[AT] Rock Falls, IL

[charlie hill]

David there is an old grist mill on an actual mill pond
near here in the town of Trenton.  Al Jones is well familiar with it.
A couple of years ago they started fixing it back up after the state
repaired the dam when a hurricane washed it partly out.  The mill stones
are installed now and they are running it with electric motors, just a few 
days
a year for special occasions.  I think they are working on repairing the 
water
wheel from what I can see in passing by but I'm not sure.  I hope they are.
I know we were talking about feed mills not grist mills but I wanted to pass 
that along.

Here’s a link to it with a picture and some information.  I didn't read the 
page just sending the
link along.  I don't know if it's current info or not.

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/9448

It's a beautiful place.  The mill pond has cypress trees growing in it 
around the edges opposite the mill.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Bruce
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 4:54 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Rock Falls, IL

Back in the day Grandpa would take a truck load of ear corn (shucks
included) to be ground. Either to the mill in Enon (Mr Hupp was the man)
or to the mill in Lewisville. Neither exists today.

David
NW NC

On 12/20/2016 3:45 PM, Darrell Ratliff wrote:
> For what it’s worth growing up in central Ohio, all the cattle feed we 
> ground included ear corn with the cobs included in the mix.  This was fed 
> to both the dairy herd and the Herefords we raised for meat.
>
>
>
> From: rlgoss at twc.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2016 3:28 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Rock Falls, IL
>
> Humm.  That's a new one for me, Herb.  I've not heard of purposely 
> grinding corn ON THE COB before.  I guess there was always too much need 
> for corn cobs in the outhouse or chicken house.  Is this the equivalent of 
> adding melamine to dog food as the Chinese want to do?
>
> Larry
> ---- Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
>> My Dad fattened four dozen yearlings every fall/winter for several 
>> decades;
> his preference (also) was corn ground on the cob, with silage, and alfalfa
> or hay.  Opinion is he enjoyed that more than grain farming (less 
> dependent
> on weather).
> Herb(GA)


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