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machine with smaller grooves and to another buckler where a powdered bleaching compound, oxylite, was added. Also attached to this rolling machine were pipes called wind vacuums that drew off dust. After the wheat—now flour—went through the third and finest set of rollers, it moved to sifting machines on the fourth floor.
The first sifter was a long revolving cloth-covered cylinder with brushes inside. The second sifter, or “wiggler” as the children called it, was a large box eight feet square and one foot deep. It was suspended by wooden rods in each corner and vibrated with a circular motion. This made the flour sift downwards through about eight layers of silk cloth.
Finally, the finished product went to the bagging machines on the main floor of the mill. Some of the mill s output was also poured into wooden barrels.
In the 1930s, the mill survived a fire. Hut what disaster couldn't do, beaurocracy achieved. With the advent of health regulations that required sealing all the bins, it was no longer economical to operate the mill. It closed down in 1950, its last product not flour or meal, but black snake whips.
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