The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-15
The FaribauIt Grange Mill.

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large FIGURING Mill erected by the Rice
county Patrons Of Husbandry. We
were fortunate in stopping there at a
time when Hon. John Passon, Presi-
dent Of the Association and Superin-
tendent Of the mill, had leisure to show
US around and explain the mysteries we
beheld, and when the Secretary, Mr..
Miles Hollister, could give US the re-
suits Of the business up till that time.
In short, when the mill was not running.
As usual, our first object was to ex-
anime the foundations, which are of the
most substantial description throughout.
The mill building proper is 50x60 feet,
and the boiler and engine rooms are in
an adjoining building, 34x50 it,, on the
north end. Another building, used for
receiving and storing wheat, joins the
mill on the west side. 1t is capable of
storing 10000 bushels of wheat, with
space for receiving and weighing. As
there is, also, place for receiving and
weighing in the mill proper, the facili-
ties in this respect are superior to any
other mill that we know Of. 1t is in
tended to add another warehouse still
west of this, in order that the grades Of
wheat may be kept separate. When
that is completed the company can take
all the wheat that offers, instead Of re-
fusing all that is not No. l, as is now
the case.
The motor Of this immense establish
ment is an engine of about 100 horse
power, and a very foe piece Of mechan-
ism. It is placed on solid stone foun-
dation, so firm that there is no percept-
ible jar when running. The engine
room is of stone and brick. The water
for the boilers passes through receiv-
ing tank and is warmed by the exhaust
steam before it passes into the lime
catcher, which takes out all the mineral
matter. The furnace consumes about
five cords of soft wood in twenty-four
hours. Two Knowles pumps a No. 3
for hot and No. 6 for cold water, are
available for constant use.
In the basement the most noticeable
feature is the directness with which the
power is communicated to the stones
from single line Of shaft. There are
six runs Of stones. By means of a tight
ener that is raised or lowered by ma
chinery, the driving belt of any one set
of burrs may be relaxed and thrown off
from it's pulley so that the stones may
be raised without checking the engine
OF interfering with the other runs. The
husk frame on which the burrs rest, is
composed Of Norway pine timbers
14x16 inches, bedded on stone. The
spindles are encased in stufing box Of
tallow, which melts and lubricates them,
obviating the danger of over-heating.
A Barnard u Victor Combined Shutter
and Separator, and a Thorp's Wheat
Brush and Finishing Machine are, also,
in the basement. On the first floor
above the basement, which is the grind
ing and packing room are six run Of
burrs, three of which run on wheat and
three on middlings. It is proposed to
add another run for ordinary custom
work in the early future, as there is am
pie power to run it. Here is also a
Matteson's Patent Flour Packer, by
which barrel is packed in one minute
and IS seconds, average, and Wheat
Separator and Dat and Weed extractor.
There are in the second story two La
Croix Separators and Middlings Puri6-
ers which are considered the best in
use. The wheat bins are also located
in this story, directly over the burrs
and the packer chest over that machine.
On the third floor are the bolt chests
containing eight reels, with two convey
ors under each. There are, also, two
LIZ Croix Separators and Middlings
Purifiers in this story, and a new ma
chine for taking out the cookie seeds,
etc., which had just been put in when
we were there
The wheat, on being received into
the mill is first run through the weed
and oat extractor, then through the
shutter, from which it passes to the
brush and finishing machine, which d.