Well this Auction thread and the excitement of the M-H blackboard has certainly raised some worldwide interest, great to see the ones from across the pond proudly displayed amongst the Massey Collections.
Alan,
With regard to John's mill you mentioned yesterday, this style of mill was advertised as a "grain grinder" and sometimes "burr mill", which I presume would grind any hard grain of corn (maize) barley oats, wheat or rye, into animal feed meal.
As the first photo shows it was available in three styles (1, 2 and 3) and seven sizes (6.5, 8, 9, 9.25, 10.5, 13 and 15 inch)
I have also photographed the chart to show the horsepower requirements and other interesting data on these mills.
Hope this answers some of the questions, I have two of them here, one with bagging attachment fitted as per the first photo, another just like the one John bought, they seem a very popular mill in their home country of Canada and being a piece of equipment which was used in the barn many have survived into preservation in amazingly good original condition, they are very ornate castings and the yellow pin striping on the burgundy red paint is very decorative, original hopper and shaker colour is green.
Malcolm.
Malcolm