Agriculture
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
WYLIE William John (Jack) interviewed by Lynne Grove
Record Group — Box 7
Identifier: H0044
Overview
In this interview Jack tells of his early education and transport to school, early farming, implements/machinery, animals and seasonal cropping. He also looks at the import of cattle breeds, the transfer of milk to the factory and his employment at the cheese factory and what this entailed. During the war years he served with the Tiger Regiment in Italy.
Dates:
2006