you how we are getting along with our mill. We started our wheat burrs on the first inst. We had promised our customers we would do this months ago. We run through just enough of our own wheat to fill the mill and get the flour started, and then commenced on grist work. The first was a grist of spring wheat. We took one-sixth toll and made 30 lbs. of flour per bushel, which was pronounced by the owner the best he had ever had in Kansas, and he is an old resident here. We have been grinding regularly since, and in no instance have we heard one word of complaint. On the contrary, we are fast gaining a reputation, and the prospect for lively times with us is most flattering. This and the adjoining counties are full of wheat, and there is a very large scope of new country to be supplied south and west of us. We have already made about one hundred 98 lb. sacks of flour for ourselves, and have sold the most of it. It is evident we are not going to be able to do the work with one run for wheat. We have only run ten days, and our flour has already gone from twenty to sixty miles. We think that you will agree with us that our mill is a perfect success. We set up the burrs ourselves, and got Mr. Britton of Cottonwood Falls Mills to assist us in getting the other machinery in line. What is the least in cash at which you can furnish us a Bolt like the one we have, with Elevators, Gearing, &c., and a Geared 30 inch Corn Mill? Hoping to hear from you soon, we are,
Yours respectfully, O. H. DRINKWATER & Co.
In January, 1871, the above firm ordered a 16 feet double reel bolt, and another mill; they were shipped soon after, and we have another letter dated as follows:
CEDAR POINT, Chase Co., Kansas, April 9, 1872. MESSRS. NORDYKE, MARMON & Co:--
The mill machinery we purchased of you gives first-rate satisfaction. The two run of three feet geared mills we run with a 48 inch Leffel wheel under 7 feet head while at work, and grinding 10 bushels per hour on each mill. The 2½ feet under-runner corn mill we run with a 35 inch Leffel wheel under same head, and grind 15 bushels of corn into fine meal per hour with ease. This same wheel runs both the single and double reel bolts that you sent us, as well as the other machinery of the mill excepting the two wheat stones. Our works are all of your make, and we have been running since the 1st of December, 1869, and are well satisfied with the whole outfit. They have been used almost constantly to do our grinding which is considerable and on the increase. We do as good work as any mill in the State, and any one wanting good works in this line, we would recommend to you.