Fanning Mill, circa 1830
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Fanning mills, one of the earliest farm machines, mechanized the winnowing process which separates the grain from the lighter chaff and straw with a breeze created by the wind or flapping a bedsheet. A hand-cranked fan blows the grain and chaff across vibrating screens. The heavier grain kernels fall through the screens, and the chaff and straw is blown out.
Fanning mills, one of the earliest farm machines, mechanized the winnowing process which separates the grain from the lighter chaff and straw with a breeze created by the wind or flapping a bedsheet. A hand-cranked fan blows the grain and chaff across vibrating screens. The heavier grain kernels fall through the screens, and the chaff and straw is blown out.
Artifact
Fanning mill
Date Made
circa 1830
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Connecticut, Brookfield
Creator Notes
Patented design by Lemuel Peck of Brookfield, Connecticut
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Soybean Lab Agricultural Gallery
Object ID
00.414.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 48 in
Width: 32.75 in
Length: 40 in
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