Kōrero: Farming in the economy

Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company, about 1900 (2 o 3)

Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company, about 1900

By the turn of the 20th century the move to cooperative dairy companies had gained considerable momentum throughout the country. These farmers are bringing their cream to the Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company, as they would each day. Midhirst, at the foot of Mt Taranaki (Egmont), is in the heart of Taranaki dairy country.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)
Reference: 1/1-009396; G
Photograph by James McAllister

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Robert Peden, 'Farming in the economy - Refrigeration and the growth of the dairy industry', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/17624/midhirst-co-operative-dairy-company-about-1900 (accessed 24 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Robert Peden, i tāngia i te 24 Nov 2008