The Delta independent., 1919-04-18
NEW INDUSTRY BEING
ARRANGED FOR WESTERN SLOPE


F.. M. Gramm, associated with Den
yer and Eastern capitalists in the
Potato Flour Mill industry arrived In
Delta Saturday evening in response
to previous correspondence that had
been exchanged between The Inde-
pendent and Mr.. Gramm and others.
Mr.. Gramm has carefully gone into
crop statistics of the Delta district for
several years past and is quite Iavor-
ably impressed with the tonnage OF
Gull waste potatoes that we have here.
While Mr. Gramm states that his plans
are not fully completed. we are ad-
yised that he contemplates the erec-
ton of a warehouse for th9 sorting
and grading of potatoes, and also the
erection of a potato flour mill TO take
care of the culls. He asks no bonus,
such as site. he merely wants the co
operation of the potato growers.
This new proposed Delta industry
will provide market for these pota-
toes and make substantial profit in
manufacturing them into Natural Pota-
to flour.
Previous to 1914 the United States
was importing many million pounds OF
Potato flour from European countries
and It's use was becoming more wide
spread every day. During the past
few years. with the cooperation and
assistance OF the Food Administration
and the Department of Agriculture oil
the United States Government suitable
machinery has been perfected by
which the 100. 600 900 bushels of waste
in potatoes can be turned in Natural
Potato Flour. Every housewife knows
of what advantage this commodity rs
i'm the making OF bread. She has de-
pended upon potato yeast and cooked
potatoes for years for the success OF
her bread making and has come 10
know that potato flour will supply
the benefits derived from both and
lend itself to many other uses.
When raw material is brought to
the plant, either from the farmers or
from the cars 1t is put in large stor-
age rooms especially adapted to the
storage of potatoes.
From the storage rooms it is con-
yeyed as needed to the washers where
It is thoroughly washed and peeled. al
though peeling is not always necess-
ary.
From the washers II goes to the
cookers. The potatoes are cooked in
steam. This is done In cooker pro
vided with a perforated bottom This
enables us to cook the potatoes In the
minimum OF space Of time. The cook
er complete weighs 900 pounds.
From the cooker the cooked pota-
toes 20 to the flaker. Hoppers and
conveyers are used in conveying the
material from one piece of machinery
OF process to another.
The potato flaker. most important
machine in the manufacture OF potato
vegetable flours. is designed and con-
structed in America Its capacity is
from 1900 to 1000 pounds of potatoes
per hour. or from ZOO to 10000 pounds
of flakes per day. II requires ~ h. p
Ia operate and weighs approximately
25 900 pounds.
When the potatoes come from the
flaker. they are in large flakes or
uheets six fee, wide The flakes are
about the thickness of tissue paper
The flakes fall into a screw conveyer
where they are broken into little bits
and are blown 10 hopper on the
second floor They are then run thru
n grinding machine which completes
the flour making process unless the
flour IL to be bolted.
The flour is then sacked and ready
for shipment Two or three cars are
shipped n week. From 100 pounds of
potatoes 25 pounds of flour is manu-
factured
The capacity of the mill Will be a
-cnr load o" No. grd Gull pota,ces ner
day. and will turn trt 10000 pounds
OF Natural Potato flour in "a hours.
The Delta Mil viii have exclusive
rights to the machinery used in the
manufacture of Natural Potnto flour
in this community.
A plant AZ Greenville. S. c. is owned
and operated b v,he United States gov
ernent for the purpose of making
sweet potato flour
Before the war. we allowed Europ-
can countries to send us practically
all OF the potato flour used In this
country This imncrtation has now
ceased and where p~tato flour can he
bought NJ all. its price is almost pro
hibitive
This market is now to b. supplied
by American made products manufac-
tured from American grown potatoes
by American built machinery.
Natural potat, Flour is recognized
ns necersity In the baking OF good
bread.
II only 10 per cent cf Natural Pota-
Ia flour is used with the wheat flour,
II will require l94.7ooooo bushels OF