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Story: Pigs and the pork industry

Drinking skim milk

Drinking skim milk

From the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, pigs were kept on dairy farms to drink the skim milk left after cream was separated from milk.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)
Reference: 1/4-000319; F
Photograph by John Dobrée Pascoe

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Allan Gillingham. 'Pigs and the pork industry', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 27-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/pigs-and-the-pork-industry/3/1