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Peyman, Benjamin, 1823/24-1897 :Ploughmen with their horse-drawn ploughs
Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]
By: Peyman, Benjamin, 1823?-1897
Reference: PA7-50-04
Description: Shows a line-up of men with their horse-drawn ploughs in a paddock. Pasted on the back of a photograph of Wanganui River taken by B Peyman, ca 1870s-1890s, taken from Durie Hill looking over the river to the York Stockade on York Hill which was dismantled by Dec 1872. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - 1397. Box 25 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 155 x 204 mm
Interview with Andrew (Jim) Dodds
Date: 6 Feb 1998 - 06 Feb 1998
From: Gore District oral history project
By: McFarland, Paulette, active 1998; Dodds, Andrew James, 1917-2003
Reference: OHInt-0428/06
Description: Jim Dodds was born in Charlton in 1917. Describes the house in which he grew up and schooling at Charlton School from 1922 to 1930. Comments on the effect of the Depression and World War II on neighbourliness. Recalls the children's farm jobs and his work driving a team of horses after leaving school. Recalls family holidays to Owaka, Otawa and Riverton. Describes music at the dances, meeting his wife, his engagement and wedding. Talks about conscription for World War II and being released to work on Jenkin's farm. Mentions lambing, feeding, shearing and checking stock. Describes his first farm, which was a tussock block, and his first car, a Vauxhall. Describes the process of clearing the land. Mentions ploughing, soil condition, buying horses and operating a horse team. Details the stock, which was mainly Romney ewes, the increase in stock numbers, the role of the stock firm as stock buyer and bank, farm equipment, the size and cost of farms over the years, the location of dairy factories and freezing works and the work performed by women. Discusses social life on the farm including visiting neighbours, and concerts and choir recitals. Mentions excursions into town, ordering the groceries, attending A and P shows and dog trials. Interviewer(s) - Paulette McFarland Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2597.