In 1880, William Herbert Guthrie-Smith (1862-1940) emigrated from
Scotland to New Zealand, where he learned the basics of sheep
farming and acquired Tutira, a disused sheep station of 20,000
acres in the Hawke's Bay region of the North Island. Tutira,
published in 1921, describes every aspect of Guthrie-Smith's
enterprise, including the redevelopment of the land and
comprehensive advice on sheep farming. The book also covers the
history of the local Maori and of European settlement, and provides
an extensive account of the farm's natural history including its
geological configuration, meteorological patterns, the formation of
lakes and waterways, and the native plant and bird species
Guthrie-Smith discovered on his land. It also draws attention to
the impact of introduced, 'alien' plants and animals. Tutira is one
of the great classics of New World environmental consciousness; it
was reprinted in 1926, and a posthumous revised edition appeared in
1953.
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