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With a background as a poultry farmer, John Kerin would frequently make the claim in public he had the ability to hypnotise chickens.
It was also his farming background that put him in good stead to become the country's longest-serving primary industries minister, as well as one of the most respected to hold the role.
Mr Kerin's political contribution to the country will be remembered at a state funeral at Old Parliament House on Friday.
Mr Kerin died in March this year, aged 85, with his death prompting tributes from across the political spectrum.
He came into politics in 1972 following the election of Gough Whitlam but lost his seat just three years later.
However, he returned to federal politics in 1978, holding positions in the Hawke and Keating governments.
Mr Kerin held the role of primary industries minister from 1983 to 1991 before he was elevated to treasurer in June 1991, following Paul Keating's first leadership challenge against Bob Hawke.
He would last just six months in the role following a gaffe when he was asked if the recession was over and responded with "your guess is as good as mine".
He was made transport and communications minister but that role lasted three weeks after Mr Keating rolled Mr Hawke in a leadership spill to become prime minister.
The new prime minister made Mr Kerin trade minister, a role he held until he quit politics in 1993.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Mr Kerin left a profound mark.
"John once wrote, 'politics is like farming; no one is forced to do it, but someone has to'," he said.
"It was to Australia's lasting fortune that John did both, bringing his deep experience of the land first to the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and then to federal parliament."