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Kōrero: Farm mechanisation

Petrol-powered milking machine

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Petrol-powered milking machine

A. W. Reid, a dairy farmer from Stratford, invented a petrol-driven milking machine, seen here at the 1915 New Plymouth Agricultural and Pastoral Show. Petrol was used to run milking machines in the early 1900s, before electricity became more widely available.

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Puke Ariki - Taranaki Museum & Library

Reference: PHO2007-305

by A. W. Reid

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

James Watson, Farm mechanisation – Steam, wind, water and oil, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18394/petrol-powered-milking-machine (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā James Watson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.