Show Utah Becomes Flour Flom Milling Center of o Western Westel-II Territory Y Products Pl Reach Far Fal- Areas At Production point for wheat throughout the entire intermountain tain area Utah is the flour milling center of the west While the state always has been supporting self-supporting in production of flour and other wheat products its ascension to national importance in this re respect respect respect re- re has been a more recent development The giant Sperry and Globe flour mills in Ogden and the Tusler mills in Salt Lake City are the backbone of the export trade In addition to flours of various grades these mills also produce special flours for export Cake flour pancake and waffle flour and biscuit flour are arc among the items which have greatly increased in ion Hon during the last few years A capital investment of oC Is s represented in the industry within with with- In n the state the same figure serving serving ing ng to indicate the annual annual annual an an- nual value of products from the Utah mills Annual payrolls and salaries approximate Farmers Benefit Utah's wheat farmers will receive for their 1935 wheat crop of ot bushels The great majority majority ma- ma of oC Utah wheat will be milled within the state This represents a gratifying ratifying gain gala from the 1934 figures figures figures fig fig- ures when a drouth year rear and lower prices gave a return to farmers of oC from a wheat crop of oC bushels The 1935 figures give an accurate picture of oC normal production Corthe for Cor forthe the he industry Utah mills as early as October mid-October were vere booked at full capacity through the end of ot the year many of oC them operating through the entire season an 00 24 2 hour per day shifts In addition to the major mills whose products form torm the large portion portion portion por por- tion of oC the export product there are numerous local mills An accurate accurate accurate ac ac- ac- ac curate count of or these thelic mills is not available Products from them are limited principally to white while and whole wheat flours Clours and to bran cracked wheat and other b used for stock and chicken chickenfeed feed Products Product Popularized d Improvement In transportation facilities and t improvement in the quality of ot wheat used for Cor milling has assisted Utah flour in gaining the national market on a R. favorable basis Until rail movement of or the wheat to the mill and of oC the finished product to its various markets the local mills practically monopolized the production As a result local needs and small email export demands were satisfied b by a group of smaller mills Often inadequate equipment was used and each mill produced a different quality flour dependent on the type of ot wheat produced in that particular locality Now however wheat is care carefully Cully scrutinized before it is accepted for processing Utah's mills employ a 8 astaff astaff staff of ot chemists who ha have haC C aided materially in producing higher quality wheat the trade now de de- de mands This produces products not only a higher grade flour but yield per acre is higher and the sub subsequent return to the farmer Is considerably considerably considerably consider consider- ably greater The milling process s in itself is K an example of oC mass production of ot a commodity under a rigid manufacturing manufacturing turing system that turns out a product uniform in every respect day in and day ou out Process Improved The raw wheat is fed into the mill at the top emerging on the lower floors as a finished product for shipping or storage In the in interim interim interim in- in it is fed onto screens of oC varied sizes and md cleaned of ot all aU impurities It then is ground by passing through corrugated rollers of oC various de degrees degrees degrees de- de I grees of ot fineness 1 The partially reduced wheat is separated according to various degrees degrees degrees de de- grees of fIneness fineness in a It shimmy machIne machine machine ma ma- chine from which pour streams of flour Jour In the making All except the finest of oC these is 15 re reground round while the finest goes to n a revolving wheel whee that transports it to the purifier for Cor finishing touches A current of ot air from Crom below in this thi finer prOC process blows ot off the finer lighter particles leaving o only l th lh the even miniature particles Automatic sacking competes completes completes com com- petes the process Utah flour is consumed almost to exclusion of all aU others by every in industry industry industry in- in within the state which uses flour Bal Bakeries eries cracker er bakeries other food plants and hotels are re relan lan largest est group users Utah housewives are also critical I users of oC Utah flour and to an in increasing increasing in- in creasing degree of oC the pack package ge flours for tor special cooking which are being produced in an ever gaining volume within the state |