176 THE GRAIN MILL. 



Millers are frequently dealers in this way, 

 and make large sums, not only for their trouble 

 of grinding and cleansing the meal, but by 

 watching the markets, and buying and selling, 

 as opportunities for making large profits may 

 arise. 



Perhaps my young readers will understand 

 better a process of grinding grain adopted in 

 England, by an examination of the engraving 

 here given. We see here the part of the mill 

 in which the grain is broken. It runs in from 

 the wooden funnel, between the two stones ; 

 the upper one circulates with amazing rapidity. 

 The stones being furrowed, or ground, bruise 

 the corn as it flies towards the circumference. 

 There it issues, and is afterwards cleansed 

 from the chaff in other parts of the mill. 



