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Kōrero: Dairying and dairy products

Barging the milk

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Barging the milk

Country roads were often rough, and bridges were few. For some farmers in more remote areas, river barges were essential for travelling and transporting produce.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, The Press (Christchurch) Collection (PAColl-3031)

Reference: 1/1-008694; G

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Hugh Stringleman rāua ko Frank Scrimgeour, Dairying and dairy products – Cooperatives and centralisation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15692/barging-the-milk (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hugh Stringleman rāua ko Frank Scrimgeour, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.