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VOL. XVI. FLINT, MICHIGAN, JUNE 10, 1903. NO. 6. 



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Friend lliitc-hinsoii: In rcpiy to 

 \ our (lUirios repirdin,;; my wind pr.ver 

 null. I would say that it is a steel, Star, 

 Power Mill, with a 12-loot wheel, it 

 is made hy the Flint iV: Walling Mfe 

 Co.. Kendallville, Ind. 



In rejiiird to the cost I shall have 



to give you a list of tiie articles and 



what they cost, in a lump sum, as 1 



' "ot rememlier what each article 



-hop cost m?. Here are the 



!i'<: :00 feet gas pipe, house-tank, 

 i'arn-tauk, 20 feet line shafting, six 

 pulleys, jnim]), two-way corn shelter, 

 grinder. 74 feet four-inch belting, 00- 

 fo'it steel dorriclc and mill, all ("'ost 

 i"V.y). I put up the shafting and pul- 

 leys myself: put a hopper above the 

 grinder, ou'^ below the corn shelter, 

 ;,nd made .ni elevator to elevate the 

 (orii to the hopper above the mill. 



I have also made a saw table, 

 bouglit a saw and arbor that will al- 

 loAV me to u'^e different attachments 

 for m.-iking Inves. For instance, 1 

 have a cutter for use in making Avide 

 frames for use in the supers, T can 



also put on an emery AViieel for grind- 

 ing plow points or gumming saws. I 

 could also rig a tiu'ning latlie with 

 this same ;;rbor. With a good, fair 

 w ind I can n auufactiu-e bee hives as 

 fast as 1 could with steam power, as 

 the mill gives from one-half to three 

 I'orsepower, according to the wind. 



Tlie mill is just as good for pump- 

 ing as any ixdll, and will pump with 

 the lightest iueeze. With an ordinary 

 wind I can shell corn as fast as I can 

 get it into the slieller; and, with a 

 good wind I can elevate and griiul 

 the corn at the same time. I can 

 grind from Ave to ten bushels an hour, 

 according to the wind. 1 .grind all of 

 my own feed and some of m.^- neigh- 

 bors, and make my own graham flour 

 and corn ni,'.!l. When there is a good 

 wind I can make the finest graham 

 flour by running the wheat twice 

 through the mill. 



I consider a wind mill a very cheap 

 y>ower for use on a f;irm. Besides do- 

 ing wtiat I have mentioned, it will cut 

 feed for stock, and saw firewood. All 

 the expense there is, is for a little oil. 

 The only drawl>ack is that a man 

 must remember to use his machinery 

 when the wind blows. I bought m7 

 mill six years ago. It was the first 



