Rice Dryer
This file appears in: Against The Grain: The Endurance Of The Conrad Rice Mill
The large round stack is a rice dryer that can hold a million pounds of rice at a time.
This file appears in: Against The Grain: The Endurance Of The Conrad Rice Mill
Against The Grain: The Endurance Of The Conrad Rice Mill – The 112-year-old Conrad Rice Mill is the oldest operating rice mill in America.
Philip Amalus Conrad, a true entrepreneur, founded the Conrad Rice Mill and Planting Company in 1912. Following in his father's footsteps as a rice planter, Philip saw an opportunity for growth. Instead of shipping his rice to New Orleans, a…