Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-26
MINNESOTA FLOUR.
LEADS THE WORLD.
Product of States Many Mills
Sold EveryWhere-Indus-
try Greatest In Nation.


-four than any other state in the ma
ton.
Minneapolis is the -four milling CAPT.
tai of the world, and 81 such is known
throughout the United States and Eu-
rope. Wherever flour is sold and
bread is baked, Minnesota flour is the
standard for quality and wholesome
ness. This proud position for Mime
sota has been achieved in a little more
than half a century of flour produc-
ton. In Chicago and New York; in
London and Liverpool, and all the
great breadstuff markets of the world,
the well known brands of Minnesota
millers command respect and price
labove the average. For Minnesota
-four is quality product, with long
Established reputation for superiority.
Made from the finest wheat grown
anywhere on the American continent.
in mills that are famous everywhere
as models of their kind, and barreled
under a searching analysis involving
constant scientific laboratory tests,
Minnesota flour goes into the markets
of the world bearing proud distinc.
Ition.
Output Tremendous
From the most accurate and COM
Iplete figures obtainable those collected
for "the Miller's Almanack and Year
Miller at Minneapolis, the flour out
put in Minnesota during 1926 was
close to twenty-five million barrels:
24,217,S91 barrels, to be exact.
Of this vast aggregate flour produc
tfon, 12,509,056 barrels were produced
by the Minneapolis mills. The Du-
1uth mills had an output of 1,005,S63
barrels and those in st. Paul, 570,571
barrels. Statistics gathered from $50.
Minnesota mills outside of Minneapo.
lis, st. Paul and Duluth, showed a pro-
duction for the year 1925 of 10,3SS,214
barrels.
The average prices of flour per bar
rel at Minneapolis during the year
1926 were $S.76 for First Patent" and
1857 for First Clear.
On the basis of an average of these
two prices, the years output of Min
nesota flour sold for $1S6,477,76O.
Computed on the accepted basis of
-four and one-half bushels of wheat to
the barrel of -four, Minnesota millers
last year purchased 7,4S1, 900 bush
els of wheat, furnishing a most sub
stantial market to the farmers of the
Northwest
The magnitude of Minnesota flour
milling stands out in perspective when
compared with that of other celebrat-
ed milling districts in the nation.
Magnitude Stands Out
During 1926, the -four mills of Okla
homa, Kansas and Nebraska and
those of Kansas City, Missouri, pro.
iduced a total of 23,44S,363 barrels of
-four, which is 769,52S barrels less
than the Minnesota mills produced.
The total -four output of spring
wheat mills of the Northwest was
'2S,929,112 barrels, including mills in
North Dakota, South Dakota and
Montana. Of this big total, Mime
sofa produced nearly twenty-five mil.
lion barrels.
Measured by any standard of com
parison that can be utilized for the
purpose, Minnesota -four milling tow
.ers mountainlike in the field of man
ufacturing and industry.
Minneapolis flour mills alone have
q daily capacity of $500 barrels of
-four.
The Minneapolis mills and their
daily capacity in barrels follow:
Atkinson Milling Co. ......S.. 1,450
Century Milling Cos Qdle). %. $500
Everett, Aughenbaugh & Co... 5000
lFruen Milling Co. ............ 100
King Midas Mill Co. .......... $50
White Satin Mills, Inc ........ 1900
N. w. Consolidated Co.
A Grown Roller) ........... 5000
B (Columbia) ............. 1000.
c Galaxy Udle) ........ 1000
D (Northwestern) ........ 1900
! E (Zenith) .................. 1900
F (Standard) .............. $500
Paramount Mill Qdle) ........ 2,400
Pillsbury Flour Mills Co.-A. 49, 500
A South $3.50
B. 1000
Anchor $50
Palisade 1,450
Phoenix (Rye) .............. 1,250
Lincoln (Anoka) ......... 1850
Russell Miller Milling Co.-A... 5000
State Experimental Mill ....... $50
Washburn Crosby Goa. ...... $500
B .................. 1900
C IL. 600
D minneapolis ............. 2,400
e (Humboldt)* ............. $500
F .................. 500
/ G NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1,50t
North Star Mill (Cereals). 80. 600
Rye Mill 500
Minneapolis Milling Co. (Noko-
mlS)~ S,UUo
00.OU
Grain storage facilities in Mime
sofa are of size proportionate to
the large milling industry.
Minneapolis has sixty-nine large ele
vators with total capacity of co.
100000 bushels of grain. Duluth has
thirty-two elevators with a capacit,
of 40,700,000 bushels of grain. Mime
apolis has the largest elevator grail
capacity of any city in the United
States, Chicago being second, witt
sixty-three elevators of a gross capa
city of SLABS, 900 bushels, and Duluth
third.
Minnesota bank deposits are clos
to the billion dollar mark.
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