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Muddy paddock

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Muddy paddock

In the past, pigs on dairy farms were invariably confined to one small paddock, which was soon reduced to bare ground that turned to mud in wet weather. This muddy paddock was photographed at the Cheltenham Dairy Company in 1949.

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Allan Gillingham, Pigs and the pork industry – Pig farming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/15436/muddy-paddock (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allan Gillingham, published 1 March 2009.