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Provender Mill Opened At Hope
The provender mill of Fleming and Co Ltd, which will serve the needs of the poultry and farming community in Nelson, was officially opened last month. The mill is now producing poultry and stock foods from an ingenious mill which can produce a variety of products simultaneously. The company entertained nearly 200 guests to luncheon before the official opening.
Nelson M. P., Mr Stan Whitehead, sets the mill working
The company's chairman of directors, Mr W. L. Wyber, Presses the batching button on a central control panel, watched by Messrs Whitehead, Alan Wiechern (mill foreman) and Noel Robertson (Nelson manager).
The scene inside the mill during the opening ceremony
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