Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 189.
Northern Husbandry, 22/09/1732, ¶1104:
At all the mills the farmers have mincers with 6 or 7 blades for chopping up the chaff in a trough. This is then ground in with the barley.