Cumberland, Guernsey Co., O., Feb. 14, 1870.
Nordyke, Marmon & Co.:—
Sirs:—We have used your mills since the 4th of last November. We consider them durable as any mills can be. We can grind on our 36-inch wheat mill from fifteen to twenty bushels per hour, owing to the grain, and can make flour that will satisfy any community, both in regard to quality and quantity. On our 30-inch corn mill, we can grind forty bushels per hour, if the corn is dry. Our miller says he can make forty barrels of XX family flour in ten hours. We have a twenty-five horse power engine. Our boiler is twenty-two feet long, for two inches in diameter, and two flues. It affords enough power, under seventy pounds pressure, to drive both mills together with their attendant machinery, which is one of your twenty-two foot Flour Bolts, No. 1 Richmond Smut Machines, Buckwheat Bolts, Elevators, Shafting, &c. Three bushels of coal per hour is all we require. To those wishing mills we would just say they had better lay by their old notions and procure improved mills.
Yours, &c.,
Howell Brothers.
Mill and Bolt Cannot be Beat.
Hamburg, Fremont Co., Iowa, Jan. 11, 1869.
Messrs. Nordyke, Marmon & Co.:—
Dear Sirs:—I have had one of your 36-inch Pulley Mills and 18 feet Bolt in operation nearly one year. I like it very much; my flour gives general satisfaction; am averaging ten bushels of wheat per hour on the one pair of burrs, making the best flour. In short, I think your Mill and Bolt cannot be beat. It is driven by one of Leffel’ 20-inch Double Turbine Wheels, under a total head and fall of 11 feet 9 inches.
Yours, respectfully,
H. Lamb.
Under date of January 25, 1870, Mr. Lamb orders another run of 36-inch burrs, together with bolt, &c., complete.