MILLING 153 



A Visit to a Large Mill.- -As we approach the 

 milling plant, we find ourselves contrasting the 

 group of four or five factory-like buildings with 

 the picturesque mills of the artist. These, with 

 their huge vanes and great water wheels, do not 

 harmonize with the matter-of-fact group before 

 us. There is but little of the poetic in the build- 



FIG. 73. A modern milling plant. 



ings, - - the power house, warehouse, elevator, and 

 mill. 



We enter the office and ask if we may see the 

 mill. We are pleased when the miller himself 

 comes in- to act as our guide. He is still the 

 " dusty miller," for his white suit and white skull 

 cap are covered with flour. He is pleased to take 

 us through, for he is proud of his mill. We follow 

 a winding stair to an upper floor. Here he 

 shows us how the wheat is received, cleaned, and 

 tempered. No one needs to be there for the work 



