsh Show, the Royal Highland Show, Taihape and Apiti Shows,” said Alun.

“I entered into shows, not for the competitive aspect but general fun. I enjoyed watching the more skilled competitive shearers in their respective categories.”

Alun’s interest in shearing began during a working holiday to New Zealand in 2004

In 2011 Alun moved to Manawatū, where he met and married Margaret. Alun then decided to take a break from working in shearing gangs and the associated travel involved, as this took him away from home for long periods of time.

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For close to a decade, Alun has operated his Manawatū Lifestyle Block Shearing business

Soon afterwards, Alum established his own Manawatū Lifestyle Block Shearing business. In addition to providing a mobile shearing service, Alun offers crutching, footwork and drenching. He uses a portable shearing handpiece and a purpose-built crutching trailer, ensuring the required tasks are completed efficiently and effectively.

Alun’s business, which covers most of Manawatū, began with regular clientele and

Most of Alun’s work is on properties surrounding Palmerston North and Feilding

has flourished from there. The majority of his work is centred on properties surrounding Palmerston North and Feilding.

“I noticed a lot of lifestyle block properties in the area, did a flyer drop and advertisements to advertise my services.

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I like to look back at the end of each season to see what I achieved.”

When he’s not shearing, Alun enjoys travelling and spending time with family.

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The upcycle of it all

by Liz Clark

Have you ever had a situation where you’ve got an accumulation of empty glass jars and lids sitting in a box?

Before sending them off to the recyclers, keep a few jars back to make a garden in miniature or grow your kitchen herbs in. It’s also a fun way to keep children, grandchildren and yourself occupied during weekends, school holidays and wet winter days.

Here are a few ideas for those surplus jars and other items you may have lying around the house.

Herbs in the kitchen If you’re one of those cooks that love fresh flavour in a meal or salad, this is one way to have a year-round supply of readyto-pick or cut herbs right at your fingertips.

First, find a few matching jam jars and fill them with a base layer of gravel or decorative stones. It will provide drainage for the plants that will be put in. Fill with a good amount of potting mix and place the plant in. Add more potting mix, firm, then water carefully. Tie natural twine with a label around the neck of each jar with the name of the herb. Suitable herbs include chives, parsley, basil, cilantro, lavender, thyme, sage and rosemary.

Jungle in a jar These can be fun to do, especially for the younger ones interested in the natural world. Choose small baby house plants from your local nursery, such as ferns, to provide the ‘jungle’ setting. A wide-bodied clear jar with a sealing lid

is an ideal container. Fill the container with a suitable drainage medium such as gravel or fine decorative stones.

Top up with potting mix, then place the plants according to how you’d like them to appear. Place in stones, pieces of bark and even the odd jungle animal or two if children are involved. Ensure the soil is moist but not soaking wet, or the plants will rot. Seal on the lid, and you will have a self-supporting ecosystem in miniature.

Avoid placing your creation in full sun.

Choose low-light plants where possible.

Other items in the house Another option other than jars are random household items such as old kettles and pots. Even an old high-heel shoe or birdcage destined for the landfill can be turned into a botanical work of art.

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by Andy Bryenton

Politician, historian, author and farmer Robert McNab has many claims to fame; however, his purchase of New Zealand’s first tractor is a milestone in rural life.

Daniel Albone invented the first internal combustion tractor in 1902, and just two years later one of his three-wheelers became the first in New Zealand

a new kind of tractor if you lived near to the works in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, but what if it broke down in Gore or Gisborne?

The commissioning of an Ivel as an armoured ambulance in 1904, and its successful testing in Canada, convinced McNab of its toughness. He purchased an Ivel in 1904, and soon he was the owner of the first internal combustion tractor in New Zealand.

The Ivel was a world first in other ways.

One of the first boxer-style horizontallyopposed engines with two spark plugs and the first tractor with inflatable tyres.

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WOOD IS GOOD Forestry news and events: May

WHY THE DISLIKE OF PINE? There has been a growing sentiment in some parts of New Zealand’s culture that is making many forest growers and foresters in our country confused. The ‘I REALLY DON’T LIKE PINE’ club seems to be mounting in numbers, it has suddenly become very trendy to state various opinions on this topic with very little understanding of how the forestry sector works alongside our national natural reserves of forests that are not harvested. The plantation forest sector in New Zealand was developed as a result of our declining natural forests, and to be used for a renewable and sustainable resource that would not impact our indigenous forests.

