The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-06-26

Another Trial between Rival Corr
and Cob Mills, at Paris, Zen
tucky-The Little Giant Trium
II phant.
We learn that quite crowd assemble
at Paris, Kentucky, on the 9th, to witness
trial Of power between the Little Giant an
the Excelsior Mills, the former of which /
owned by Messrs. Scott g. Hedges of thi
city. In relation to it, the Louisville Courie
says:
''The grand contest between the corn anc
cob mills, "Little Giant" and "Excelsiol
Young America" attracted no little atten.
ton, and despite the rain on both DAYS, q
large concourse Of people were present
TO witness the trial. This, we beliye,
is the second trial had this spring between
the contending mills. The present triumph
was for two silver goblets, valued at $780,
The judges were appointed by Brutus J. Clay,
Esq, President Of the Bourbon Agriculture
Society, and were composed of the officers
OF the Society and of extensive stock feeders.
The following is the report OF the Commit
tee.
The undersigned having been appointed
committee Of judges, members of the Bour.
bon County Agricultural Society, to deter
mine (under rules prescribed for their gui.
dance) the relative merits of the Corn and
Cob Mills OF Messrs. Scott g. Hedges, Gin
clnnati, known as the "Little Giant" and
of Messrs. Douglas, Smith g. CO., of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, named Excelsior Young Amer.
lea" Leavit's Patent.) The trial took place
at Parls, KY, on the 9th and 9th days Of
May, 1856.
The Little Giant, in one hundred revolu.
tlons, ground tacelre and hdlf bushels of meal,
at an average draft of 46o pounds, by the
dyndmeter. Young America, with the same
number Of revolutions, ground four and three.
ea9ht bushels, at an average draft Sf 100
pounds. One-half bushel Of the meal ground
by each mill was run through a No. a and
No. 6 sieve. The quantity of cobs left in the
number sieve, from the meal ground bv
Young America, was double that of the Lit
Tie Giant. The meal of the Little Giant
was OF more uniform finences than that
ground by the Young America. Though
the mills are of equal diameter (2O inches)
The grinding surface in the Little Giant is
supposed to be foe times greater than in the
Young America mill.
These tests, and an examination of the
construction of the mills, led the committee
to the opinion that the Little Giant is the su.
Perlor MILL and best adapted TO the use ofthe
tarmer, and they therefore award to Messrs.
Scott d Hedges the two silver gobets.
BRUTUS ]. CLAY,
w. R. DUNCAN,
B. B. GROOM,
c. T. GARRARD,
R. HUTCHCRAFT,
w. G. LYLE.
Inc committee state that the grinding sur
lace OF the Little Giant is five times greater
man that OF the Young America of the same
1lameter. In order that this NAV be more
clearly understood, we will state that the
most important and valuable improvements
nave been made in the Little Giant. In.
'teau o, single cone and concave, as in the
ne mills formerly constructed by Messrs.
Scott Hedges-Mr. Hedges has added an ex-
ra smell or cone, presenting two grinding
which act between the cone and
'oneave OF the mill as formerly made. The
ldVantage OF this is several and important.
Inc corn and cob, when broken down by the
'arS below the hopper, fall into two grind.
ng spaces instead OF one, and hence is more
thoroughly acted upon, and ground much
lher' While the resistance, or pressure, upon
ne gFinding surfaces is distributed over a
arger surface, and consequently less liable
0 break. twill also be seen that the droft
Pon the horses, in running the mill is about,
quail, in proportion to the amount of corn
round in given time, or by given mum.
er OF revolutions. BY sim ply turning one
crew it may be reducedto single mill as
the former Little Giant, and is then eas;.
run by one horse. The No. l, 2O.inch
NIL with these improvements, performs the
anne execution that the No. docs on the
Id plan. '
These are valuable Improvements, and are
lnportant to the stock-growing interests of t
,entucy, and place the Little Giant far in t
lvahcc OF any of the iron stock mills with :
hich we are acquainted. !