KEN CHRISTISON'S MILL

We have a 16" Williams mill that was purchased from Bud Endicott
of Vaughan, NC. He didn't know any history of the mill, so we are
in the dark as to what this mill has been through. I do know that it was
in great shape and all we had to do to get it ready to use was clean it up,
repair one skid, and repaint it. We really enjoy showing the mill and talking
to folks who recall grandfathers, uncles or neighbors who used to grind corn
for the neighborhood. Much like the sorghum mills, these were probably scattered
about so a person didn't have to travel too far to get his corn or wheat ground to
meal or flour. We usually have two or three kinds of corn shellers and a small
hand corn grinder in the display. This keeps the youngsters interested, since if
it has a crank on it, it is hard to resist turning it. We use our 7 horsepower Alamo
hit and miss engine to power the mill. This enables us to enjoy our engine and get
some practical use out of it. These two views were taken from a video tape, so are
not as good as I would like. Hopefully I will correct this soon.

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