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Malcolm Thank you for that. How very interesting. They say you are never too old to learn and I am certainly not. I like to learn something new every day which I do most days. Perhaps I wasn't attentive enough when I was younger so have a lot of catching up to do! Alan

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Alan,

Your spot on with "the learning process"

It seems like it has been "Mill Month" for me and I have been learning too, sorry to all the M-H readers who will frown at me currently diversifying from our passionate make.

Recently I went to a well known "Steam family Collection" auction, being local and only ten miles away I went mid day just to see one or two items which interested me, some of you know of my passion for "Foster's of Lincoln" well known for building the first military tank and threshing machinery, the 1924 machine which my grandfather had still stands in my shed.
Well at this sale was the only known surviving Foster Stone grinding mill, I knew it had been there for many years and wanted to see it before being sold out of the County, weighing over five tons it was a beautiful rare piece of Lincoln history with large horizontal stones and substantial ornate cast iron frame to carry the weight.

Talking to a very knowledgeable "mill collector" he told me these early 1800's British mills were put out of work grinding flour for food production when an act was passed for flour not being ground by our British "grit stones" apparently they were known for small stone particles breaking off an ending up in the flour.

Then I notice on the Jeffrey and Blackstone mill last weekend they were proud to cast into the end of their mill of late 1800's  "Fitted with 30 inch French Stones" so guess they were made from a different kind of stone to the British ones.


Malcolm

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Malcolm I must also apologise to our M-H friends but I find the post on mills very interesting. I think many windmills and water mills used French Burr stones to grind the flour with. I seem to remember during the Neapolianic Wars the supply of stones were cut off to us. I don't know what happened then. Sorry for babbling on. Alan

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This year has certainly been the year for unusual mills, seen recently at The Dorset Steam Fair another Jeffery and Blackstone stone mill being driven by a grey Fergie, this mill must be one of the smallest they made an comparison to the photo's of the previous one on here seen at Newby Hall Rally in June.

Malcolm.
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Here is another piece of M-H barn equipment which has been rescued, restored and out on display in it's home Province of Ontario, in the Niagara Peninsula region.

Over the past year the enthusiastic gentleman who brought this machine back to life, originally he made contact with me from the website Smokstak, he had seen on there I already owned one and was seeking help, guidance and I think enthusiasm to continue with the restoration of the rusty chunk of old iron he had found, which I think had worked in a local mill.

Here is a photo before the restoration started and one of the finished article on display.

Malcolm.


 

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Recently on my travels I picked up another interesting fold out brochure with connections to Massey-Harris barn equipment.

The Rowell Company of  Waukesha, Wisconsin, the company was established in 1860 and made hammer mills and farm implements, according to the brochure these were sold by M-H in Canada.

Has anyone heard of this name and connection to M-H ??  It's not a name I recognise or have heard of before and wonder if Alan Harris now has yet another Company to research and document any wrenches they supplied with their machines in his next print run of his M-H Wrench Book.

Malcolm.
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Malcolm I think that if you hadn't heard of the Rowell Company it would be unlikely for me to have heard of them but it would be nice to see a photo of a Rowell wrench if anyone has one. Alan

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This weekend was time to sort out and re organise some of the new additions amongst my barn machinery display.

Here are a few photo's of the Feed Cutter in action on Saturday morning before finding a place inside, interesting to note the last photo showing a number stamped in the top of one of the wooden legs, does anyone know if this is a serial number or what it could be??

Malcolm.
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Malcolm What a lovely sight of your newly acquired "toys" on your lawn on a lovely sunny day. I particularly like the 744 belted to the M-H Corn Sheller. Alan

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Alan,

As time passes by I am finding myself leaning towards the trend of many collectors of today, it's easier to press the button to start the tractor than turning that crank handle at the front, never thought I would be saying and doing that. !!! 
I have really been enjoying the 744 P6 this summer.

This photo from the original big black M-H Full Line Catalogue shows the plate for the No 2 Feed Cutter, interesting to see the different styles of stencilling and lettering, I guess it varied depending on the person carrying out the work on the day.

Malcolm.

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