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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Quirk Bros.
Quirk Bros., Sheepfarmers of Makakahi, hold 950 acres, all grassed, and about four acres ploughed. Their 2600 sheep are of the Romney-Lincoln variety. Their stud flock of sixty breeding ewes (Lincoln) is referred to on page 23, Vol. I., “New Zealand Flock Book, 1895.” Messrs. Quirk Bros. are also breeders of pure shorthorn cattle and horses of the Clydesdale breed. Their father, who died in September, 1896, came to the Colony in 1858, and was for many years well known in the Ohariu Valley.