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Making grain into flour the old fashioned way 2 Articles

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    by Bert Meinders

    In the beginning, grain was made into flour by being crushed between two stones rubbed together. This was hard, monotonous work, and people looked for easier ways to achieve the same result. The first improvement was rota...read more

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    by John Carter

    The miller is a mighty man, a mighty man is he. This is a phrase that takes us back into history to the days when milling was literally a cottage industry. In olden times the community revolved around two necessary chara...read more

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