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White collars and gumboots : a history of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1892-1992

Title
White collars and gumboots : a history of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1892-1992 / Tony Nightingale.
Author
Nightingale, Tony.
Publication
Palmerston North, N.Z. : Dunmore Press, 1992.

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Additional Authors
  • New Zealand. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
  • New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. Historical Branch.
Description
277 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits; 25 cm
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "First published in 1992 by the Dunmore Press ... in association with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and with the assistance of the Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs"--Title page verso.
  • "Australian supplier: Nyroca Press, PO Box 90, Hawksburn, Victoria 3142, Australia"--Title page verso.
  • Indexed: Index New Zealand, 0113-6526.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-265) and index.
Contents
Agriculture in New Zealand -- Scab, pests and rabbits : Government control prior to 1892 -- The late Nineteenth Century : a turning point -- The origins of the Department of Agriculture -- The dairy industry -- Rural extension -- The Department and animal disease -- Control of plants -- Control of rabbits -- The grasslands revolution -- The campaign against 'bush sickness' -- The Department and formal agricultural education -- Animal research -- The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture -- Agriculture between the wars -- The councils of primary production -- The Services Vegetable Production Scheme -- Linen flax -- Pastoral industries since the war -- The Department since the War -- The Department after 1945 -- Fisheries -- The growth of analysis and planning -- Recent changes -- Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries -- Chief executives of the Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.
ISBN
  • 0864691688
  • 9780864691682
LCCN
93112835
OCLC
  • ocm28335573
  • 28335573
  • SCSB-1997066
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library