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A Christmas blog

With Christmas a mere few days away, it feels an appropriate time to spread some festive cheer. Helping me to accomplish this are the numerous Christmas editions of American journal, The Northwestern Miller, held here at the Archive. Through their festive adverts, stories, and poems, this blog will endeavour to display Christmas past, present and…

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Transport, feed and pets

Animals have gone hand in hand with milling for centuries from when millstones would be turned by mules, donkeys, horses or other animals. Although wind and water power became more commonly used, and the invention of roller machinery ruled out the use of animal power, this did not mean that animals and horses became an…

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NEW: modern milling webpages – let us know what you think!

We are pleased to announce that the new modern milling webpages are now live on the Mills Archive website and available for public viewing. These pages are a part of the Mills Archive project to create the world’s first roller flour mill archive and library. This project has been funded by a grant from the…

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‘For wheat, like men, is always found mixed good and bad, diseased and sound’!

Hello again! As I promised in my last blog in October, I’m back! My internship is continuing, after its brief interlude, and I look forward to sharing events from the Archive with you again along with interesting items and stories that I’m sure I will come across in the continuation of my project on roller…

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