The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-11-02
of 5000 barrels a day, at 1000 bar

Te.s day Or at 1000 barrels day.
It can grind 1000 barrels a day of
hard spring wheat and 1000 barrels a
day of durum. 1t can grind either
1000 or 1000 barrels of spring wheat
alone, or 1000 barrels of durum alone
In other words it can grind at full
capacity, at two-thirds capacity or at
one-third capacity, and still do it eff
GENTLY and economically.
First Wheat From Marvel
The first big consignment of wheat
came from Marvel, N. D. One of the
first problems of the managers was
to get wheat, owing to the car short
age, but several cars were secured
from Marvel. Several other big pur-
chases have been made, many OF them
in the western part of the state:
where the grain this year is rich in
gluten. These consignments are ex-
pected to arrive as soon as the cars
can be secured to ship them. In all
$4,000 bushels of wheat has been pur-
chased.
Will Begin Slowly
1t will be the policy of the mill
management to start operations SLOW
ly. Turning out 5000 barrels day as
the mill will be capable of doing in a
very short time, means a big output
of flour. At full capacity the mill can
turn out $4,000 barrels, or 1000 100
pound sacks of flour every week.
Figuring 800 milling days to the
year, this means an annual output of
100000 barrels of -four in year, or
4,50O carloads of flour, carrying a
minimum carload of 100000 pounds
each.
Figuring 2 bushels of wheat to
the barrel, this output would require
4,05O,000 bushels of wheat a year, or
4,O50 carloads carrying the minimum
of 10000 pounds each.
Big Marketing Problem
To market 100000 barrels of flour,
brings on problem Of storage and
marketing, which the management of
the mill realizes is complicated and
difficult.
"We realize that to market 90 car
loads of flour week is a big under
taking" said one of the managers of
the mill. "Our problem is further
complicated by the fact that we are
grinding straight, hard, spring wheat
This makes a superior quality of
flour, rich in gluten and producing q
splendid loaf of bread But the
housewives of the nation, outside of
small section in North Dakota, and
the other states in the spring wheat
section have been educated to use a
blended flour made either from q
blending of hard spring wheats with
the winter wheat. before manufactur
or blending of the fours after man.
ufacture.
"Very little straight spring wheat
flour is marketed as such, outside of
the spring wheat states.
1T is we'll known fact that prac-
tically all flour ground at Minneapo-
lis by the great flour milling concerns
Of the northwest, is blended -four.
"Winter wheat can be moved thru
Minneapolis mills, in a natural, eco
nomical flow of transportation. Even
the great milling concerns that have
large plants in North Dakota, also
have plants in Minneapolis, where
they can mill winter wheat, and then
blend the fours.
"North Dakota is out of line for ar
economical use of winter wheats in a
manufacturing process here, and this
will compel US to sell straight spring
wheat -four"
Complete Plant Designed
The plant itself is designed to be
complete in every detail. All of the
construction work is now practically