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Flour Mill and Grist Industry Rapidly Growing
Washington April 7. Bulletin to be issued by the Bureau of the Census covers the 1909 flour mill and grist mill industry. It classifies mills as merchant mills for human food, merchant mills for livestock food, and custom mills. Of 23 852 mills surveyed, 11 941 were custom mills while total product value reached 938 009 958. The industry relies heavily on wheat flour production, with material costs averaging about 86.7 percent of product value. Employment totaled 88 146, with wages of 25 107 693 and 72 50 745 bushels ground.
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Washington
United States
Durand
Bureau of the Censia
Department of Commerce
W. M. Stewart
Ehief
Coeur
Humber