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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

What is that by the red dot?

What is the item by the red dot on this 1877 estate inventory from Hancock County, Illinois?
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12 comments:

  1. SuLilly1975October 4, 2011 at 5:30 AM

    One Faning Mill. "faning" in misspelled. It should be "fanning". This is what a fanning mill is: http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/101_135/126winter2003/126palmer3.html

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  2. WendyOctober 4, 2011 at 5:32 AM

    I think it says "One farming mill." EBay had a set of vintage postcards showing a sugar cane farming mill. An old tool. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-5-Sugar-Cane-Farming-Mill-Vintage-Postcards-/260793679196

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  3. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 5:38 AM

    Maybe a "fanning mill"
    Picture and definition: http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/101_135/126winter2003/126palmer3.html

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  4. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 5:58 AM

    This looks to me as "Due faning mill" If you look at the above four lines they read" three tons of hay
    Four double sets of harness
    About two thousand and five hundred
    Fifty bushels of oats" it's logical the way these are lined up it was an accounting of what was owed to the mill....
    Without seeing the rest of the document This is my best interpretation.
    ~~Danielle~~

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  5. SylviaOctober 4, 2011 at 6:59 AM

    One faning mill

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  6. UnknownOctober 4, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    Looks like a list of items for inventory. I've seen lists like this in family wills as well.
    Since it is in a list of things you would find on a farm I agree with the 'one fanning mill'. The next item is: dishes, kives and forks ...so likely an estate inventory for a will or sale. JLK/NK56

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  7. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    One faning Mill (Should be spelled "fanning")

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  8. UnknownOctober 4, 2011 at 8:33 AM

    One faning mill (but I can't imagine what a fanning mill is!)

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  9. Kirsty F WilkinsonOctober 4, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    I agree with all the above: One faning Mill

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  10. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    One Juicing mill?

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  11. RuthOctober 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    One Fanning Mill...misspelled on that book.
    "kives and forks" ha ha

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  12. Michael John NeillOctober 6, 2011 at 1:01 PM

    It reads "One faning mill," but the intent is "fanning."

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