West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-05-14
HOW FLOUR rs MADE.


Modern Elour-MiIIs.
lIc"c is the mill What noisy.
dusty place. aud what a perfect maze
of machinery md men flying hithcr
and thithrr; but wc will soon under.
stand tM. When the wheat gets here
it has in it oats, corn, rye and various
weed seeds, besides. many harvc>tcrs
hind with wire and these bands are
cut in small piece, 10y the thresherS.
All these foreign subStancrS must bc
removed before grinding For a long
time the bits of wire banlcd every en-
'dcavor t6 remove them; linallya bright
man invented a machine which does IL
without missing wire This consists
of an inclined sheet of zinc. under the
lower edge of which is placed a row of
magnets: over this the wheat flows i'm
a thin, golden stream; the magnets
hold every wire, which the scrspcr
pushes To one side. After this the
wheat goes to the oat separator. n
large cylinder in the inner surface OF
which are pressed dents Just large
enough to hold a grain of wheat, but
not of sufficient size to allow of the en-
into this cylinder, drops into these hol-
lows, and is carried up one side M the
cylinder rcvolVcs A brush IL placed
part way up the side, just touching the
cylinder; this catches the oats and corn.
but the wheat grains being i'm the cav
tiles pass on, while the oats drop to the
bottom. As soon as the wheat reaches
n given point it falls on a series of
ii ,,F , T.n
cookie separator is the same i'm princi-
pie rs the oat machine, the difference
being the cookie seed are smaller than
the wheat. and the dents are madc of
corresponding size; thus the wheat can
not fall into the dents
Next il goes To the shutter, which
clears it of all smut, and last is the
Becker brush, in which the grain goes
through brushes which remove all the
dust and dirt and rub of the fun.
leaving only the dirt in the crease Of
the kernel Now il is ready To bc
ground. The wheat goes to the first
reduction rolls, of which there are
eight sets placed side bv side. having
eight corrugations i'm each roll The
second set has twelve. and 50 on. in.
crcasing 10y four to the sixth, which
has twcmty-cight. In passing through
the first set the wheat is cracked. the
dirt in the crease released and some
flour made; this now goes to the upper
story where IL passes over a wire cloth
called sculper; all the flour and dirt
here pass through the cloth and form
the lowest grade Of flour. This is hard
" iit for bread, but is sometimes used
for that purpose. The cracked wheat
nu8- @Qes.lp,tho. second series of rolls
and scnlPar. aud again the third. 80
continuing untii-thc fifth, each time a
higher grade of Hour being taken out.
The middling, are now taken TO the
purifier, where all the impurities are
winnowcd out which leaves them
ready to be ground; this is done by
running between porcelain rolls. after
which il goes TO the bolts the flour
passes through leaving still portion
10 be ground again; this last part is
ground with brushes and bOltcd At
the sixth reduction the bran is carried
To the bran dustcr, where the adhcring
flour is separated from il, which il car
RED 10 the lowest grade. The bran is
conveyed TO a room and prepared for
shipment While going through the
mddlings-purilicr portion OF the flour
is forced into the dust room. The con
tents Of this room are aftcrward re
ground, and Hour is carried to the low
est grade. ~ H. FdymcT.