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24 ESSAYS ON WHEAT 



Pounds Pounds 



of of 



Flour. Bran. 



No. 1. In 112 from Thomas Logan's mill was found 14 



No. 8. In 112 from Andrew McDermot's mill was found... 18 



No. 9. In 112 from Thomas Bird's mill was found 20 



No. 10. In 112 from Hugh Poison's mill was found 20 



No. 11. In 112 from Eobert Sandeson's mill was found 26 



No. 12. In 112 from Cuthbert Grant's mill was found 28 



XIV. Windmills 



In the early years of the Settlement, Lord Selkirk sent 

 out a windmill to replace the querns. This had cast rollers 

 and machinery capable of working two pairs of stones ; 

 but, when it arrived, no one was able to set it in opera- 

 tion. It was therefore sent back to England and re- 

 shipped. At length, ten years after its first arrival in 

 the Colony, Lord Selkirk's executors sent out a Scotch 

 mill-wright named Mitchell to put it in order. His ef- 

 forts having been successful, the windmill began to work 

 in 1825. It had cost no less than 1,500, It was then 

 sold to Mr. Logan for a fifth part of this sum, and he, 

 having some knowledge of machinery, turned the mill to 

 good account for many years. In the spring flood of 

 1852, its strong and lofty pillar resisted the high water 

 and afforded protection to many of the settlers who 

 sought refuge within its walls.^"^ After Logan's mill had 

 proved a success, similar ones were erected ; and windmills 

 dotted here and there came to form an interesting feature 

 of the landscape. 



XV. The Experimental Farms 



On three occasions before 1850, an attempt was made to 

 help the settlers by the institution of experimental farms ; 

 *T Ibid., pp. 144-145. 



