[Syrupmakers] RE: [Gristmillers] Found: Chatanooga Cane Mill

[gjohnson1027 at charter.net]

---- "Tracy Baudoin (tbaudoin)" <tbaudoin at cisco.com> wrote: 
> Tracy 
Ask Jeb what kind and size of a corn sheller is he looking for. I may have several small ones.



TrJeb,
> There are always folks interested in canemills.  I'm forwarding this on
> to the syrupmakers mailer to get the widest audience.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tracy Baudoin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com
> [mailto:gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com] On Behalf Of jeb lloyd
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 7:23 AM
> To: gristmillers at gristmillers.com
> Subject: [Gristmillers] Found: Chatanooga Cane Mill
> 
> Hey guys;
> 
> I was out wandering around a piece of land next to a Wendy's here in
> town 
> where I knew some old rusted out equipment to be. I hadn't been by there
> in 
> years and was just curious as to whether or not any of that old stuff
> was 
> still there. Sure enough, most of it was and most all of it in pretty
> bad 
> shape. However, as I was walking along the edge of the property (about 5
> 
> feet from the curb of a major 5 lane highway), I spotted something oddly
> 
> familiar. I went over to get a closer look and sure enough, it was a
> cane 
> mill. All I could manage to see was that it is a Chatanooga Plow Co.
> mill 
> and the receiver at the top for the wooden horse pole to attach to was
> only 
> sloped to one side so I'm assuming it was a one horse mill. You can tell
> I 
> obviously know a lot about this subject. Looking at Bill Outlaw's site,
> It 
> seems like the Chatanoogas are fairly common. However, since I have no 
> iterest in cane mills, i'm going to try and talk to the landowner and
> see if 
> i can get the mill and sell it to anyone here on the list that may be 
> interested. I have no idea what the value of such a mill is but I do
> know 
> there are people on the board here who collect them and so I wanted to
> try 
> and get it for their interests. Maybe someday somebody will return the
> favor 
> to me with an old corn grinder or sheller. Anyways, I'll try and get
> with 
> the owners today and try to get some pictures to send back to the list
> this 
> afternoon. Anybody have an approximate value for one of these old
> things?
> 
> Jeb Lloyd
> 
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