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Show MILLSTONES ON THE INCREASE Large Increase In Production In 1912 It is generally supposed that the use of millstones Is becoming less and less each year because of the Introduction In-troduction of other grinding machinery, machin-ery, but on tho contrary, according to figures, made public by the United States Geological Survey, the value of tho production of millstones, burr-stones, burr-stones, chasers, and drag stones in this country In 1912, amounting to $71,414 was tho largest since 1888, when It amounted to $81,000, and was an' Increase of $31,345 over tho figures for 1011. Tho replacement of the mill stones, It was assumed, would bo gradual and the vnlue of millstones mill-stones would thereforo show n steady falling oft. This, however, hhs not been tho crtso. From n maximum value val-ue of $200,000 In 1880 tho vnluo fell to $100,000 In 1887; from $81,000 In 1888 tho valuo declined rapidly to $16,587 In 1891; In tho following year there was a rise In valuo to $23,417, followed by a marked decllno until tho lowest value ovor reported, $13,-887, $13,-887, was reached in 1894. Since that year the values have risen and fallen. fall-en. Millstones wero produced In 1912 In Alabama, New Tork, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Tho output in New York was between two hnd throe times that or 1911, and this state regained Its leaa in the mlllstono Industry In tne United States. |