Shelling, Cleaning, and Milling on a 100 Year Old Gristmill

[@jessethompson3559]

I have my grandparents hand crank corn shelter. Sweet memories! ❤

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

This is so amazing I dream of owning one of these. Justin is one amazing man of many talents.

[@deborahstrickland9845]

I thought of you Danny I when I saw this.😉

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I guarantee you would love it in person. I could sit there and watch that thing for hours!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Danny

[@AbundantAcresHomestead]

It’s amazing…old equipment still working. Love watching the ways that it used to be done because there may come a day we HAVE to know how. Awesome that you took home some goodness!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I suspect that day is right around the corner

[@AbundantAcresHomestead]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I believe you are correct...old ways never go out of style

[@TuellTimeAdventures]

I love seeing old time antique machinery like this that is still operational. There is a state park close to me that has a spring fed Gristmill, that they make cornmeal with and sell to the public. I love watching it in action.

[@homesteadaquarius]

Hello there!

[@TuellTimeAdventures]

@@homesteadaquarius Hi! 👋

[@RenewedHomestead]

VERY COOL!!! I have seen a few of these but never got to watch the process start to finish.... THANK YOU Justin, Billy & Family Blessing to you all 🙏❤️

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

You’ll have to come over and see it up close sometime!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Yes you will! Thanks folks

[@deborahstrickland9845]

My dad used to talk about going to the mill to grind their corn when he was young with my granddaddy and uncles. I remember going to Mabry Mill in Virginia. It’s amazing. That antique mill that this gentleman refurbished is incredible!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

He does so many wonderful things. You should check out his KZbin channel!

[@deborahstrickland9845]

Will do.

[@TheCajunHomestead]

I own a mill with 16” stones that’s needs restoring , and 3 mechanical driven corn shellers that also need restoring . I tell people this is the kind of equipment you will need WTSHTF. I also collect for restoration all kinds of draft and diary equipment. Great video. Thanks Metcalf Mills knows their stuff , great guy.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I couldn’t agree with you more!

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

There are belt driven double shelters like that around. They are floor models , I have loads of that stuff around.

[@homesteadaquarius]

This was really cool to see. Thank you for going there.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I truly love this kind of stuff

[@williamqueen8790]

I got goose bumps when he quoted the Bible. Wow what an awesome word. Wow what an awesome God. God richly bless you guys.

[@nicklocicero3974]

SOO COOL!! A gearhead's delight. Brought back memories of going to the old mill in Sleepy Hollow in Tarrytown ny. Love watching and listening them explaining how they dressed those mill stones, I believe they were 6 foot stones and they had two of them that could be driven by the waterwheel on a huge wooden drive shaft. Loved the corn sheller and how it spits out the cob when done. I'll be checking out Metcalf mills. Thanks!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

You said it perfectly. A gearheads delight

[@pacificpermaculture]

This is cool.I hadn't been exposed to anything like this in my life.This looks like a great to tool to rebuild local economies ! !

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That is precisely the way I see it as well!

[@metcalfmills5679]

I strongly agree

[@Skashoon]

It would be great to make many types of bread from grain you have grown and harvested, milled and baked on your own homestead. I imagine sitting in the mill swapping news with neighbors as you wait for your milling to finish. Thank you Billy and Justro, it was fascinating to watch the whole process.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It was so much fun to be a part of it!

[@Skashoon]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 wish I could’ve been there with all of you.

[@rickcooper6817]

Thanks Billy! You guys make a good team, as friends usually do. Always enjoy watching the videos and learning more about life.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It’s such a joy to watch him do his thing!

[@melisaarrington7025]

My distant cousin Jack Dellinger owns an old grist mill, milled by water mill in Spruce Pine NC. In Mitchell County. It’s just amazing isn’t it! 👍👌🏻

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It is such a joy to see that thing work!

[@johnfitbyfaithnet]

Psalm 91! Love it!

[@homesteadingpastor]

Awesome Video y’all. I love watching this being done especially on something this old. Justin knows his stuff that’s for sure. I love some grits, I could eat them three times a day. Thanks for sharing this very informative and entertaining video. GOD BLESS YOU ALL 😇🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇🙏🏻👍🏻🙌🏻👍🏻🙌🏻☀️☀️

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It was such a joy to be able to work with him from time to time!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Same here Billy and thanks HP!!

