Places of interest include mills, castles, old churches, abbeys and timber-framed houses.

Orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, were up 23.4 percent, to $192.8 million, from the August level.

Orders for metal cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, were up 2.4 percent, to $220.1 million, the association said.

For the metal-cutting segment of the industry, which includes boring mills and lathes, orders were up 30.8 percent, to $246.3 million.

Pontotoc included a hotel, general stores, mills, and businesses related to the horse industry.

The company expanded to include several new mills around Western Australia.

In addition, the local industry includes mills for the production of cotton, flour, noodles, and edible oils.

It included mills, stores, a hotel, a machinery factory, a noted mineral quarry, a post office, and a school.

The association report shows that new orders for metal-cutting tools, which include boring mills and lathes, were down 11.1 percent in January, to $140.9 million.

Orders for metal-cutting machines, which include lathes and boring mills, rose 14.5 percent in January, to $99.9 million.