Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

Date: [193-?]

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

Reference: 1/4-023070-F

Description: Horse-drawn fertiliser spreader used for distributing superphosphate, Waiorau Sheep Station, Otago. Photograph taken circa 1930s, probably by George Leslie Adkin. Other - Notes on back of file print read: "Haymaking. The first operation is sowing superphosphate in the early spring on the the paddock it is intended to keep or 'shut-up' for hay. [? sic] In this particular spreader the super trickles out in a thin stream along the back edge. Other sowers throw the super out by centrifugal action. Again, making a very unpleasant task, the super is thrown out by hand." Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date and probable photographer from descriptive notes at PAColl-6651. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

Reference: 1/4-023102-F

Description: Shearers sharpening hand shears on grindstones. Photographer unidentified (possibly George Leslie Adkin). On the reverse of the file print is the following information: The shearers engaged in grinding. The grindstone is made from very fine sand. The pressure of the shear blade and a certain amount of water form a grinding liqiud on the surface of the stone which soon brings the blade down to the required thickness. The later stages are quite critical and a pair of shears can easily be spoiled. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [193-?]

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

Reference: 1/4-023075-F

Description: Hay-rake, Waiorau Sheep Station, Otago. To be drawn by horses. Photograph taken circa 1930s, probably by George Leslie Adkin. Other - Notes on back of file print read: "Haymaking. The Hay-rake. The hay is generally raked into rows before proceeding further. When working the teeth are raised to release the hay by a trip working on the wheels." Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date and probable photographer from descriptive notes at PAColl-6651. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [193-?]

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

Reference: 1/4-023078-F

Description: Horses, and hay sweep for harvesting, Waiorau Sheep Station, Otago. Photograph taken circa 1930s, probably by George Leslie Adkin. Other - Notes on back of file print read: "Haymaking. The sweep. Before the advent of the sweep, hay had to be forked on to sledges, drays or waggons [sic] and taken to the stack. Now, by various types of sweep, the hay is gathered directly from the paddock, sometimes without even raking. When working, the teeth are depressed and slide under the hay. Some skill is needed to ensure that the teeth do not dig into the gruond, particularly at any irregularities." Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date and probable photographer from descriptive notes at PAColl-6651. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: 1/4-023092-F

Description: Scene on a farm, showing men feeding out hay to sheep, and snow peaked hills in the background. Date and location unknown. Photograph possibly taken by George Leslie Adkin. The file print has the following caption on the reverse: Another view of feeding out. The hay is taken by forks and shaken out in a thin covering over a piece of suitable ground. The sheep are very keen for it when there is nothing else growing and follow closely behind the sleigh. They lose much of their usual timidity during this period. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [193-?]

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

Reference: 1/4-023072-F

Description: Grass mower, Waiorau Sheep Station, Otago. To be drawn by horses. Photograph taken circa 1930s, probably by George Leslie Adkin. Other - Notes on back of file print read: "A view of a horse drawn mower. The knife bar is up for transport. A back-and-forward motion is given to the knife with its many small triangular blades, by the small wheel seen on lower right of mower. Power is transmitted to this point from the wheels. The small individual blades cut against the teeth seen on the knife bar. Levers regulate the height and angle of the swath cut. The board turns the cut grass away from the standing grass." Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date and probable photographer from descriptive notes at PAColl-6651. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1930s

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

Reference: 1/4-023112-F

Description: Unidentified boy picking up a sheep fleece from a woolshed floor at Waiorau Sheep Station in Otago. Photograph taken circa 1930s, possibly by George Leslie Adkin. Note on back of file print reads: "When the fleece is shorn from its owner, it is immediately removed by the "picker up" and thrown on to the wool-table, or placed nearby until the table is ready. The hind part of [the ] fleece is grasped first and the rest of the fleece is held by the hand and arms in a "tongs" action. When thrown, the "neck" goes stretching along the table to the top end, and the "britch" or hind of [the ] fleece is released last of all." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: 1/4-023109-F

Description: Corrugated shearing shed and holding pens for shorn sheep, circa 1920s-1940s. Photographer possibly George Leslie Adkin. Note on back of file print reads "Outside view of "portholes" and pens where the sheep shorn in one "run" await counting. Two sheep are just about to jump down. The bags at the windows are to shade the sun from the shearers. A "run" is in this case a period of generally 2 hours, in which the men shear non-stop. They then have an half hour rest. The half hour in the morning and afternoon for "smoko" and an hour for dinner." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Views of Waiorau Sheep Station

Reference: 1/4-023107-F

Description: Photograph of a man shearing a sheep in a shearing shed. The photographer is possibly George Leslie Adkin. Note on back of file print reads: Shearing. The first side completed, a few long swift "blows" up the back and the shearer is ready to do the last side, starting up at the head. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative