The largest and most modern mills, those that produced cotton cloth, hired mostly men.
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The mechanism of strikes in the jute mills often appeared unconventional to managers and the colonial state.
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There is no evidence of the type of arrangements established between independent planters and mills during the years of primitive sugar production.
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The equations were calibrated and validated with 116 and 45 samples, respectively, for flotation index and with 149 and 176 samples, respectively, for milling tests.
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When the mills failed to honour their contractual obligations with regard to water, planters resorted to litigation.
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Increases granted as percentages on the prevailing rates only served to accentuate the wage differentials between occupations and the disparities between mills.
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The dried plant parts were milled to a fine powder using an electric blender.
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Incidents such as this convinced the administrators that they no longer controlled the mills.
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In the sugar fields, oxen replaced tractors in hauling cane to the mills, and bagasse was used as fuel to conserve oil.
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However, only big planters and mills had access to institutional sources of credit.
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She is forced to acknowledge the hypocrisy of a father who concealed 'the hideous mystery' regarding the mills that generated all his wealth.
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People and cars milled about us, while posters, caravans, tents, and stalls were crammed in everywhere.
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He promised that he would make an order banning the use of mills from operating during the crisis.
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A few people were milling about on the dark sidewalk outside the shop, but the shop itself was empty.
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Even if life in the factory was not necessarily a worse alternative than life in the fields, in some mills work was unhealthy.
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brick mill
Beginning in 1905, a 30-foot reinforced concrete dam was constructed with a three-story brick mill building.
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feed mill
In my constituency experience, the two worst breaches of planning were spread over the countryside—one a grain store and the other a feed mill.
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flour mill
There are transit sheds, cold storage facilities, and aflourmilldepot.
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