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    How often the vanes/sails would be allowed to turn also depended on the function of the mill.

    Milling grain, etc, could be done throughout the year, as long as there is grain. Oil from linseed and sunflowerseed was also pressed in mills and could be done throughout the year.

    Because they were used fairly frequently these mills tended to have fairly short when they weren't in operation. When the mill was "in rest" the vanes would often be placed in the "short rest" position, with the vanes aligned vertically and horizontally.

    Many mills located next to canals were used to pump water from a lower canal/ditch into a higher canal and finally into a river. These mills would typically be in operation after a period of rainfall to prevent the polders from flooding.

    These mills had longer resting periods so the vanes were placed in the "long rest" position, with the vanes aligned diagonally. This to reduce the warping of the vanes.

    Could of course also be done to the other kind of mill when necesary.

    I guess in the screenshot the farmer wasn't expecting to be doing much milling in the near future.

    Another couple neat mill-vane facts:

    The vanes would always turn clockwise.

    And when they were rested with the lower vane just passed the main structure it was to signal a wedding or other such joyous occasion. With the lower vane resting just in front of the structure was a sign of mourning.

    Don't know what the actual resistance signals were or how universal it was, but windmills were indeed used as improvised semaphores during the war.

    I demand mill vane mods now.

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