5. How many hours per day do millers work?
6. What personal characteristics and qualifications should be possessed?
7. Where do millers work, and in what section of the country is milling mostly done?
8. What need is there for millers, i. e., is there a large open field in this occupation?
In the United States there are about 7,000 merchant mills grinding wheat flour. Their total output is about 120,000,000 barrels per year. They require about 550,000,000 bushels of wheat. Thus it is seen that to produce 1 barrel of flour about 4.7 bushels of wheat must be milled. Milling may be quite simple or most complicated, depending upon the kind and size of mill operated and the quality of the flour to be made. A good sized mill will require men to perform the following kinds of work here described.
It should be stated, right here, that several of these occupations may be carried on by one and the same man, especially in the smaller mills.
Unloader[46]
Description: The unloader unloads the wheat or other flour products from the cars by use of the power scoop, shovel, or other means.
Qualifications: He must be physically strong and have good lungs.
[46] These descriptions are taken from the pamphlet entitled “Descriptions of Occupations in Flour Milling,” published by the Department of Labor.