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ers Mill. In those days there were mills every few miles within easy reach of those traveling on foot or by horse or mule. William Nethers ordered his groceries from Culpeper and his hardware from Charlottesville, his son recalled. He stocked regular country store items like plow plates and bolts, clothing, horseshoes and horse collars.
Millers and storekeepers, like all merchants of the day, took almost anything in trade. Stores didn’t generally ca>Ty much produce, since everyone raised their own and cold storage was difficult. Eggs and chickens were traded, the solution to storing chickens being to keep them alive until dinnertime.
As a toll for his grinding, William Nethers took a portion (one-eighth) of the meal or feed to have on hand to sell customers who didn’t grow their own com. From time to time someone would want wheat or rye ground into a coarse, whole-grain flour for baking. Nethers Mill lacked the facilities to grind a bleached branless white flour, so sacks of biscuit flour purchased at Fletcher’s Mill were kept on hand for sale.
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