The service of rice milling is another big problem for the farmers. His Majesty was concerned that the farmers would have to sell their paddy (unhusked rice) to the rice mills at a low price and buy polished rice for their own consumption at a high price. Consequently, a model rice hulling mill was set up at Chitralada Villa and in May 1971 rice was hulled there for experiment. Then farmers were encouraged to set up a cooperative and build a rice mill in their locality so that they would not have to hire others to polish their rice or sell their unhusked rice cheaply