Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-02-21
Warren Manufactures.
Dawson, Spear s. Co.'S LInseed
OIL Mill,

VII MILL
Since our last issue We have had the pleas.
ure of being shown through the extensive oil
mill, owned by the gentlemen whose names
head this article. The mill is located on the
canal near the Main street bridge. 1t is q
fire proof brick building, thirty by sixty
feet; with a boiler house one story high in
cased in sheet iron, attached to the south end
of the main building, size: thirty feet long,
by twelve feet wide. The basement story OF
stone is used for settling and storing OIL
The second story Is used for the Office, for
manufacturing purposes, and for storing oil
cake. The third story is used exclusively for
storing seed. The machinery is of the latest
patents. The engine is one of fifty horse
power built by Messrs. Packard, Hull & Co.,
machinists of this town. It rests upon a
massive stone foundation, which renders it
less liable to get out of order. All the work
ing machinery has a direct attachment to
the main shaft, which economies room and
power and obViatss the necessity for any
counter shafting. The capacity of the mill
is two hundred bushels of seed per day, or
about sixty thousand bushels per year. The
supply of seed is not equal to the demand
and the mill cannot, in consequence Of the
same, be in operation all the time. There is
also in connection with the mill, a boiling
establishment, for boiling oil, which renders
it suitable for painting purposes. This firm
has for many months and is now manufac-
turing 8 superior article. Their oil, both
raw and boiled, takes the lead wherever it
goes, and it is G gratifying circumstance 70
them that there is a constant demand for all
they can manufacture. There is a home de-
mand for this OIL which requires about one
half Of what they are able to make. The re-
mainder is sold in Cleveland, Pittsburg, apd
Western Pennsylvania. The oil cake is sold
partly in this section of the country, and the
balance is sent to New York to be shipped to
England. The demand for oil cake for the
English market never ceases. 1t is appreci-
ated as a feed by English stock r~aisers, who
recognize 1t as being superior 10 any grain
whatever for such purposes. In England,
whenever a farm is rented it is invariably
stipulated in the contract that g certain num-
Der of tons Of oil cake shall be fed yearly to
stock on the farm.
If our farmers would pay more attention
to the cultivation of fax they would find it
vastly to their benefit. Many farmers in
this county nave realized from twenty-five
to thirty dollars per acre off one crop. If
a farmer has any wild land, turf or moss
bound, or worn out meadows, he will find it
a sure paying investment to put a crop of
fax on it before reseeding.
The mill, in all of its arrangements and
appointments is far ahead of the old style
Labor is quicker and better performed.-l
There is no waste; everything is turned to
The senior partner of this firm, I. n.
Dawson, Esq, is q practical manufacturer of
oil, having been engaged in the
business nearly twenty years. He organized
this company and commenced operations in
1864, since which time he has built up an
extensive trade, which is constantly in
He is an intelligent, energetic
and straightforward business man. May the
firm of which he is q member, continue to
and ''msy his shadow never grow