The writer saw this mill about sixty days ago, and it is in good shape, and doing the work as stated.  The only repairs that it has required during four years was one bevel pinion put on this spring.

The owner of a 16-foot diameter mill, erected at Blue Springs.  Neb., says that “with a fair wind it grinds easily 15 bushels of corn per hour with a No. 3 grinder, also runs a corn-sheller and pump at the same time, and that it works smoothly and is entirely self-regulating.”

The No. 3 grinder referred to has chilled iron burrs, and requires from 3 to 4 horse-power to grind 15 bushels of corn per hour.  Of one of these 16-foot mills that has been running since 1875 in Northern Illinois, the owner writes:  “In windy days I saw cord-wood as fast as the wood can be handled, doing more work than I used to accomplish with five horses.”

The owner of one of these mills, 20 feet in diameter, running in the southwestern part of this State, writes that he has a corn-sheller and two iron grinding mills with 8-inch burrs attached to it; also a bolting device; that this mill is more profitable to him than 80 acres of good corn land, and that it is easily handled and has never been out of order.  The following report on one of these 16-foot mills, running in northern Illinois, may be of interest:  This mill stands between the house and barn.  A connection is made to a pump in a well-house 25 feet distant, and is also arranged to operate a churn and washing machine.  By means of sheaves and wire cable, power is transmitted to a circular saw 35 feet distant.  In this same manner power is transmitted to the barn 200 feet distant, where connection is made to a thrasher, corn-sheller, feed-cutter, and fanning-mill.  The corn-sheller is a three horse-power, with fan and sacker attached.  Three hundred bushels per day has been shelled, cleaned, and sacked.  The thrashing machine is a two horsepower with vibrating attachment for separating straw from grain.  One man has thrashed 300 bushels of oats per day, and on windy days says the mill would run a thrasher of double this capacity.  The saw used is 18 inches diameter, and on windy days saws as much wood as can be done by six horses working on a sweep power.  The owner furnishes the following approximate cost of mill with the machinery attached and now in use on his place: 

1 16-foot power wind mill, shafting, and tower. $385
1 Two horse thrasher. 70
1 Three horse sheller. 38
1 Feed grinder. 50
1 18-inch saw, frame and arbor. 40
1 Fanning mill. 25
1 Force pump. 27
1 Churn. 5
1 Washing machine. 15
Belting, cables, and pulleys. 45

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                                     Total. $700