The Hemyock Milk Factory operated by Wilts United Dairies.

Looking up to Pencross from behind Station Road taking in the Milk Factory which operated up until 1999.

Hemyock was behind the Catherine Wheel and operated into the 1970’s.

Canada was the first country to select Holstein Fresians as the select breed of milk producing cattle.
He was specialist given the job of improving the milk yield in the UK after the first world war and introduced the breed by giving a H-F calf to the children of farmers who then recorded what they were fed and eventually their milk yield. The heifers were then sold to farmers with £5 deducted as the cost of the calf when given to the children.

1. ? 2. Jack Salter 3. Robert Graves 4. Alfred Wide 5. Rev J de B Forbes 6. Mr Hall Church Sexton
7. Mr Tait 8. Mr Pickard 9. Mr Brain 10. ? 11. Frank Hall (butcher) 12. ? 13 Mr Lutley 14. ?
15 Edwin Wide 16 Mr Baxter 17 ? 18 Bennie Parsons 19 Tom Lowman 20 ? 21 George Hart 22 ?
23 John Hart 24 Mr Cload

The inscription on the newly erected Pump says: In commemoration of the glorious reign of Victoria, the Coronation of Edward VII and restortation of peace in South Africa, 1902, fear God and honour the King