Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-12-12
FOR PRESIDENT IN 1890,
J. C. FREMONT.
FOR v1cE-PREsrDENT
VIM. L. DAYTON.
The Contest Corn and Cob Mills.


By invitation Of Mr.. Milford. the
agent for the Little Giant, for this
county. Mr.. Farquhar. the agent for
the Excelsior, and Mr.. Smith. agent
for the Star Mill. met in Brookville
last Saturday, to exhibit the merits Of
their respective mills. The day was
cold and unpleasant, yet a large num-
Der Of farmers were present. 1t be-
ing the day of the Annual Meeting Of
the Agricultural Society. at the re-
quest Of the parties, o committee OF
FIVE was appointed, to witness the
contest and report their opinions OF
the relative merits Of the mills. No
premium was at stake. The bust
ness Of the society detained the COM
mi.tee until near four o'clock. leaving
but a short time to devote to an ex-
animation that should have occupied
nearer half day. We attach no
blame to any par.y-it was a misfor-
tune that the day appointed came on
the day Of other business. for we re-
gard the settlement Of the question,
which mill to buy, as one Of the most
important questions for q farmer to
settle. For every good farmer expects
to buy mill. He is tired Of wasting
at least two-ffths Of his grain. He is
convinced that i! would pay better to
put 80 acres in corn. and let his other
20 be in clover. rotating than to run
his so acres every year. to fatten the
same number Of hogs and cattle.
The report Of three of the commit
tee will be found on another column.
In addition to the facts there set forth,
we would say for the benefit Of those
who wish to buy, that the contest APP
peared to be between the Excelsior
and Little Giant. the Star being near
ly out Of the question.
The following is the result Of 90
revolutions each. Little Giant. old
corn. e5 lbs. Of meal, new corn As;
Excelsior. old corn II lbs. new corn
2s; Star. old corn. 85 lbs. new corn
%. But this does not give the exact
relative merits, as the meal from the
Giant was much finer than from eth
err Of the others, and had the seive
been used. as it would have been, had
time allowed. we are convinced that
the difference in weight would have
been very great. in favor Of the Giant,
while the draft is greatly increased,
as the mill is set finer.
In behalf of the Excelsior, (Mr.
Farquhar's) il Is claimed that dischar.
ging the meal into half bushel is an
advantage. This is unquestionably o
decided advantage over the Star Mill.
and the FIRST style Of the Little Giant.
To have the meal falling upon n plat
form. to be blown away by the wind.
or wasted through the cracks Of the
platform. is great defect. The new
style Of Giants however, obviate this,
By dispensing entirely with the plat
form, and furnishing vessel. with the
mill. without additional cost. which
hold six bushels, and enables the mill
to be put up without any additional
expense. except four stakes, about
foot long. Another advantage Of
the Excelsior, and one Of no small i'm
portance, is the readiness with which
its fine grinding surface can be renew
cd. BY movable rings. costing only
three dollars. To compensate for this,
10 the Giant, ithas nearly seven times
the amount Of 6ne grinding surface.
making one set Of teeth grind seven
times the amount Of grain that the
o:her will (for . number 3. (s50) is
warranted to grind 5000 bushels oil
corn. )and then iss grinders can be re-
newed for Gle. while it grinds . given
amount. Of given dneness. with the
same power, Ia much less time-say
not more than two thirds or three
fourihs. as will be seen by the quaint.
~ OF new corn ground by the respec-
tive mills. at this trial. IS to ga
which would make about three. ffths
the time. no uncomfortable item with
afarmer who has 100 hogs to feed
There was another fact which we no.
ticed. The Little Giant was let feed
itself. after putting the corn 10 the
hopper, while the others kept one
man feeding. II struck US, that our
farmers. who have been in the habit
of turning their hogs into the fields to
"hog 1t down." or let the hogs feed
themselves. would prefer a mill that
could "hog u down" wilhou. further
trouble. after supplying the hopper.
The saving Of grease too, by the Gi.
ant. Is something Of an object. when
lsrdis i2 cents q pound. and scarce al
that. Il takes no grease. the others
need greasing. Why there is this diff.
ference. Il was too cold for US to en-.
quirc.
After the corn.grinding was over.
Mr.. Hedges proposed a species oil
grinding. the utility Of which We