. The miller, millwright and millfurnisher. FlG. 150. lei rows. Referring to Fig. 148, Nos. 2 to 5 are employed for sieving andscreening, grading middlings, bolting corn meal, etc., up to -^ of an inch SCREENS. 263 in diameter. No. 6 (yV-inch perforation), No. 7 (of ^-inch hole), andNo. 8 (yV-inch), take out flax and all small seed. No. 9 {-i^ of an inch),. Fig. 151. 10, II (-gV inch), 12 and 13 (^ inch), are for cockle and flax seed. Of theperforations shown in Fig. 149, Nos. 25 (-^ inch), 26 {-^ inch), and 27 264 GRAIN CLEANING. (f inch), are for oats and corn. Nos. 28 to 36 are little used
. The miller, millwright and millfurnisher. FlG. 150. lei rows. Referring to Fig. 148, Nos. 2 to 5 are employed for sieving andscreening, grading middlings, bolting corn meal, etc., up to -^ of an inch SCREENS. 263 in diameter. No. 6 (yV-inch perforation), No. 7 (of ^-inch hole), andNo. 8 (yV-inch), take out flax and all small seed. No. 9 {-i^ of an inch),. Fig. 151. 10, II (-gV inch), 12 and 13 (^ inch), are for cockle and flax seed. Of theperforations shown in Fig. 149, Nos. 25 (-^ inch), 26 {-^ inch), and 27 264 GRAIN CLEANING. (f inch), are for oats and corn. Nos. 28 to 36 are little used in thiscountry. In Fig. 150, Nos. 38 to 42 are for generally screening purposes;No. 44 is for scouring grain. Nos. 44 to 46 are used in scourers, pearl barleymachines, hominy mills, etc. Nos. 47 and 48 are not now much used inAmerica, although demanded abroad. For timothy, there is demanded ^-inch hole ; smutters take long slots, yV ^ if inch ; flax, -^-^ x g^ inch, withround ends; oats, i x i^ inch, with round ends. Kiln floors for drying oats,etc., may have holes either round or -^-^ x^ inch, oblong, but should be olNo. 16 iron at least. Round holes, \ inch in diameter, answer for oatsand corn. Elliptical perforations, i x f, answer for corn. For barley andflax, ^^ X f inch oblong holes, with round ends, are used. Wheat takes -^-^,\ and -jV inch r
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