Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-11-18
ARE GRINDING
DAY AND NIGHT
The Judith Basin Milling Company
Has Two Shifts at Work Making
white Satin" Flour.
LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS
The Mill Consumes Two-Thirds of the
Fergus County Wheat crop-Sue-
gestion to Wheat Growers.

One of the substantial business en-
terprises of I.ewistown is the Judith
Basin Milling company, and the plant,
which is located on Main street, at
the edge Of town. is one of the best
Touring mills in the state. Like 9th,
er enterprises of the city the milling
company is steadily extending its
business and now there is scarcely a
home in Fergus county into which the
famous white Satin" -four does not
find its way.
The mill was huilt four years ago.
A ditch about a half or th%ree-quarters
of a mile in length conveys the wa
ter which furnishes The power for the
mill, The water fall is sixteen feet
and generates 7u.hoTse power, which
is sufficient for the purpose OF run
ming the machinery necessary I'm the
grinding of the wheat. The mill is
modern in every particular and in G..
A. Steinberg the company has a mill
superintendent who Is. In every re-
spect, well fitted for the position
which he holds. The Argus rcprcSen.
tatiye was shown through the entire
plant by Mr.. Stpinbprg yesterday at
tcrnOor and had explained tn him the
utmost details of the iluur making
business. From the place where the
vanchrr pmpties his wheat into the re-
ceiyinP sink, to the bins holding the
clean. white -four. he was guided by
Ihc genial superintendent. who care
fully pointed ont the different parts
of the mill and told of the function Of
each part.
The mill has a storage capacity of
T. 600 bushels Of wheat. 1000. 0nU lbs.
Of -four and about 100 tons of bran.
The first year it was started the sup
ply of wheat was limited and the mill
was able to run only a part of the
year The second year there Wa al
so n deficiency of wheat and cycn last
wear the mill was shut down for a
few months. But ii is thought the
supply will equal the capacity this
year and that the mill will be run
steadily from now on. Both day and
night shifts are o employed and
the mill is never allowed 10 stop
grinding.
The daily capacity is about fifty
barrels. but If the demand Is suffici,
ent to Justify il this capacity could
be increased to 200 barrels daily.
The milling company last year pur,
chased two-thirds of the entire crop
of Fergus county, amounting 10 about
$4,000 bushels and paid on an average
of SO cents per bushel for II. From
this over l,000.000 pounds of -four
were produced and over 100000
pounds Of this flour vas consumed
by the people OF Fergus county. Two
grades ri -four are made, The White
Satin and Judith Belle. Both grades
are above the average in quality and
the White Satin is advancing rapidly
to the lead of all flours sold in Fergus
county.
The flour depends. of COURSE, to a
very large extent. upon the class oi
wheat from which it is made, The
Scotch Fife is the most successfully
and universally grown wheat in Fer
gus county and il is well known as an
4 | grain for the making of good
flour. Most OF the wheat now raised
in this county is sown in the spring
Some fall wheat has been sown and
excellent success has been experien
Ccd in raising il. The spring wheat
runs the risk of being frosted ant
thereby ruined for flour making pur
poses. Wheat growers are realizing
more than ever before that for a SURF
crop they must SOW their wheat in thu
fall. While good spring wheat make
a slightly better grade OF flour, Mile
Steinberg Is OF the opinion that fal
wheat is to be- preferred. owing 10 tn
danger of frost in the spring sow
crop.
George j. Bach has purchased tn
interest of George w. Cook in the Jr
dith Basin Milling company and /
now the principal stakeholder. II
fully intends to keep abreast of tn
times in the matter of equipment an
output and the Lewistown mill wi
continue to supply the greater part {
the local demand for -four.