Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-18
Flour MILLING In South Carolina. E

"
for several years past tho practica.
bility Of growing in South Carolina
all the wheat and manufacturing ali
the -four required for home consump.
tion, at least, to the great advantage
OF tie. agricultural interest in the
first instance, and with the incidental
and desirable results of establishing
a new and considerable manufsotur-
ing industry at home and lkeepingin
the State thereby the large sums Of
money expended every year TO,
flour; and it is gratifying to note
the numerous evidences of q very
general movement in the desired di-
rection: In the last few days only
we have marked several reports from
different parts of the State, showing
tho rapid development of the -four
milling business, and we present q
short review of the facts for the
general information, and by way OF
suggestion to unprogressive counties
and communities which still look to
the West for the larger part of their
bread supply.
The "busiest people in York coun-
ty now," it was noted by our York
vile correspondent, "are tho owners
of the roller flour mills. The mill at
this place, which has capacity of
GO barrels in ID hours, runs day and
night without stopping" Mr.. Rid
dies mill also was ga week behind
its work, and it was especially noted
that the wheat that is ground in the
mills twas raised in York and the
adjoining counties, and as o conse-
quence there has been q considerable
falling off in the demand for -four
from the West" ..-
Our Spartanburg correspondent
reported about the samo date, that
since the wheat crop camc in there
has been very little demand for
"store -four" and added that "the
wheat mills are crowded these days
and have all the grinding they can
do" Placing the value of the flour
at . cents pound, he added, "thc
wheat is worth 81 bushcl." Our
farmers generally will do wel to
note this effect of the presence and
operation of mill in their neighbor-
hood. Flour is really worth less
than q cents pound.
Our Lauens correspondent re-
ported "Tho Laurens steam flour
mills arc doing splendid business.
Every day their mill is surrounded
with wagons bringing wheat from
the country. Good crops of wheat
have been raised in tbo county and
tho mill was established at an oppor-
tune time"
From Columbia it is reported that
DR.. Boozer has refitted the Aull
steam mill, "and is giving good re,
suits in old-fashioned, unadulteratcd
flour. From five bushels of wheat
the mill turns out 200 pounds Of
flour, first and second quality, OK.
elusive OF the toll Forty-siy
pounds of flour to the bushel is the
usual result, but prime wheat yields
forty eight pounds" Any farmer can
make the calculation on this basis
whether it pays to raise wheat in.
stead of buying flour. ...
We are not trying to give a list OF
all the flour mills in the State, and
these four examples will servo very
well to show the capabilities of such
concerns, and what they mean to the
communities served by thcm III. 1t is
to be noted, however, that Green.
vile has just organized a mill of the
capacity of 1926 barrels of flour and
GGG bushels Of meal, and smaller
enterprises of the same kind were
reported during the past week from
Central, Duncan, and Gray Court.
Evidently the new industry has taken
q strong hold in the upper part Of
the State, and is growing rapidly
there. 1t vii! probably extend to
every county in fow years, and
there is no danger of tho business
being ovcrdono in any county. "a
very conservative estimate" says our
Spartanburg correspondent, "places
the amount of wheat and corn ro.
quircd to give bread to the classes in
the county not owning or renting
farms at quarter of q million bush.
els per annum." There are more
than forty counties in the State which
require nearly as much. The farmers
and millers plainly have all the
"home market" they can desire, and
it is their own fault and loss if they
do not supply it.--News and Courier
Everybody Says so.
Cascarots Candy Cathartio, tho most
wonderful medical discovery of tho ago,