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Just as with baking, Green found the responsibilities of operating the mill annoying and tedious.

Grain from the fields was arriving continuously at the mill's doorstep, and one had to constantly adjust the sails of the windmill to the windspeed ( either to prevent damage, in high winds, or to maximize rotational speed in low winds ).

The mill-stones that would continuously grind against each other, could wear down or cause a fire ( due to friction ) if they ran out of grain to grind.

Every month the stones, which weighed over a ton, would have to be replaced or repaired.