Single-furrow horse-drawn plough used by William Farrer
Plough used by experimental wheat breeder William Farrer. Farrer experimented in crossbreeding wheat to produce Federation wheat, the first specifically Australian variety that was both rust- and drought-resistant.
Source
National Museum of Australia
![A "COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRATION OFFICE PHOTO" postcard featuring a sepia coloured image of a rural scene of an eight horse drawn stripper and one man. A caption for the image, in the lower left hand corner, reads: "STRIPPING AN AVERAGE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE AUSTRALIAN WHEAT CROP LAST YEAR WAS 62,169,360 [POUNDS]. AUSTRALIA IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS EXPORTED 1,895,630 TONS OF FLOUR'.](/sites/default/files/2023-08/1900s_BI_1903_FederationWheat-1200w.jpg?v=1)
