Story: Dairying and dairy products All images & media From page 1 – Beginnings of New Zealand’s dairy industry Milking time Hand-churning butter From page 2 – Expansion of dairying Dunedin, 1882 Chew Chong The milk run From page 3 – Co-operatives and centralisation Tūākau creamery Freighting butter to England Barging the milk Taranaki dairy factories From page 4 – Separators and milking machines Alfa Laval cream separator Milk truck Early milking shed Feeding a pig skim milk From page 5 – Dairy sheds Walk-through cow shed Herringbone dairy shed Rotary milking Cow yard Robotic milking From page 6 – Dairy cattle breeds Holstein-Friesian cow Jersey cow The KiwiCross breed Ayrshire cows From page 7 – Breed improvement Travelling herd tester Dalefield cheese factory Testing milk for butterfat content (1st of 2) Herd testing (2nd of 2) Artificial breeding Stud Freisian bull From page 8 – On the farm Dairy farming regions Break-feeding pasture From grass to milk Silage stack From page 9 – Pattern of milk production Milk train The milkman Feeding the calves From page 10 – Dairying in the 2000s Dairy cattle numbers, 1895–2005 (1st of 2) The cow yard (2nd of 2) Irrigated Southland dairy pastures Sharemilkers of the year Cash cow Sharemilkers From page 11 – Dairy exports War exports Dairy product exports by volume, 1999–2006 Advertising New Zealand dairy products overseas From page 12 – Manufacturing and marketing in the 2000s Fonterra dairy factories Synlait Milk From page 13 – Dairy products A pint of milk a day Biofarm organic produce Dairy products The Tip Top cow
