What made this mill unique in Floyd County was that 90% of the work was custom grinding.

Feed milling continued until World War II when it had to be suspended because of a labor shortage.

By the time the war ended the mill pond had silted in and the dam deteriorated, so the operator had to rely on electrical power alone in 1952.

[2] The decline in farming operations brought local feed milling to an end.

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