The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-01-14
MILLING INTERESTS
GALLATIN VALLEYS MILLS, FOUR In
NUMBER.
Their Output of Fiour-A Description OF Their
Machinery and Flour A Large
Amount of Capital Invested.

The Gallatin valley, eonspiciously the
fairest and richest of Montanas Wales,
+ produces more grain than the remainder
of Montana combined In the summer
time its hillsides and hollows present a
beautiful picture with the waving. golden
/ grain noddlng to every breeze Then
follows the improved harvesting machin-
cry quickly cutting and binding the
gram Then the steam threshers make
the rounds and with surprising alaerity
we find the sheaVes soon converted into
salable grain and nutritious fodder. The
season of 1884 has been one of well-lilled
graneries for the Gallatih valley farmers,
but unfortunately the price Of their prin-
cipal product has been discouragingly
low, but with the prospects Of a railroad
to Butte, where better market can be
found, and a frmer eastern market, our
farmers have already prepared the soil
for a larger acreage than heretofore
What Minneapolis is to the great
Northwest, Bozeman is to Montana, as a
-four centre. Approaching this fact the
four mills of the valley have been fur
nished with the best Of machinery, and
with the same wheat ear produce as
good -four as is ground at the famous
Washburn mills Fhe question Of better
seed is now attracting our farmers atten-
ton and when this is procured, with the
tremendous yields which the soil is
capable of, great things may be looked
for in this branch of husbandry.
The first mill in GalIatin valley was
erected in Bozeman by Meadow Bros it
it is a large building, standing on a
prominent site, and for several years its
machinery, day and night worked on
tirelessly, furnishing flour for the miner,
the farmer, the merchant, the hunter
the soldier and the indian of Montana
Its work is not yet done, or its energies
impaired, and although erected when
every piece of machinery was freighted
over the mountains at great expense, it
has enriched its owners and will for
many years prove paying property.
Stewards null on Mill creek is also
above the title of country grist mill,
and besides supplying the wants of the
farmers in its vicinity, manufactures
flour for other markets, securing. an in
seprable reputation for its Bakers De-
light brand.
The Empire Mill owned by Hon. G o.
d. Thomas, is also first glass in every re-
spect, and is not only capable of turning
out a large amount of -four but super
Tor quality Mr. Thomas manufactures
several brands and has employed an ex-
pert head miller. who gives it as his
opinion that with the machinery of the
mill and the best of wheat, grade Of
-four can be produced unsurpassed by
an manufacturer.
The largest mill . levalley is owned
by Nelson Story, ana is situated at the
base of the foot hills, two miles from
Bozeman Tins building completed last
year is four stories high and of very
large dimensions An idea Of its magni-
tude can be gained from the fact that
the building, machinery and water
courses cost nearly, if not quite 100000 !
The power required to grind, divide, sub
divide, elevate, re-eievate, regrind, bolt,
purify, time and again, some Of it being |
handled over twenty times, the enorm-
Gus amount Of grain required every
twenty four hours, is furnished by tur-
bine wheel BY single twist torrent
of water is turned into the strong boiler
iron tube. and rishes with headlong
fury against the little turbine, propelling |
the huge machinery with mresisting |
force shaking the stupendons structure
with its mighty power. Mr. Story has
lately added corps Of Minneapolis mil
lers under the charge Of AIr. Ed. Cheever,
head miller Of excellent repute, to his
working force, and finds his product in
great demand
All OF our mills manufacture the \
patent" flour or rather use the patent
process. This term is applied to the
high grades of -four because it is made Of
middlings which have been purified by
the patent process the middlings
purifier This is the sine qua non Of
flour manufacture nowadays and no first
class mill is without middlings purifier.
The middlings. little white pieces Of
broken wheat Clipped out of the kernel
inside the bran are regained by the purig
fer by first spreading the middlings
upon a sieve enclosed in wooden frame
and then imparting yibratory motion
to them, it then forces a current of air
up through the sieve and crawling ma
terial, with sufficient force to draw of
the bran specks, while the heavy parti-
Giles drop through the sieve. The sepa-
ration is accomplished with erea exact
ness and then the white. clean middlings
are re-ground into patent -four
All the great races have been bread
eaters and hence the intellectual devel-
opment and progress Of the human race
depends to a considerable degree on good
bread, and perhaps we depart from the
text of this article when we add that
the best patent -four Is now acknowi-
edged by the majority Of hygienists and
scientific men as the ideal wheat food.
because it is net only we'll supplied with
matter, but is free from inn
pure and indIgestible material The
fallaey Of eating flour into which the
brand has beer ground with the expee-
iation Of getting more heterogeneous
matter than can be obtained from good
-four, has been exposed by careful ex-
perments upon men anil animals which