. The miller, millwright and millfurnisher. Fig. 242.—Common Quarter Dress—FurrowsCrossing Joints. Fig. 243.—Wards Dress—Furrows AlongJoints. Dressing for Re-grinding.—On a 30-inch stone, the under stonebeing a runner, should have a bosom of \ inch, running out and becomingshallower six inches from the outer guy. Middlings do not require deep fur-rows ; they need a tolerably close burr. The feather-edge need not be prom-inent ; the burrs must be in perfect face, but not too sharp. The feed shouldbe light. The great problem under the new process is how to make the most mid-dlings out of wheat.

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. The miller, millwright and millfurnisher. Fig. 242.—Common Quarter Dress—FurrowsCrossing Joints. Fig. 243.—Wards Dress—Furrows AlongJoints. Dressing for Re-grinding.—On a 30-inch stone, the under stonebeing a runner, should have a bosom of \ inch, running out and becomingshallower six inches from the outer guy. Middlings do not require deep fur-rows ; they need a tolerably close burr. The feather-edge need not be prom-inent ; the burrs must be in perfect face, but not too sharp. The feed shouldbe light. The great problem under the new process is how to make the most mid-dlings out of wheat. The Committee on Mill Machinery at the Millers Con-vention at Cincinnati stated that it had heard of fifty per cent, of middlingsclaimed from one hundred furrows in a 4-foot stone, and the same resultclaimed with the three-quarter dress. To make as much middlings as possible, the stones must be well dressed,perfectly balanced and the face perfectly true. There may be fourteen lead-ing furrows, each with two short ones, forty-two

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