The Van Buren press., 1875-10-05
NO. 26
The New Process for Flour.

The Northwestern Miller, quoting =
paragraph which appeared some time ago
in the commercial columns Of the Re.
publican, entitled on the relative value 90
dours Of spring and winter wheat, and in
which article it was suggested that St.
Louis millers Of Minnesota spring -four
were taking the Eastern market from
them. should also resort to spring wheat
and the Minnesota process, replies ~ fol-
lows.
That there is no good reason for such
state Of things, and that there are great
r possibilities in the milling Of good
winter wheats than there are in the mill
ing OF spring wheats, we are positively
certain. from actual demonstration.
We know dozen different mills in dit
ferent parts Of the country, including
Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri, who.
iaborng under the erroneous idea that
everything was in Minnesota spring
wheat, have gone TO milling on that
grade of wheat, when the very best QUAIL
tiles OF winter wheat were grown ut their
own door, and in almost every instance
they have failed The main fault has
been that the mill-owners Of this class Of
mills have placed too much reliance upou
the spinlons of their millers.
WHY is 1t, asked prominent Mis-.
souri, mill owner Of his miller, about .
year ago, "yon cannot make - good 4
aour as Mr., M Of Minnesota does ~
Give me Minnesota wheat, /" replied
the miller, "and will" I"
cor,,, nf NQn
tn wheat was at once purchased for this
miller, aud he milled It. and he failed to
make as good -four with the spring wheat
rs he had previously made with the win
ter wheat When confronted With this
fact, how do you suppose he got out OF
~ Why, 1t was easy enough; he sim
ply said that the wheat in travelling a.
great distance. had lost its satire rir
'uei' and OF course the proprietor swal-
lowed it all, and the probability is that
by this time his salary has been raised
We have no doubt that nearly every one
of our readers eau recall an instance Of
this kind.
70 argne that the brilliant results At.
tanned by Minnesota mills Is owl o t.
the superiority Of their wheat, Is errone
ons. There is not grain Of truth in Il.
Their success is ewing entirely to their
superior skill and science, and wherever
equal skill and science is displayed in
other localities. equally satisfactory re-
suits are obtained
Homer Baldwin of Youngsten. O..
milling on Ohio red winter wheat, wrote
us year ago that he did not think It was
possible to make as good -four out Of
winter wheat as Of spring wheat We
told him to dress his stones with the emery
wheel and his mind would sosn change.
He did SO. and the result was as we q.
pectcd, aud now he is making as good
and profitable brand of -four as 10 made
in the world.
and white wlntcr no.t.~,. i....r. from Mr..
here and were exhibited to the miilefs
and -four sellers on Change, and which
were much admired for their surpassing
excellence
What Mr.. Baldwin has done Is within
the power Of every miller in the land to
do. Good wheat. properly milled, wheth
err spring or winter. will make good -four.
and make it at q profit. 1t is not only
necessary in successful milling, to make
good flour, but 1t il just as necessary to
make good yield.
The whole story is in the condition OF
the mill stone itself So long a. that
is not in perfect condition-perfectly
smooth and uniform-the granulation
cannot be perfect, and no hand work on
a mill-ston can ever compete with Mr..
Baldwin's mill, and mills Of his class ;
who have laid the picks aside for that
more modern Improvement, the emery
wheel. st Louis Republican.