"Farming in the Future. (By A Contemplative Cockatoo)"

Title"Farming in the Future. (By A Contemplative Cockatoo)"
Year for Search1891
AuthorsWilliams, George Phipps(1847-1909), and Reeves, W[illiam] P[ember](1857-1932)
Tertiary AuthorsContemplative Cockatoo, A [pseud.], and Reeves, W. P.
Secondary TitleDouble Harness: Poems in Partnership
Pagination26-33
Date Published1891
PublisherPub. by the "Lyttelton Times" Publishing Co.
Place PublishedChristchurch, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Male author
Annotation

Satire on 1889 Vogel focusing, as the title says, on farming and Vogel’s depiction of extremely fertile land that is currently unproductive. 

Pseudonym

A Contemplative Cockatoo [pseud.]

Holding Institutions

ATL

Author Note

Aotearoa/New Zealand authors. Williams (1847-1909). Reeves (1857-1932) was a successful newspaper editor and politician and in Cabinet worked for both education and labour reform. 

Full Text

1891 Williams, George Phipps (1847-1909) and W[illiam] P[ember] Reeves  (1857-1932). “Farming in the Future. (By A Contemplative Cockatoo).” In their In Double Harness: Poems in Partnership (Christchurch, New Zealand: Pub. by the “Lyttelton Times” Publishing Co., 1891), 26-33. ATL

Satire on 1889 Vogel focusing, as the title says, on farming and Vogel’s depiction of extremely fertile land that is currently unproductive. Reeves was a successful newspaper editor and politician and in Cabinet worked for both education and labour reform.