Wright, Stephenson & Co Ltd: Different forms of top dressing and crop spraying
Level
Accession/Series
Description
This series consists of aerial top dressing aircraft spreading superphosphate fertiliser on the farmlands of New Zealand. Items 1-5 are of trucks with top dressing spreaders attached to the truck
Date range
1918-1961
Format
Registration number
P4070
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![Wright, Stephenson & Co Ltd: 1920 Truck [registration 168.980] loaded with superphosphate bags with Munroe Top-dresser attachment; Circa 1920; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/337/d3bae07e8d7234f8a2117004b3cd8147c47450d6.jpg)
![Wright, Stephenson & Co Ltd: 1920 Man adjusting Munroe Top-dresser attachment at back of truck [registration 168.908]; Circa 1920; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/338/6b56e1716170c0c82c117453702f3f22da2db581.jpg)
![Wright, Stephenson & Co Ltd: 1920 Top dresser truck [registration 168.980] with Munroe-Spreader stowed under the flat deck; Circa 1920; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/339/44a408d38ca6d85baff1d8486deb3a945843c362.jpg)
![Wright, Stephenson & Co Ltd: 1959 Aerial top dressing [aircraft registration ZK-BIX] for Maori Affairs Land, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty; Circa 1959; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/9253/024ac59e43458cf7bb4ce95db9a34c6ec007c33e.jpg)
![Wright, Stephenson & Co Ltd: 1951 Aerial top dressing, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, showing improvised air strip and Tiger Moth aircraft [aircraft registration ZK-AVJ] , which can carry a load of 5cwt of superphosphate, being loaded; Only one minute is required from landing to take-off;; Circa 1951; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/9261/0e49ed03ac0528baba80ad3c9d1763d9d5fa30ea.jpg)
![Wright, Stephenson & Co Ltd: 1951 Tiger Moth aircraft [aircraft registration ZK-AYJ] aerial top dressing in the Rotorua district, Bay of Plenty; Circa 1951; Photograph](https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/records/images/medium/9263/b028083ffdb6263e0e977b8b10b4004cce6d0a92.jpg)
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