Operation of Grist Mill Grist Milling is a method of grinding grain into bread by having the grain pressed between two stones. This method has been used as far back as time began. In Biblical days people would put wheat or barley on a stone and rub it with another stone to grind it. That is the very same thing we do today at Atkinson Milling Company with corn meal. A lot of the grinding is still done with water power.
Corn comes into our mill from local farmers by the truck load.
It is cleaned at least three times or until there is nothing left except whole nice grains of corn before it is ground into meal. The meal you buy in the store is never touched by human hands. It is moved by air from one processing place to another, and then bagged by semi-automatic machinery to insure that it is never exposed to any element that could cause a problem. In the past few years, we have purchased the franchise for Cattail Milling Company of Route 1, Selma, N.C. and also the Boddie Milling Company of Route 1, Nashville, N.C. and added these brand names to our list of products which we sell in about 10 counties of the state. We are very proud of the success we have had in the grist milling business.