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208 HISTORY OF CORN MILLING: vol. IV.
IV.
KING'S MILLS,
LIVERPOOL.
28. Appendix:
Their
Immediate
Successors.
an axiom that you never knew what a miller was worth until he
died)
it was the custom for the miller to furnish what was called a
finishing ticket, and you had always a hard job to get it—sometimes
indeed, you never got it. It was made up on the basis of 21 packs
(240 lb.) fine and seconds, i pack thirds, 2 packs fourths, 4 packs
I sc. 10 lb. bran, i pack o sc. 10 lb. loss, to the 100 /^ bushel
wheat ; the difference in quality was made up between the fine and
seconds. You might have, say, 20 packs fine and i pack seconds,
or if you wanted very fine flour, say 18 packs fine and 3 packs
seconds. We used to enter our grindings up something in this
way :—
Received 25 sacks containing 100 ^u [equal to 29 packs 2 score] white wheat
for Mr. George Lunt, ground as below : —
Packs sc. lb.
Superfine ... ... ... ... 18 o o
Seconds
Thirds
3
Fourths
Bran
...
Loss in screens and grinding
Loss allowed 2^^ lb. per bushel of 70 lb.