What I understand is that's how it worked everywhere. Lots of small mills that took a cut as payment. Friend of mine mentioned a while back one of his 12 year

What I understand is that's how it worked everywhere. Lots of small mills that took a cut as payment. Friend of mine mentioned a while back one of his 12 year old nieces in India getting bread. Started with measuring out a wheat into a bucket. Then going down the street to a place that ground it into flour. Then to a place that turned that into dough. A place next door that beat it into shape. Finally to the baker. Each place took a bit as payment. This isn't like way back when, it was a couple of years ago. BTW: There is a working gristmill in St Helena, closed till further notice of course. I think they run it a couple of times a year. https://napaoutdoors.org/parks/bale-grist-mill-state-historic-park/ https://napaoutdoors.org/parks/bale-grist-mill-state-histori...