ANTIQUE STOVER MFG. FREEPORT ILL U.S.A No.32 HAND CRANK COUNTER TOP FEED MILL- THE MILL HAS A 16" INCH FLY WHEEL WITH A ADDED ON COUNTER WEIGHT TO MAKE GRINDING A LITTLE EASIER -THE BURR SIZE CAN BE ADJUSTED ON THE MILL FROM COARSE TO VERY FINE - THE BURR ADJUSTOR AND LOCK MOVE AND OPERATE SMOOTHLY - THE DATE OF THIS MILL IS BETWEEN 1879 OR 1881 - 1915 " Daniel C. Stover Beginning in the 1860s with a windmill and then a corn cultivator . he also invented and manufactured machinery of various kinds under the name Stover Experimental Works. In 1879 or 1881 he incorporated as Stover Manufacturing Co. There was also the Stover Engine Works and the Stover Bicycle Co. D. C. Stover died in 1908. In 1916 the Stover companies amalgamated to form Stover Manufacturing & Engine Co."