In Dust Jacket sl faded spine, First Edition 1975, previous owners name twinked out on front fly, Black and White Photographs, maps, 260 Pages, Published By Reed Wellington. A Very Good Copy. 'Since the first establishment of large sheep runs in NZ we have seen great changes in land tenure, market requirements, stock policy, management techniques and most other spheres of farmwork. Farming itself, however, is still very much at the centre of both our national identity and the economy. In this book Peter Newton continues his task of selecting and describing the country's most outstanding farm properties, recording their histories, their current stocking and management policies, and drawing on the memories of surviving oldtimers. The result is a story which, told with a high countryman's understanding of and affection for country matters, is at once fascinating and informative. From the headwaters of the Rangitata River the reader is taken through Mid and South Canterbury, Westland, Otago and Southland, visiting the greatest stations of them all: Mount Peel, Mesopotamia, Orari Gorge, Clayton, Grays Hills, Shag Valley, Walter Peak etc' Classic book.