Sentiments, stated as “facts” about pine trees, are not reality based and many articles or social media posts with misleading statements only have confused people even more. The bias that is emphasized in many attitudes imply somehow that “indigenous trees are good” and “pine trees are bad”. When in fact, they are used for completely different outcomes. There is no bad tree. All trees, whether they have originated thousands of years ago, or came here 100’s

of years ago on a ship, all play a part in providing for our economy, our comfort, our health and our environment.

any confusion. Now, every time a person sees a pine tree going in the ground, they think it’s ‘carbon farming’ but any forest planted after 1990 Some trees we grow to can claim carbon as part of harvest for wood to build our houses and produce our paper their normal harvest regime and claiming carbon does not products, other trees provide food and shelter for us, and yet mean you can’t harvest the others support our native birds trees. Around the Manawatu and enhance our ecosystems. region with excellent access to ports and sawmills there Different trees for different is almost no ‘carbon farming’ reasons, hating one over the occurring on a large scale. other is a foolish exercise.

The Manawatu region is It’s like disliking a cross bred typically small forest growers, sheep but loving a merino? woodlots, and a few largeWe cannot turn back the scale production forests. This ecological clock in New pattern is expected to stay the Zealand to 500 years ago, same in the future, although it some of our landscape has hoped that more landowners been degraded to the point will transition erosion-prone where any tree growing would country back into forests, be a bonus, and with the to take advantage of the climate change outcomes of excellent returns from timber drought and floods upon us, and carbon and to limit the things are evolving rapidly potential damage from future that makes the survival of any weather events. planted tree harder to achieve.

Look around at your house, “Carbon Farming” is a new the cardboard and paper catchy phrase that has sent products in your pantry, the large parts of our population fences on your farm and the into a frenzy, but in fact is less toilet paper you use every than 10% the forest sector. day and find some room in Also, any forest registered as your heart to appreciate the ‘permanent’ or ‘carbon farmed’ humble pine, along with the as it is called, can still be 6.4 billion dollars it makes for harvested after 50 years. This our economy and the 1000’s should be called the ‘semiof jobs it provides. We are not permanent’ category to avoid going back to harvesting Kauri

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Providing the region with a range of services, director Brendon Dorn’s father started the family-owned and operated business 12 years ago as a painting service.

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From on-site servicing to roadside repairs, Levin Truck Services has the rural and road freight industries covered — heavy equipment operators are thankful they are there to help.

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What a mild autumn we are having, and up until now, the grass has kept growing, but that should start to slow down as soil temperatures drop.

Megan first talked about the issue of sourcing stock more than two years ago. Suppliers have regular shipments coming in, but they are still struggling to meet backorders, and many ride-on deliveries are already pre-sold. Prices have increased a lot during the past year.

However, there are whispers that this will continue to go up to cover the massive jump in freight costs and the cost of the raw materials.

Rob and the team have coped well by doubling their normal stock levels.

At the time of writing, there were 39 push mowers and 21 ride-on mowers in stock. So if you are in the market for something new, call in for excellent choices and beat the inevitable price rises.

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All that jazz

by Andy Bryenton

Honda’s latest electric hybrid vehicle comes with some new energy-saving tricks up its sleeve and a new tongue-twisting acronym to remember; e:HEV.

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Honda’s Jazz e:HEV luxe performs a similar juggling act to their CR-Z, perhaps the most fun to drive hybrid of the first generation. With a 1.5-litre petrol engine and a brace of electric motors; it can deliver a massive range without fear of battery drain, and the kick of instant torque.

However, it goes about making that power and laying it down in a very different fashion to the CR-Z or the Insight, Honda’s other early hybrid effort. In the new Jazz, the petrol engine

is most often employed to charge the batteries, with smooth electric power delivery predominating. It extends the range vastly over battery-only machines.

Moreover, because the petrol motor is only driving a generator and not trying to accelerate an entire car along the tarmac — it’s superbly efficient.

The upshot is that the Jazz e:HEV uses petrol, but only in the same way as a hummingbird sips nectar. Figures of 2.4 litres for every 100 kilometres are talked about in the promotional materials, as the little Jazz also applies everything Honda has learned about regenerative braking and kinetic energy recovery. At current prices, this could take you from Northland to Auckland for approximately $8, and that’s a bargain worth considering.

Another bargain is the price in comparison to battery-only vehicles.

The government will pay you just over $4,000 for choosing the Jazz e:HEV, and it’s only $35,000 brand new to begin with. That puts it on the radar of real Kiwis, who don’t have the budget of a Formula One team or a portfolio of mansions. Everything else Honda could think of is included, and that, from a firm that makes jet planes and robots, is a lot of safety features, connectivity and toys.

