The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-25
The elevator and warehouse

Dr00Qcb3. ne eIeVaIOr 6UU warehouse
for the ni!l will come when the capac-
ity Of the mill is increased Il corh
mill shocId be provided. as we'll as
oorn crusoer, as tue operation of such
requires but slight additional expense.
Ao engine aud boiler of an economical
type must be provided. An autom attic
engine should be able to iosare fuel
consumption of not exceeding one bslf
bosbel of coal per barrel Of -four S.cb
plaut Should produce a barrel Of fur
f-oo foar and one balf bushels of No
2 wheat. weighing sixty pounds to be
measured bushel, as IL comes from the
farmer. and 80 per cent. of this -four
should be high grade patent -four,
the remainder clear The help requir-
ed 10 such a mill would consist Of a
miller. an engineer. -four packer and
the cfiee map. The miller can be
obtained for from $50 10 $50 per
mouth. ADD tho Office MAJ is usually
the owner.
Such an outfit, including building,
can be fully equipped for from Eve 10
six thousand dollars, according to local
conditions. aud frequently for much
less a. plaos for country custom. OF.
say, 40-barrel capacity, suitable for
town smaller than county seat, could
be ereosed for from shree TO fous ,hoa-
saod doilars
OF course no vell.,nformed miller
would build -four mill DOW adays ex
cep, he use the sitter system of boiting.
The miller who is using an anti
q1ated bol.iog system has decidedly
..bard row to hoe. !" aud his hoe is
pretty dull He is almost as far
behind the miller with an up-to date
sitter mill as the burr mill was 10 the
rear Of the procession fifteen years ago.
This msy seem to be very broad
assertion. but few omparlsoos as to
yield percentages. capacity AID power
will prove the decteation.
Probably toe experience of Wee:
Tennessee milling frn will afford the
proper comparison. This irm owned
three milis, tso of them classed as
hundred barrel plan,s In one Of .bem
which bad really teen averaging but
eighty barrels. the sifter system was 10.
stalled 4 receDt test run OF 253
bushels showed yield of rs bushels
per barrel, 72 per cent of which was
patent, the low grade -four being only
534 pouods Their capacity is DOW
over one hundred barrels. and they
state that the mill rnos easier than it
did wbeo operating upon toe reel ays-
ten making eighty barrels.
The same firm owned new reel mill
ouly twenty miles away, Wbloh con.
taioed an elaborate lioe of machinery
and operated By good miller. The
best that they could do vas to produce
25 per cent ps.ens. 5 per cent. low
grade. With yield no better than 4 IS
per barrel.
Here was one mill making Al barrels
more patent. about three barrels less
low grade. usiog fifteen bushels less
wheat aud considerably less fuel. This
made difference of $50 each "a hours
in favor Of the sitter mill Another
advantage Dot named above was the
fact that the percentage obtained by the
sitter miil more nearly met the demands
made upon it by the trade. while the
reel mill vas stacking up straigh. -four
or selling it at sacrifice 10 order to
obtain enough patent TO supply moral
demand lis peedIess to say that the
sitter soon displaced the reels.
The sitter system of boiling is COM
parstively recent innovation aod it is
estimated that uot exceeding 1000
mills have, as vet, adopted it This
fact, together wi:h the conditions DOW
surrounding -four milling in the south
as octlioed above, make the present
peculiarly opportune time for revival
CT ber door milling industry. Il is
subject Of much importance fraughs
with the we'll being of the south and
deserves careful attention.