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THE BOOK OF WHEAT 



seems to have come into use in England about 1200. The first 

 milling by steam was in England in 1784. 



The earliest mills in the United States were operated by 

 horse power, and the toll was higher than at -those where water 



DETAILS OF AN OLD DUTCH WIND MILL 



or wind power was used. The first mills of the Red river valley 

 were operated by oxen, or by wind power. In 1870 there were 

 22 flour mills in South Carolina that were operated by horse 