[@wendyc.5769]

Thanks Billy! I really admire all of y’all on the mountain there. May The Lord Bless the work of your hands.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much my friend

[@danmc7815]

Thanks. Cool to watch this process. I have seen parts of it before, but not the running of a grist mill like this one. The one part of preparing corn not shown, and not needed if you have a more balanced diet, is nixtamalization. If your diet lacks both niacin and tryptophan, you can get pellegra, which can kill. Our bodies can make niacin if they have tryptophan. Nixtamilization essentially makes the niacin in corn more available to us. Poor areas that use corn as a dietary staple have been prone to pellegra, including areas of the American south prior to the 1950s. My main point is to know about it and have an idea about how to nixtamalize corn. As noted in one of the other posts, this video shows tasks one might very well need to do after TSHTF or TEOTWAKI, and Nixtamalization is another.

[@gargoylekingGWO]

Another example of they built stuff to last back in the day thangs are always better when u did it with your grandparents and u can pass it down to your grandkids great video

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I love this kind of working history!

[@gargoylekingGWO]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 hell yeaah

[@LeaC816]

I still am amazed at how cool these mills are and I don’t think I will ever get tired of watching Justin with them. He looks so at peace when he’s working with one! I am really excited about the one he is designing, I know it is going to be amazing!! That fan is genius! Best part of this video though was when Justin said he was working his granddaddy’s sheller when he could barely walk and then Billy was having a hard time turning the crank! 🤣 Sorry Billy, I think they stuck you with the rusty one! Thanks for showing us the whole process and it’s always great to see y’all together!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I definitely had a defective one

[@donnadivineprepping9742]

Thanks for the tour Billy and Justin!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much for checking it out

[@idahohoosier8989]

So great all y'all live si clise together. Warms my heart. Blessings, julie

[@mellyg8872]

Man….I loved loved loved this! How awesome that you all showed from start to finish of how this works! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Now we have to do is cook it up!

[@sonyagregory5711]

Thank you Billy for introducing us to Justin!! He's some kind of wonderful!!!😊😊😊❤❤❤🌽🌽🌽🌽

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Wait until you see the rest of what he does

[@hacksforthehomesteader3359]

I have been messaging Justin about where to look to find a mill that I can restore. He is going to get back with me. I want to learn this process for our community here. You have a good friend there, hope to meet him one day. Thanks brother.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

The two of you would get along perfectly!

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Hickory King ..OP (open pollinated) save some for seed stock. I found a belt driven David Bradley sheller (converted to PTO) and a Nordike and Marmon horizontal stone grinder., took 10 years to buy the grinder off the barn floor. They finally liquidated the farm and it landed at my place. I networked with local tractor club that grinds at festivals to get into their supply stream and helped me learn how to grind (even with a high speed flail grinder and cyclone) ....needs to be a small diameter flail mill with fine screens.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

You would definitely love Justin’s channel!

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 i did subscribe. Its like all my buddies but with a slow southern accent...good news is I can set the pay back for 1.5 or 1.75, or 2!!!

[@farmher5333]

Absolutely loved this video! I yearn to see and learn more content from the “good old days”. This was inspiring and appreciated.

[@edensfamilyadventures2714]

We are getting ready to build a water wheel powered grist mill in Pottsville, AR. I love watching all the inspiring mills still around 👍

[@backtonature433]

I remember way back in the Philippines growing up eating corn bits,coz rice is so expensive, we grow our own corn,we harvested,shelling and used stone mill,which is carve from a huge stone,just like the old days of milling corn which requires a lot of hardwork to produce corn bits or corn rice,and thank God we survive😇😇😇

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I’m glad you survived also

[@backtonature433]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 God is good,all the time😇😇😇

[@shodson314]

I bet Michelle is going to have fun experimenting with the meal and grits...yum! Shrimp and grits!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Like I’m not getting fat enough…

[@tammyfletcher4079]

We have some hickory king corn from my husband’s grandpa that we’re going to try to grow this year. We love cornbread from this ground corn.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

We made some the other day and it was fantastic!

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

HK grows BEATIFULLY. Big long beautiful ears and large kernels

[@Gl3nS]

I love to see old, mechanical things work and to see masters of their craft - Justin is one of them. Also, he does blacksmith work too??? :)

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

He is one remarkable guy for sure

[@karenwalker4764]

I remember the old grist mill in Foxworth, Mississippi . We would go and get our cornmeal there .

