The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-11

where the process OF reduction begins
Five brakes are made, In the first brake
the wheat passes over ana comes out OF a
section of plan sitter covered with silk
on that stock, when IL Immediately goes
TO the pur!heIs and the broken wheat tails
over goes 10 the second brake, and II Is
scalped and purified the same as the nrSt.
The wheat goes through that process until
It has been handled I'VE times in tnat way
ON the last brake the bran Is secured and.
going through the bran buster, IL IS ready
TO be sacked The middiings are what are
made from these reductions. These are
busted, graded aud handled I'm sleycs ana
purifiers, the publication being obtained oy
air suction and graduated six cloths. After
these middllngs are purified and gotten IN
that shape, the next reductions OF nlddimgs
are made the same as commenced On wheat.
and IL takes nine reductions u reduce II 10
-four On the hrst floor of the mill there
are Eve Barnard & Leas Improved -four
pAckers. passenger elevator, dormant scales
and a part Of the elevator boots. The Btor'
age capacity on this floor is about twenty
carloads OF Nour.
on the second floor OF the mill are to De
found eighteen double stands Of aX24 ana
9x80 Baruard's improved roller mills the
same being the latest and most up to date
machinery Of It's kind made, The hret
brake Is on this floor, and attached TO
them IL one Columbia feed governor and
whest steamers and tempers, which control
the amount Of wheat which passes through
the mill On one side Of the second floor
there If CAPACITY OF lOb DhITelA OF uNEu
wheat, and on the other side there Is q
capacity Of soft wheat to the amount of $50
baIrelg Both soft and hard wheat can be
used in the mill at the same time, on elth l'a
one can be used separately. tho change be
luz made, II necessary, ct moment no
tice.
In addition to this there are thirty,,elgbt
stands Of elevators on this 1oor aud also
on this door are 10 he found two blending
reels for grading aud blending the dlnerent
kinds Of dour There Is room adjoining
g.sV. ga Ir4sa tad a.
Inas bran packer one ship Stun packer
and there is storage capacity here Tor Sly
cars Of bran and ship stun. On the tnFa
floor there are ten Barnard Lsas I'm
proved sieve purifiers and perfection DUST
collectors attached. Fans take the not air
from The rolls, and dust collectors are con
neeted with them I amer are elsS uwV
for a complete bfty-barrel rye mill Ihete
are two centrifugal reels here 10 connectloh
with the soft wheat SIDE OF the NIL ~
rhe fourth door the process known az bolt,
ing Ia done There are three No Carr
Iiaggcumacher plan slfters, and two NO,
pian slfters OF the same make. These wa,
chluea arc of a most ingenious make, ana
are filed with sleeves, ono right over the
other ten deep, the bottom OF which 10
covered with silk cloths, There Is also on
this floor one reel for blending feed
On the 9th OF top floor Of the mill are
the heads of thirty eight strands OF ele-
vators arranged 10 throw IN ana out VIII
friction clutches on this door also are the
milling seporators ana one large h'Na w
lection dust collector
The elevator Is nfty-hve feet high, and
there are six bins each having capacity
OF 2I.OOO bushels OF wheat.
rio oneTati1ns of the mill are IN charge
Of s. Sbley. the head miller. Mr. sibley
is from Springfield. No; and has devoted
tbe greater part OF his life TO the work OF
GENERATING hour mills. He Is Of the opinion
tSlt there would be no difficulty whatever
IN successfully conducting a mill In THIS
city. and that an conditions were favorable
TO reaching such an end.
The brands Of the 7. II. Thompson toJr
mill are Sphinx. Extra Fancy, Rcd Raven
high patent Early breakfast. Tex Ton
hrst patent and rye and graham hour.