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<p>The Milling Process</p> <p>Step 1:<br /> Grain is augured inside from the outdoor bins. The grain is cleaned using a screen air cleaner.</p> <p>Step 2:<br /> The now clean grain is stored in a hopper inside to bring the grain to room temperature and to the proper moisture level.</p> <p>Step 3:<br /> Once dry, the grain goes into the first stone mill which has two 20 inch pink granite stones. One stone stays stationary while the other slowly spins.</p> <p>Step 4:<br /> Once milled the first time, the flour is blown into the sifter. The sifter is composed of several screens that vibrate. To make a whole wheat flour, coarser screens are used in the sifter. For a sifted flour, finer screens are used.</p> <p>Step 5:<br /> Flour that is not yet quite fine enough is augured into a smaller mill which has two 12 inch pink granite stones. Once milled a second time, it is sent back into the sifter.</p> <p>Step 6:<br /> Once the milling is done, the flour is augured into a hopper where it is bagged.</p>