Excerpt from History of Corn Milling, Vol. 1: Handstones, Slave Cattle Mills With Numerous IllustrationsA few words may be appropriate regarding the inuences which have prompted, and the principles which have guided, the production of this work.We had long been impressed by the scantiness of the bibliography of corn milling; and had felt it strange that in this literary age - while, on the one hand, there should be extant various valuable milling works of a technical character, and an excellent milling press yet that, on the other hand, there should be available no published history, however crude, of the origin and progress of this ancient and important industry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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