Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-01
THE DAT MEAL MILL.
The Plans for It's Establishment in
Ottumwa.
IT WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO MANY
Farmers Will Get Good Prices for
bTheir oats-Money Will Soon Be
vRaised to Start the Mill-subscrip.
ton Books Are Open.

The topic of most absorbing inter-
est to Ottumwans and those living in
the vicinity of Ottumwa, just now, is
the matter of the oat meal mill which
certain public spirited men in this
city are endeavoring to secure. While
the oat meal mill will not give employ
ment to a great many men, it will bring
much money to the city which would
otherwise go to some other place. Not
only this. but it will afford a market
for the oats that are grown all over Wa,
pello county and the surrounding coun-
try, and the farmers in the territory
covered will have an extra inducement
to bring their oats to the OttumMa
market rather than ship them to for
eign market because the Ottumwa mill
VIII be able to pay more than the
makets farther away, where the
freight and time count for so much.
Good Money in Oats. ia
An Ottumwa grain dealer estimated
today that the price of oats in Ottum-
wa will be two cents per bushel high
er than in other markets, that is, for
the oats grown in this county and vi
cinity. This will readily be recognized
as a great benefit to the farmers. Not
only will they be enabled to sell their
oats for bigger price than they can
get elsewhere, but they will be able
to buy stock food of excellent quail
ity, which will be sort of by-product
of the oat meal MILL
The Stock Food.
This stock food. which has only re.
Gently been made a part of the pro.
duct of this class of mills, has been
found to be a most valuable food as
we'll as one of very moderate cost. II
| Is made from the refuse, CONSISTING
largely of oat hulls, and is not only
palatable but healthy and flesh max.
| ing.
The Plans.
The capitalists of Ottumwa are
thinking very seriously of the plans
for establishing this mill in Ottumwa
1t was thought at first that enough
money had been raised, with the ex.
ception of $4,000, to conduct the bust
ness, but this was found to be an error
and now the Ottumwa Real Estate and
Commercial Exchange are making
efforts to get capital interested in the
enterprise.
Capital is interested.
Already they have made known their
Intention of putting money into the
| factory. Investigation has demon
lstrated that an independent mill such
as the one in. question is intended tc
be, is capable of success, and it is only
a matter of a short time before
enough money will be raised among
the people of Wapello county to make
the mill go.
Subscription Books Open.
In view of the fact that the farmers
of this vicinity will be greatly benefit
ed by the mill, it is suggested by the
| Ottumwa men interested in the mat
ter that Wapello county farmers and
others who wish, take stock in the
factory The plan is simple. The
money is to be raised among those
who wish to take stock. THIRTY
thousand dollars is to be raised by OF
tumwa people and those living in the
surrounding country, and NJ. v. Nichols
an oat meal manufacturer of Beatrice
Neb,, is to furnish the machinery anc
capital amounting in all to $4,000
The company is to be a stock com
4 pany, and from present indications. i
should make money, as investigation
by OttumWans has shown that the in
dependent mills are making money il
different parts of Iowa and Nebraska