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other activities. The Sherston (Wiltshire) Co-operative 

 Milling Society devotes itself exclusively to milling. The 

 members, all of whom are pig-feeders, have taken over a mill 

 previously operated by a private owner. It is worked by 

 water power, but there are times when this is inadequate 

 owing to the lowness of the water in the stream from which 

 the water supply comes. To remedy this defect, the society 

 has put in a gas engine which allows of the mill being worked 

 when it would otherwise have to stop. The society has 

 fattened pigs on its own account as a means of utilising any 

 surplus meal after supplying the want of purchasers. 



The Harwarden (Cheshire) and District Co-operative 

 Farmers Society took over, in June, 1910, a mill that was 

 erected as long ago as 1750. It is one of the usual type of 

 old country mills, having two pairs of stones, worked by an 

 overshot wheel, and is in good working order still. The 

 society has found in the grinding of maize, oats and barley 

 for its members a good source of revenue. 



As against this example might be put that of the Milton 

 (Cambridgeshire) and District Small Holders Co-operative 

 Society which, established in 1911, has set up, at a cost of 

 about 100, a modern milling plant which is operated by an 

 oil engine and combines simplicity in working with a low 

 cost of running. The mill is useful for the crushing of oats 

 as well as for grinding, and the members not only get good 

 feeding stuffs for their live stock but divide a balance of 

 profits at the end of the year. 



The Eastern Counties Farmers Co-operative Association 

 has for several years had a mill which turns out large 

 quantities of pig feed, etc., the mill often being at work 

 both night and day. 



The Preston and District Farmers Trading Society has a 

 mill which is operated by electricity, the premises being also 

 fitted with electric lighting. The society has already a 

 branch mill, in addition, and contemplates taking over still 

 another. 



In June, 1912, the Whiteparish (Wiltshire) and District 

 Agricultural Trading Society, Ltd., an offshoot of the Southern 



