Diary, Olrig Station
Maker
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd
Production date
1906
Current rights
Public Domain
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Brief Description
The diary details the day-to-day activities at Olrig Station for the year 1906. It includes lists of stock tallies for sheep and cattle.
There are newspaper clippings glued into the back pages of the diary with comments or articles about turnip growing in New Zealand and a typed sheet with instructions regarding a scheme for experiments in manuring for the season 1906/7. It lists the experimenters in the scheme as R B Humphries, Olrig; F Hutchinson, Rissington; A McLean, Maraekakaho; D H Potts, Mount Herbert, Waipukurau; A H Russell, Tunanui; R H Tod, Kaikora North and F B Walsh, Gwavas, Tikokino.
New Zealand Rough Diary for 1906.
There are newspaper clippings glued into the back pages of the diary with comments or articles about turnip growing in New Zealand and a typed sheet with instructions regarding a scheme for experiments in manuring for the season 1906/7. It lists the experimenters in the scheme as R B Humphries, Olrig; F Hutchinson, Rissington; A McLean, Maraekakaho; D H Potts, Mount Herbert, Waipukurau; A H Russell, Tunanui; R H Tod, Kaikora North and F B Walsh, Gwavas, Tikokino.
New Zealand Rough Diary for 1906.
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Production date
1906
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Media/Materials description
Cardboard cover, linen tape spine, pink blotting paper, lined paper, printed in black ink, handwritten in ink and pencil
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Measurements
Height x Width x Depth/Length: 335 x 220 x 30mm
Signature/Inscription
W H Bowler ..., Stamp
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Subject period
Subject date
1906
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Richard Paterson
Other number(s)
2017/28/30, 95173
Accession number
2017/28/30
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