Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1880-07-22
A FIGURING MILL.

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determination among our farm
ers not to attempt the cultiva
ton Of wheat until 4 flour mil
/ has been erected. Many Of tht
old settlers in this county as
sure the BANNER that wheat car
be successfully cultivated. Re
cent experiments have demon
strated it beyond doubt. Las
fall a number Of packages o.
wheat we're distributed in this
neighborhood by the agent o.
the agricultural department
what the result was we have moi
been informed. In Burlesor
county Nicaragua wheat has
been raised and ground into a
fair quality of flour without i'm
proved milling machinery. Al
present every dust Of -four used
in Washington and Austin coun.
ties is imported from abroad,
Kansas and Missouri furnish
ing the larger portion of it while
the remainder is made in
Texas mills at Sherman, Ennis
and Galveston. We have never
been able to get the exact num-
Der Of car loads of flour con.
sumed in the county; the cen
sus shows a population Of near
ly 1900; allowing six persons
to a family we have $500 fami-
lies, and if the annual consump-
ton Of -four to be four barrels
per year for each family, and
this estimate is thought to be
rather under than over the av-
erage consumption, we find that
it takes 1900 barrels or $50
car loads of -four to supply this
county alone. A mill running
800 days in the year and pro-
ducing 90 barrels daily would
be required for this county
alone. Brennan now supplies
portions ofBurleson, Lee, Fay
cite and Austin counties, so
that it is apparent that if even
only two thirds of the home
consumption or say a thousand
barrels Of -four a month were
made here it would give con-
slant employment to a very
respectable sized mill. In adj
dition to wheat flour a great
deal of imported rye flour is
used. Rye can be raised here
as easily as oats, and as an ar
ticle of diet, rye bread is more
nutritious and far more healthy
than bread made from wheat.
A great many Of the German
farmers in this, Austin and Fay
cite counties raise a crop of rye
every year. A crop of rye has
the additional advantage of af-
fording excellent pasturage dur
ing the winter.
An inquisitive person might
ask, suppose you had a mill,
where is the wheat coming from?
The answer is simple, the San
ia Fe railway is being pushed
forward and by the Ist of jan
uary next will be completed to
Bolton, which is located in the
midst Of splendid wheat coun-
try, wheat is also raised in Bur
Lesson and Milan counties, and
the Santa Fe railway, if we are
not misinformed, has offered to
transport wheat to BRENNAN at
a reduction of twenty-five per
on the rates for flour. A mill
here could dispose of all the
bran as it makes excellent food
for both COWS and horses. That
a good mill well managed here
would pay handsomely there is
no doubt, as in addition to
supplying our home demand we
have our neighboring towns of
Hampstead, Chappell Hill, Bur-
ton, Kenney, Bellville, Caldwell,
Ledbetter, Giddings and per-
haps McDade all located on
the railroads and having daily
direct communication with us.
We would be able to sell as
cheap or cheaper than the mills
located at a distance and of
course if the article furnished is
as good, would get the custom.
FIGURING mills are successfully
operated at Houston and Gal
ton, both OF which places have
to get their wheat from much
greater distance than would
The location of a
mill here would stimulate our
own farmers to produce wheat;
il we could only keep at home
the money now sent out Of the
county to pay for -four it would
add materiallyto our wealth.
II WILL be remembered that
when the county conventions as
sembled in 1873 a great many
counties instructed for Hubbard