Delegates from all over New Zealand, representing 37 town milk farmers’ associations, gathered in Christchurch this week for the 40th annual Town Milk Producers’ Federation conference. The day before the first business session of the conference, delegates and their partners visited the milk treatment station of Canterbury Dairy Farmers, Ltd, and high-producing town milk supply farms near the city. At the Rangiora property- of the Spark Bros, some of the 220 cows presently in milking left off chewing at the 30-metre face of a giant silage stack to give some of the tourists the once over. A feature of the Sparks’ operation is a large concreted feeding, loafing and night accommodation area for up to 350 cows.
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Press, 2 August 1985, Page 20
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117Delegates from all over New Zealand, representing 37 town milk farmers’ associations, gathered in Christchurch this week for the 40th annual Town Milk Producers’ Federation conference. The day before the first business session of the conference, delegates and their partners visited the milk treatment station of Canterbury Dairy Farmers, Ltd, and high-producing town milk supply farms near the city. At the Rangiora property- of the Spark Bros, some of the 220 cows presently in milking left off chewing at the 30-metre face of a giant silage stack to give some of the tourists the once over. A feature of the Sparks’ operation is a large concreted feeding, loafing and night accommodation area for up to 350 cows. Press, 2 August 1985, Page 20
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