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Dairy class, Stratford Technical School

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Dairy class, Stratford Technical School

Pupils and teachers from Stratford Technical School’s dairy class pose in their classroom in the 1920s. A Babcock milk tester, on the front table, was used to test the fat content of milk. The blackboards list cows and their test results. A butter churn sits on the floor beside the blackboards.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)

Reference: 1/1-012240; G

by James McAllister

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Robert Peden, Agricultural education – Primary and secondary education, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16913/dairy-class-stratford-technical-school (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.