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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 FARMING, ORGANISATION OF

Almost all New Zealand dairy produce is manufactured in factories owned cooperatively. The method of establishment and the running of cooperative dairy companies have changed very little in principle since the first cooperative dairy company was established in 1871 at Springfield on the Otago Peninsula. This company was modelled on similar enterprises in Scandinavia and Ireland.

Co-creator

McLintock, Alexander Hare