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Story: Farming in the economy

Cream collection

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Cream collection

The introduction of home separation transformed the dairy industry. The next significant development was when the cooperatives began collecting cream from farms. This change was introduced after the First World War, when trucks became more common and roads were improved.

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Robert Peden, Farming in the economy – The closing of the farming frontier, 1900s to 1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17628/cream-collection (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.