South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Union photograph album [B 78620] • Photograph
Members of the Directorate and Management assembled in the Company's board room.
Ten men in suits seated around a large table in a room with wood panelling and decorated plaster.
An exterior view of the Head Office Premises, Franklin Street, Adelaide.
Building situated on the north-western corner of Franklin St and Bentham St.
An interior view of the Main Office, at Franklin Street, Adelaide.
Large wooden counter with grille, behind which several men work. A customer is seen near a 'current accounts' sign to the right of the image.
An aerial view of the Mile End Headquarters of the Dairy Produce Department, whose range of products is probably unequalled by any other company in Australia.
View of a large factory complex situated alongside a railway line. A single rail line enters the factory premises.
The great power plant at Mile End.
Where there are installed three Petters Engines, giving 700 h.p., three compressors providing 280 tons of ice a day, and three elctric generators of a total capacity of more than 200 kilowatts.
Egg testing, a scene at Mile End.
More than 60,000,000 are handled annually for Local, Interstate, and Overseas Trade. Also 30,000 40-lb. tins of egg pulp are sold each year.
The up-to-date Laboratory at Mile End Factory.
Five women in long white protective coats work at benches of scientific equipment.
The print butter section at the Mile End factory.
Where more than 7,800,000 lb. are printed each year.
The Farmers' Union (dairy produce department) exhibit at the Adelaide Show.
Large stall displaying plentiful goods including butter, eggs, cheeses and cuts of meat inside a building likely to be Centennial Hall at the Wayville Showgrounds.
Awards gained by Farmers' Union butter at home and abroad.
Display of trophies and medals among packages of butter. Signs read 'Farmers Union' Butter Now 13 Years Champion', 'Farmers' Union Butter is Best', and '3 Gold Medals from Royal Show London won by Farmers Union Butter'.
A section of the dairy produce delivery fleet which visits every Adelaide suburb every day.
Four small white trucks bearing the slogan 'Farmers' Union Butter is Best'.
Looking across the River to the Murray Bridge Factory of the Dairy Produce Department.
This Factory handles the output of the rich swamplands along the Murray, converting it into butter, cheese, condensed milk, and casein.
The Union's fleet of milk boats returning to the Factory laden with milk and cream gathered at the River Settlements.
View of four boats travelling along the River Murray with the railway bridge at Murray Bridge visible behind. The boats are named 'Progess', 'Co-operation', 'Union' and 'Loyalty'.
Bagging casein at the Murray Bridge Factory.
Two men fill 56 lb bags labelled 'Lactic casein: SA Farmers' Co-op Union Milk Products Factory Murray Bridge'.
Electric cheese agitators, a modern feature of the Union Dairy Produce Department.
Men work at large metal troughs inside a factory.
The Murray Bridge condensary.
Markets for "Farmer's" condensed milk have been established in Australia and overseas, particularly in the Far East.
The Modern Woodside Factory.
Where milk by-products, cheese of many types, such as Gruyere, Edam, Gouda, and Taffel, and smallgoods are made. [The building later became Melba's Chocolate Factory.]
Meadows Factory.
Another Union Unit in the beautiful Adelaide Hills Districts - The Meadows Factory, where cheese is made.
Stansbury Factory.
Exterior view of small factory in stone building with sign reading 'SA Farmers Co-op Union Butter Factory' over the front verandah. A Plume petrol pump is located at the front of the building, and two trucks are parked alongside. A windmill is at the rear.
Orrorroo factory.
Exterior view of a small stone factory. Several men in aprons wait on a loading dock at the side of the building with milk churns.
Eudunda cream depot.
Exterior view of a two storey building made of corrugated iron, with 'SAFU' sign painted on front wall.
Naracoorte factory.
Exerior view of a small butter factory, with several vehicles parked outside.
Adelaide show floor of the machinery and tractor department.
Interior view of a room where several engines and tractors are on display. Advertisements and signs for Petter Engines, Allis-Chalmers and Mitchell are visible.
Adelaide merchandise, furniture and hardware emporium.
Interior view of a large shop with many different goods on display. Products include vetinary instruments, garden tools, motor accessories, axe handles, saddlery and harness.
The Company's Adelaide motor garage, where its fleet of 125 motor vehicles is serviced, and general repair work is undertaken.
Exterior view of a brick building, with a white 'Farmers' Union Butter is Best' van emerging from the vehicle entrance.
The Mile End premises of the produce department.
Barley, oats, chaff, flour, agricultural seeds, poultry mashes, veterinary medicines, etc., form the basis of this section's business.
Machinery for the preparation of laying and poultry mashes at the Mile End store of the produce department.
Two men work to fill sackes labelled 'Farmers Union brand finest quality laying mash for poultry'.
Modern seed cleaning and grading plant at Mile End produce store.
Men work inside a factory with machinery on a mezzanine floor and sacks below.
Skin and poultry auction rooms, Morphett Street, Adelaide.
The Farmers' Union is Adelaide's largest auctioneer of poultry. Exterior view of brick and tin buildings with cars parked outside.
Farmers' Union poultry sale in progress.
Interior view of a shed containing cages holding live poultry, and a crowd of people watching on.