The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1876-05-18

One Of ~ Best Houring Mills In the
''Patent Process" Flour, and How it
IS Is Made.
4 few days aimee, crossing 70 the east
side and driving two miles up the river to
Sank Rapids, We paid visit to the new
merchant Touring mill recently built At
this splendid water.power by our energetic
and wids-awake fellow-townsman, Nh. ].
A. Stanton. In size it is 60x8O teet, four
stories above the basement and ID what il
known as "belt" mill. Ithas six run Of
stone, besides one run for making feed or
fred dog"-ths -four turned outior fattening
'sLo "-he of the untutored mind. These
are all four-foot burrs. On the first floor
il the power that runs the machinery of
the mill. There are two American turbine
wheels-a 68-inoh, for themain shaft which
runs the six burns, the bolts and the puri-
fiers; and a 55-inch for the second shaft,
which runs the feed burr, the wheat-clean-
ing machinery aud the elevators. On this
floor are the wheat-cleaning machinery, =
cookie machine, receiving separator, and
the smut and brush machines-the last
three being from the Barnard & Leas
Manufacturing Co., At Moline. Ill.
The second is thexrinding floor, and is
occupied by the seven run;of stone referred
to, two dour.packers, wheat separator and
neat and commodious Office.
On the third floor are six "middlings''
machines, used in making the celebrated
Minnesota Patent Process four" Of which
We shall speak hereafter. The wheat, mid
dlings and feed gamers are also on this
floor.
On the fourth floor is the boiling machin-
ery-thirteen reels. The elevator oocu-
pies all Of the front part Of the building
above the grinding door-some fifty feet.
The mill has = Storage capacity of 10000
bushels of grain.
The drafts were prepared and the ma,
chinery was all furnished by the
North Star Manufacturing Company, of
Minneapolis, in this State, and every
thing about the mill il the very best that
could be had. Mr.. ]. H. Finch was the
millwright. This mill, with water power
and lot, cost Mr.. Stanton over $50,0O0. 1t
has = capacity Of over one hundred barrels
Of -four per day. and is now running day
and ight. Mr.. VIM. Scherfsnberg, for
mer resident Of this city, il head miller.
and the quality Of -four turned out must
make the Eagle Mills brand favorite
in any market where it may be offered.
This mill il but the first of many, saw.
grist and WOODEN mills, which in the course
Of few years will occupy places on either
aide Of the river and b driven by this
power. One Of the great advantages offer
ed by the power At the Rapids il that when
mill is once built the expenses, except
those ordinarily attaching to such busi-
ness, are At end. There can be no call for
heavy OUTLAWS to repair breaks and "save
the Rapids" The waters rush along over
. solid granite foundation which will last
as long - time lasts, or 1t least -
long rs most men will stay around to
look after their mill property. We oonsid-
or that this power is guarantee of the fu-
ture of St. Cloud as one Of the largest and
most prosperous cities in the State, and our
people have deep interest in ito further
improvement.
Previous to the discovery of the. new or
"Patent" process, millers depended entire
ly upon bolts to separate the of4al from the
nutritious portion of the wheat when
ground. To effect this and make % large
. yield of -four As possible, they ground
fine and boltsd out ill they could of sufi-
Gent wilderness for -four, but there was =
portion, the middlinss and shorts, too coarse
and dark for flour, which either went -
the offal or was re-eround, ~ it came from
the bolts, and produced 4 very dark, low
grade -four, suitable only for the Indian
trade. 1t is this portion Of the product
which, being ef1ectually cleanedby the new
process, produces the patent OF new process
-four. 1t is now the aim Of millers to
make all the middlings possible, and to Of:
fect this they grind high, keeping their
burrs in the best condition for this purpose.
The process of cleaning middlings con-
sists in passing draft of air through them
with sufficient force to separate the lighter
portion, which is found to be the colored
particles and consists principally of the
fuzz from the wheat kernel. To effect this
they are usually spread upon shaker,
covered with coarse bolt cloth, being first
graded and each grade submitted 70 blast
suited to its kind. If we'll done, every
particle of colored matter is removed. The
middlings are then rs-ground and bolted
with care, and produce the "New Process
-four, 50 deservedly popular with all who
have once tried it. The Scotch Fife wheat,
| raised in the. northern latitude Of Minneso-
t. and Canada, is found 70 gfanulate best 3;
that ID, makes the most and best middlings,
and consequently the highest grade Of
Patent -four. Softwheat will not granulate,
and it seems probable that the further north
wheat IL grown upon suitable soil the Bet
ter Il II Tor the purpose Of making this new
kind Of -four:
NEW M1ILINERI GOODS.
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