Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Taurimu Farm, Turakina, the property of Mr. Norman Fitzherbert, is under the management of Mr. John Gibson, who was born in Roxburghshire, Scotland. He accompanied his parents to New Zealand in 1860, and his early days were spent on his father's farm on the Conway Hills; subsequently he was on some of the best runs in the South Island, and succeeded to the management of Mr. Fitzherbert's property in 1891. At that time there was considerable mortality among the sheep (Lincolns) on the farm, and Mr. Gibson set to work to remedy this. He crossed the Lincolns with Border-Leicester rams, and the desired result—a good, sound, healthy flock—was obtained. Mr. Gibson married Miss Connor, of Victoria, and has one son.