It even looks quite endearing, with an interesting two-tone interior. Although it’s a city hatchback and not a slick coupe, you can at least say it’s a hybrid from the stable of the NSX. If you’re in the market for a family car and really, honestly don’t need an SUV, then this could be the new front runner.

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by Andy Bryenton

When wartime machinery shortages struck and foreign trade was cut by the war at sea, a lend-lease deal with the United States delivered fresh ideas and equipment to New Zealand farms.

One important change made by the lend-lease programme was the supply of considerable quantities of mechanical equipment for farms. For example, more than 7,000 farm tractors were supplied in the years 1943 to 1945 by US factories.

Some idea of the significance of the lendlease deal can be gathered from the fact that, in 1940, there were only about 11,000 tractors on New Zealand farms.

By the second world war’s end, there were close to double that number, with US models predominating.

Tractors proliferated so quickly that the Transport (Farmer’s Tractor) Emergency Order of 1942 had to be rushed through parliament, making it unnecessary to pay registration for driving a tractor on the road. In fuel-rationed times, farmers often used their new tractors for everything from ploughing fields to mowing hay to driving goods to market. Some children of that era remember the tractor replacing the family car altogether.

A classic tractor from the lend-lease era was the John Deere model A, which debuted in the US as a row crop tractor, but was also available in orchard and fixed-tread forms. Farmers in New Zealand were keen that this was the first Deere with rubber tyres as standard, perfect for taking advantage of that emergency order. Typical of its type, it ran a five-litre all-fuel engine developing a maximum of 24-horsepower at the PTO. Its relatively light weight of 1,720kg made it excellent for traversing muddy fields.

“Tractors proliferated so quickly that the Transport (Farmer’s Tractor) Emergency Order of 1942 had to be rushed through parliament.”

Its opposite number was the Farmall model A, another small, by modern standards, tractor from Louisville, Kentucky, that punched above its weight on Kiwi farms. The Farmall is still the classic tractor shape drawn by small children in primary school. Its 1.9-litre engine delivered more torque than people thought possible at the time from such a compact unit.

Machines like these finally ushered out the steam and horse-drawn machinery era on New Zealand farms. It was an age that had lingered longer here than in the more industrialised northern hemisphere due to our relative isolation. The trade-off for our allies in wartime was increased food production, which went to feed the sailors, marines, soldiers and pilots of the Pacific theatre. After the end of hostilities, the extra efficiency tractors delivered was part of the farming boom that enriched rural New Zealand.

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In modern times, we can call on excavators, cranes and heavy machinery to tackle those jobs too hefty for human muscle alone, but in the early history of New Zealand, the advent of the steam shovel was a game-changer.

As a nation built on natural resource management, Shire horses and bullocks provided the bulk of heavy power in those early times. That changed when two very different companies developed steampowered diggers and draglines in the late 1800s.

Joseph Ruston was a young, ambitious steam engineer in Lincolnshire, England, back in 1857. Inspired by the Victorianera steam revolution, he had big ideas to match those of engineering titans of the time. The niche he wanted to explore was digging and mining. Ruston knew that Isambard Brunel, a famous railway builder, needed a better way to dig cuttings through which to run rails.

Joining an existing firm, Ruston tried to perfect his idea, but the breakthrough came with a design by inventor James Dumbar. In 1874 the Dunbar-Ruston steam navvy was unveiled, taking its name from the navvies or inland navigators, the workmen who dug massive railway earthworks by hand.

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the popular Ruston number 20, of which 200 were built.

Supplied ‘naked’, these machines were an arm, a boiler, winch gear and a base that was sometimes fitted to railway wheels. Operators built corrugated iron and wooden structures to protect the steam plant from the elements, and photos from the turn of last the century show sooty but warm workers keeping out of the weather near the hot boiler. A pot of tea was never far from the firebox.

Now a historical curiosity, these two brands set the stage for the excavators and heavy equipment we can call on today — many survive in museums and collections.

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decided to make a move to the largely undeveloped outskirts of Milwaulkee, where they could set up shop making bigger, more powerful steam shovels and draglines.

New Zealand mines, earthworks and railways snapped up the produce of both

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companies, seeing the benefits of tireless mechanical power. Draglines, those huge, bucket-and-winch dredges with booms exceeding 20 metres, were used to tame swampland and make it ready for farming.

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