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Justin is hoping to bring that back to the community

[@ScarletKnightmare]

I'm so excited for his new mill. I just started milling my own flour with a little hand crank mill and I'm hooked. I'd love to go mechanical!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I think he’s going to make a possible in the near future

[@ScarletKnightmare]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 that is very happy news

[@strand-farm]

This was awesome on so many levels! Great job. I love me some cheesey grits :) -Ash

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Come on down and get some!

[@LadysFarm]

That’s so cool. I actually have a corn sheller ❤️ excited to use it now

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Those things are so cool

[@dwslters1437]

There were l[to of water mills in my area yrs ago and I loved seeing g this, also know one of my great prandpas did repairs on them and was told how he stood in ice waters in winter repairing them

[@RootedResilienceLife]

Love your t-shirt!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you my friend

[@jeanniewright2554]

Absolutely fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

This is fascinating stuff to me also

[@paperchaser9565]

OMG, LOVE YOUR SHIRT!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much my friend

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

Justin is my favorite!!!!

[@Kelly_Mae_C]

I need one of those corn shellers.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Isn’t that thing cool!

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

Well look at you my friend trying to make a PBS afterschool special!! Lol! I'm just kiddin! 🤣❤👍🙏

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Ha ha

[@Dævïd9-11]

shooting the cob back out was real cool

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

It almost messed up my day

[@mikeherren5604]

Love you guys. God bless

[@ronbass8136]

Could you change the pulleys to slow the milk to grind wheat??

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

You will have to reach out to Justin for that my friend.

[@vickisavage8929]

My property is mostly ravine, and I am planning to dam the lower end to put in hydropower, which I would prefer to be an Archimedes screw. Could a mill be a part of the setup? This would not be any multimegawatt operation, but I think it could (SHTF) power the neighborhood, and there’s LOTS of streams. I prefer the redundancy of many small dams and generators, which can also be adapted to minimize their impact on the ecology.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I like where your mind is!

[@vickisavage8929]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I’ve said it before and will say it again, I hold “my” land in stewardship to Him, and my aspiration is to redeem it from the abuse it has suffered to provide Him the best return I can on His investment.

[@debbiewilson6527]

Justin is the best... We have Hodge Twins tee 👕.

[@spru-seal]

Justin - did this beautiful old mill ever sell??? I just got my first one ever (steel teeth but came with stones, too!) and I am PUMPED to try some sprucey new things this year! 🙌🌲💫 Way to preserve a few pieces of American history so nicely, too, btw! 👏👏👏

[@hedfuka8608]

This is very exciting...

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you my friend

[@phyllis48]

We have a corn sheller but I don't think that it has the nubber on it. Thanks, take care and God Bless.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you for watching my friend

[@sweetsavorywords3506]

Bless your heart!

[@skybox-101]

Love the accent!

[@rodneyb7918]

Over here Sanford nc they will be having " The mill crankup

[@rodneyb7918]

Where they saw timbers, gristmill corn, make lye soap and make Moonshine

[@FlomatonFamous]

Good video, enjoyed it

[@sampayne9105]

Amen

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you my friend

[@skybox-101]

That is cool!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I love this kind of stuff

[@MsCaterific]

🖤

[@frenchfryfarmer436]

If he is selling that grinder you'd better buy it, they are hard to find.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

They are indeed

[@stevezyzzygowski52]

What happens to the cobbs?

[@Kreeson]

My granny use to say they burned it in the fireplace to make the wood last.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

@@Kreeson That’s exactly what Justin does

[@williamprice1838]

Back in the old days they used them in the outhouse.

[@susanorr7535]

Psalms 83:18

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

Hey Billy do you just have the one son William?

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Yes indeed!

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[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you for the offer but I’m all good

[@donnasimmons1335]

💕

[@ScottYdo]

👍❤️🌽

[@Paladinbr]

So he's making cornmeal grits instead of hominy grits? Okay, I've seen it both ways. If you ever head to the beach you'll have to stop and sit a spell over a glass of tea at the farm. Portions of the farm go back to the original land grant in 1723.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I would love to take you up on that offer my friend

[@aaronortega1083]

200 years….. hmm I wonder about some of that history there smh

[@elaines5179]

Huh? Indian tribes owned it before your family.

[@bluecreek6036]

Great video, sounds like our Creator designed this guy to bring the world back to reality