In 1918 a newspaper article noted that "efforts are being made to re-establish the Cregg Corn Mills, Annaghdown, on a co-operative basis" to service the local farmers. By 1919 work had commenced on repairing the mill to a working condition, and readers were urged to buy the "few shares left" in the co-operative and assist in "establishing an industry that shall remain as a monument to their patriotism and business accumen". The co-operative was named "Harward Wade, Son and Co., Ltd." The mill was equipped with French burr grinding stones and Irish shelling stones, and a flat head, tiled kiln for drying oats. Milling restarted on 17 October 1919, producing oatmeal and wholemeal, but not flour.