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Day 12

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Editor's note: The class is currently in an area with extremely limited Internet access. Once they are in an area with better connectivity, we will add more to this post. 2nd editor's note: The class got to an area with better Internet. So we can add the latest chapter to the blog.  18May2019 Overview of Mt Linton farm broken down into paddocks We started this morning in Te Anau at our hotel with breakfast served, then departed our hotel and traveled through to Mt Linton Station. This station has 13,000 hectares, and is the largest privately owned operation with 105,000 stock units. With having 13,000 hectares, they have over 300 km of maintained road throughout the property. This station is broken down into: 74,000 sheep, 120 dogs, and 3,000 cows. The 12 shearing stations in their main shearing barn Mt Linton produces 250,000 kg of greasy wool each year. They shear 40,000 sheep and 30,000 lambs twice a year (or every 6 months). The wool