One of the Many Flour Mills in Montana. 



sheep now sold outside of the state, should not be used by the packing companies 

 in Montana and the products sold here to the available markets. This would save 

 transportation costs both ways and would encourage the industry within the state. 



Many Flour Mills. 



The grain and milling industry is an important one in Montana. There are eleven 

 hundred elevators and seventy-one flour and cereal mills in operation. The output 

 of the mills varies from twelve barrels to eleven hundred barrels of flour daily. 



With some of the choicest wheat in the country close at hand, the flour pro- 

 duced is of an excellent grade. While many of the towns have their own mill to 

 supply the people of the community, there are a number of large mills that ship 

 their products out of the state. 



Among the large mills may be mentioned the Bozeman Milling company of Boze- 

 man, Royal Milling company, of Great Falls, Montana Flour Mills company at Harlow- 

 ton and Lewistown, the Russel-Miller Milling company, at Billings and Sidney and the 

 C. W. Jennison company, at Bainville. These mills all have a capacity of over 400 

 barrels per day, some turning out as much as eleven hundred barrels. 



Flax Fibre Mills. 



A new industry in Montana and in the United States is the flax fibre industry 

 developed in the state. Two mills have been built at Conrad and Havre by the 

 Northern Flax Fibre company. The factories do not aim to make linen, but only 

 twines and threads of a coarser nature. 



After prolonged investigation and experimentation, it was found in competitive 

 tests that the Montana flax contains the best flax fibre in the United States. The 



