POD...AUG #9/15...Fanning Mill

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great pic!! and you have a new avitar!! pretty!

August 13, 2010

How cool, thanks for sharing as I had not seen one before. I have watched it go up the auger to the truck with the chaff all blowing off but never new about this machine.

August 12, 2010

Interesting! Looks like quite the contraption!

August 12, 2010

Cool, I love old stuff like this.

August 11, 2010

So neat!

August 11, 2010

Very handy! Cool pic!

August 11, 2010

It looks like it is in really good shape, shame for it to just sit there and rot!

August 11, 2010

It looks like it was well used!

August 11, 2010

Cool! Would make an interesting planter for trailing plants in a yard too!

August 10, 2010

POD...AUG #9/15...Fanning Mill

fanning mill; n. A device consisting of two vibrating screens and utilizing an air blast to clean and separate grain.

8-9-10...This old "fanning mill" is sitting out in the field...it doesn't appear to be in too of bad shape so it could probably be fixed and used again. It was a very useful piece of equipment for separating grain/seed from chaff & other debris. Prior to the invention of equipment like this, many other simple methods were used, such as, transferring the grain from one bucket to another on a windy day, letting the chaff blow away. As you can imagine, this method was very time-consuming and backbreaking work. [P8092972]