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Story: Farming in the economy

Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Company, about 1900

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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)

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by James McAllister

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Robert Peden, Farming in the economy – Refrigeration and the growth of the dairy industry, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17624/midhirst-co-operative-dairy-company-about-1900 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009.