50 years ago i had a farm located near Kingston, Wisc. There was a feed mill there, also one in Dalton and another at Manchester, both nearby. We loaded the old pickup with ear corn and oats, drove in to the mill, they lifted the truck to empty it, mixed in oil meal and minerals, maybe a few other things. The feed was soon ground and put into burlap sacks. Kingston and Manchester usually used water power to grind, but had back-up electric. Kingston had a small bank, hardware store, a Ford dealership, a grocery, a tavern, a very nice buffet restaurant/ supper club. Dalton had an IH dealer, there was a Massey dealer not too far away, John Deere not too far also. Haven't been back that way in a long time, but everything is gone now, or almost everything. Got married at the little Methodist Church next to the millpond. When we purchased our first farm about 50 miles away, the co-op would come out with a truck with a small elevator. They would load the corn out of the cribs, add some oats from the granary, take it into town, bring it back later in the day and unload it in the feed room where there was a shute that went down into the barn. We had entered the modern age, it was such an improvement. What a difference 50 years have made!!! A lot less work, but many good things are gone too.
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