The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-10-19
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grinding does not ruin The -four, sa the
brother thinks; but rather the reverse.
Neither is the cid style buhr entirely re.
sponsibIe. A portion of the RESPONSE
bility rests with the man who makes the
original plan; still another portion rests
with the so called miller Who has not
learned perhaps that good flour cannot
be made from bad, damaged or imper-
fectly cleaned wheat, and that "between
the stones the flour is made" Many
millsrs and millwrights, when they have
finished what in kindness ID called stone
dressing, (stono butchering), both face
and furrow has the appearance Of an ir.
regular cut bastard file, dozen times
msgni6ed; then such stones are In fit
condition to grind coarse clobs for hogs
or cattle, and woe betids the customers
who, for the hrat dozen, grind after that
fat, clean bran, and an article OF -four
that is pure, clean and sweet, and though
fine enough to bolt through No. u *
silk, it reveals, under magnifyiug glass,
that it is perfectly grauulated and has a
delicious nnt!y taste that sll pure -four
should have; they get bran s fine
ground, as sharp and nearly as heavy as
fine poarly gri1. And the -four, we'll, If
"Jarsey Blue" does not describe 1t,
Web,tsr's next edition may contain the
right word. "Tbat patent -four mill"
that Ar. R. spoke of may be too costly
and complicated and would hardly suit
OUT immediate wants. Many of the de-.
vices of the patent sharks are treacher.
ous and dangerous, as many custom and
small merchant millers of the past could
testify.
Many of the elaborate patent processes
were intended not 80 much to improve
the product and increase the yield, so
that the farmer, miller aad conaumer
would all be benefited; but, like the
popular practice of medicine to-day, they
we're intended to mystify and put money
into the pockets of patent rings, their
henchmsn, manufacturers, sud drive the
small merchant and custom miller to the
wall, thereby putting the whole business
in the bands of the big mill ownerS-
giant monopolios. While there is more
science about bread making in all Its
rami6cations than there ID in the art of
dosing out medicine to the stock, still the
farmers have il in their power to raise
and manufacture the bread We eat, and ne
are very foolish if ne don't combine and
do it.
A majority of the old buhr mills with
the judicious outlay of a few hundred
dollars, could be 30 improved that they
would give their customers abundant
satisfaction. The addion of an oat and
cookie machine, proper adjustment Of
the securing machine that every mill
has, would, by intelligent management,
be sufficient to do fairly good work in
cleaning the grain, especially by run.
ming it through two or three times in.
stead of once. Than the stones would
have to be in good condition. A pair Of
simple, cheap, mot patiently smooth
break rolls, small purifier and proper
adjustment, and clothing and boiling
reels; and if intelligence and compe.
tency has planned and directed the work,
an excellent rig would be the result, that
might bring smile to tho entire com.
munity, especially at tho breakfast table
after good crop of wheat was harvested,
threshsd and ground. The "Long Roll
or" patent syssems could practically do
no better work than this little c0mbina.
ton will, aud the good part would be that
farmers could mix alumni in their bread
at the table to their own liking. The
little combination mill would cost only
hundreds, while the big rollor process
would cost tens of Thousands, and could
never be reached by company Ola hum
dred farmers.
To give an idea of the value Of the
wheat thst grows in Southern latitude,
natures and ripsns under Southern
sun, will from memory quote In sub.
stance what i read several years ago. A
test was made with -four made from
| North Georgia wheat and -four made
from Michigan or Minnesota wheat II
cannot nov call to mind which, The
sample of Georgia -four contained in
round numbers, 8 per cent. of moisture,
while the Northwestern -four contained
in round numbers, 16. By calculation
based upon said test, barrel Of that
from Georgia would make from thirty to
fifty pounds more than the Northwest
ern. That test and analysis showed also
a considerable difference in the per cent.
of gluten contained 10 the different
aours, being in favor of the -four Of Geor.
| gia wheat, and a corresponding lesa quan-
tity of starch. Tho sum of that test
showed that Southern -four contained
less water and less starch, but contained
more gluten because it contained more
properties that make muscle, brain and
strength. Have wo anything to asrve as
proof that our wheat is superior to North
ern and Woztern7 We have abundance
of 1t. Every housekeeper who has used
-four, both home raisad and imported,
knows that there is q marked difference
in the time barrel OF home -four will
last the family over the barrel that Is
bought from the store. The barrel OF
imported -four is loosely packed, but con-
tains full weight, 200 pounds net The
barrel of home -four, ii 1t weighs 1876, 1t
is packed solid and requires much dig
g;ng with saucer to get 1t out. The
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