Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-02-07
WARREN MANUFACTURES.
G.. o. GrisWOId's LInseed Oil
Mill

Mill.
e This mill is situated on the Canal and Ca
nal street, between Main and Libert,
0 streets. The main building is of wood eighty
feet long, forty feet wide and three storie
{ high. The store-house Immediately adjoin
ing is a fre-proof brick building forty-fivt
feet long, forty feet wide and three stories
high, with a capacity for storing twenty
thousand bushels of seed, while the mill
proper has a capacity for storing an addi-
tional ten thousand bushels. The fax seed
is received in the front part of the Main
building and is carried to and from the
store house by conveyors and elevators. The
fax seed is obtained mostly from Northern
Ohio. The oil is sold principally in Cleve,
land and Western New York, though orders
are received from New York City, Chicago,
Detroit and other points East and West
The mill Is capable of manufacturing sixty
thousand bushels of fax seed yearly, each
bushel yielding on an ayrage two gallons of
oil, and in the aggregate one hundred and
twenty thousand gallons yearly. The
amount of oil cake produced is twenty-four
hundred tons yearly, which is sold mostly in
New York, and Philadelphia, to be exported
to Europe, where it is used for feeding cat
tie. The oil cake is but little used in this
country for feeding stock, save when there is
a scarcity of grain, then all that the mills
can make is thus consumed. Farmers
throughout this country raise such guam
titles of grain that it Is unnecessary for them
to purchase any kind of feed. The oil cake
being a very rich feed, is in great demand
among the English stock raisers who are
obliged to purchase. Corn is not safe to
ship in bulk on account of the danger of its
heating and thereby spelling, but the oil
cake is very compact and easily handled, and
no particular risk is run in shipping it, and
on account of its containing more nutriment
than corn is generally preferred as a feed.
p Mr.. Griswold has now on hand awaiting
transportation over two hundred tons of oil
cake, for which there is a good demand, and
which readily sells for thirty dollars per ton.
The hydraulic press was made by Messrs.
Packard, Hull, s. Co., machinists of that
The amount Of pressure on a single
cake necessary to extract the oil, is about
four hundred ton, or two and one-half tons
per square inch. The number of hands en-
ployed is twelve. The number of barrels
used evry year is between three and four
thousand, costing very near ten thousand
these are mostly made in Warren;
twelve thousand gunRy bags for the
of oil cake. These are imported
Ind cost each forty cents or nearly five thou
and dollars. The engine by which the works
run is one of forty horse power. The
ofcoal annually consumed is eight
tons. 1t is an interesting sight to
ee ar oil mill in operation The machln-
~ is altogether different from that used in !
'ther manufactures, and is large and heavy
nd works sosilentiy one hears no clinking nor s
lattering. He becomes fascinated as it were,
y watching the motions of the immense
stone crushers. We have not space
notice the different pieces of machinery, i
or their use. Those having leisure cannot c
pend an hour more proftably than by visit !
lg this oil mill. +
Welearned from Mr.. Griswold that there is Y
lore fax seed imported than is grown in i
lis country; this ought not to be. Many II
re under the impression that the raising of b
AZ exhausts the soil; it probably does some h
hat, but not more than oats. Flax seed is u
DIV worth two dollars and ninety cents per :
In former times a bushel of fax
ed was considered equal in value to a bush p
of wheat. Farmers ought to give this Il
lbject more attention, and if they do they y
i'll soon discover what is for their interest, e
(which side of their bread is buttered. " h
Mr.. Griswold is well known as an upright, u
business man, and an exemplary q,
tizen; one too, who is fully deserving of N
e great success he has achieved in his bus "
ess.