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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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DAIRY INDUSTRY

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DAIRY INDUSTRY

The New Zealand national dairy herd of between 1,900,000 and 2,000,000 cows is unsurpassed for its contribution to world trade in dairy produce, though it ranks only twelfth compared with the herds of other countries. Of the 1,224 million gallons of milk produced in 1963–64, 88.4 per cent was used for making butter, cheese, milk powders, and casein, and most of this was exported. The part played by the dairy industry in world trade is shown by the figures in the following table:

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Donald Souter Flux, M.AGR.SC.(N.Z.), PH.D. (READING), Senior Lecturer in Dairy Husbandry, Massey University of Manawatu.