The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-03-14
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MILLS-THE LARGEST MILLS
SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPO-

SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPO-
LIS.
In November, 1872, Mr.. c. z. Sutton.
Of the firm of Sutton and Lundy, from
near Dayton, Ohio, visited Worthinq-
ton. The character of the people, the
temperance and educational features of
the Colony, and heprospect that these
pralries would soon be waving with
miles of wheat, determined the selec-
ton of Worthington as his future
home and base of operations. He re-
turned to Ohio and at once began prep
arations for transferring his mills to
this place. Earlyin May. 1873, Messrs.
Sutton & Lundy began the erection of
the mill, which was completed in Sep
tember. As this is the most important
manufacturing enterprise which has
thus far been established in our midst.
a detailed description of the mill will
be of interest.
The building is four stories in height.
and with the machinery cost between
$685. 900 and $4,000. Attached to the
mill is an elevator with a capacity to
store from 10000 to 10000 bushels of
wheat. The engine which drives the
machinery is one of eighty-five horse
power, with balance wheel twelve feet
in diameter and weighing about four
and a;half tons. Messrs Sutton s. Lun-
dy had not originally intended the in
PRODUCTION of the Middlings Separator
into their mill, but on arriving here
they found that they could not manu-
facture flour Of the best brand in the
market without this process, and there
fore determined, at an additional ex-
pense of some $780, to introduce the
Separator. The Middlings Separator
is a Minnesota invention and can be
applied, we understand, only to the
harder varieties Of spring wheat raised
in Minnesota and the Northwest. The
flour made by this process commands
from one to two dollars more per bar
rel i'll the New York market than the
best st Louis brands, or than the best
brands made from winter wheat
From the New York Exchange Repor.
ter and Price Current we quote the fol-
lowing, giving the price of leading Min
nesota and St. Louis brands:
n Mi9n ..:I rS Sap; Extra, *s5o@s12,25
In the manufacture of this brand.
the flour passes through the usual pro-
cess, that portion which is separated
from the middlings and barrelled up
forming the second best brand. The
middlings are then passed through the
separator and the dark particles are
separated from the white. These white
particles are then returned to the burrs
and re-ground. Thence they pass to
the boiling cloths and the flour thus
obtained is the whitest and best brand
known i'll the markets of the world.
10 form clear idea of the mill, we
must begin at the beginning and follow
the wheat until it is finally barrelled
up in the form of -four. The wheat is
received at the second story of the ele.
vator, then passed to the story below
and is thence elevated to bins above,
there being separate bins for the differ.
ent grades. When ready to grind, the
wheat is elevated to the cupalo Of the
mill, (which may he called the fifth sto.
ry, and there passed through storage
separator which runs about 400 bushels
an hour. Thence the wheat passes to
the story below, or the fourth story,
and is there run through an Oats and
Weed Separator which separates the
wheat from whatever oats, weeds, etc.,
it may contain. Thence the wheat
passes to the next or third story and is
run through the Shutter, which scours
the berries and passes them to the next
or second story, where they are again
run through shutter and then raised
into bins just over the burrs. There
are five run Of stone in the mill. four
for wheat and one for corn. The wheat
is then passed to the burrs and ground
and the meal is carried up to the tor
story and passed to the boiling chests,
OF which there are two single ones and
one double one. These chests are each
70 feet long and Is high, the single ones
having each reels and the double one {
reels. From these boiling chests the
-four is carried to the packer for this
brand of flour and packed for shipment
The middlings are carried to the Sepa
rator, of which there is one in the up.
per story and two in the third story
The meal passes over a series of silk
cloths which allow the portion to be re-
ground to pass through, while the 9th
er portion is carried off and received al
the end Of the Separator. The white
particles which fell through the cloth
are then carried down again to the
burrs, re-ground and passed again tc
the boiling chests, whence the flour is
passed to another packer used exclu.
sively for packing this brand, which is
the best brand made, equal to the best
Minneapolis brands and surprising all
brands not made by this process. Nea,
the packers is what is called the Dust
er, box made to receive the dust
which is ordinarily wasted in mills,
This dust passes into the box through
a tube in which is suction fan which
carries the dust into the box with great