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Kōrero: Pigs and the pork industry

Drinking skim milk

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Drinking skim milk

From the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, pigs were kept on dairy farms to drink the skim milk left after cream was separated from milk.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)

Reference: 1/4-000319; F

by John Dobrée Pascoe

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Allan Gillingham, Pigs and the pork industry – Pig farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15432/drinking-skim-milk (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Allan Gillingham, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.