Southern Matters

Southern Matters

Bulletins and Other Publications
on Sugar-cane Culture in the Southern U.S.

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Bulletins and General Information

Year

Author

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1895 Ross, B.B .

CaneSyrup
 Alabama Agricultural Station Bulletin No. 66 EXTERNAL LINK

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1903 Harrington, H.H.

The Manufacture of CaneSyrup
 Texas Agricultural Experiment Stations Bulletin No. 68 EXTERNAL LINK

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1912 Bryan A.H.

Sorghum Sirup Manufacture
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Farmers' Bulletin No. 477 (Based earlier bulletins and contains much of interest to sugar-cane enthusiasts (e.g. cuts of kettle train and mills).)

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1925 Yoder P.A.

Growing Sugarcane for Syrup
 U.S. Department of Agriculture - Farmers' Bulletin No. 1034

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1933/40 Brandes E.W., Sherwood S.F., & Belcher B.A.
Sugar Cane for Sirup Production
U.S. Department of Agriculture--Circular No. 284. (Many thanks to Alan Kaye and Janet Boudet of Roddenbery Memorial Library ( Cairo, Georgia) for allowing me to scan this circular.)

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1952 Majer E.
Antique Machinery Used for Growing Sugar Cane
Excerpts from a long-out-of-print booklet that are interest to hobbyists who wish to replicate the methods used prior to the last half of the previous century.

1961

 Stokes I.E., Coleman O.E., Freeman K.C., Broadhead D.M., & Dean J.L.

Culture of Sugarcane for Sirup Production
 U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Handbook No.209

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1988

Bill's Favorite

 Broadhead D.M. & N. Zummo

Sugarcane Culture and Syrup Production
 U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Research Service ARS-61
2002/2006

W. Olin Pope
Wesley O. Pope

 

Wesley O. Pope

Making Sugar-cane Syrup in the Kettle
Wesley describes in great detail how his 91-year-old father makes syrup.

Photogallery of the Historic Pope Farm in Barwick, Georgia
Images of Olin Pope, the old syrup shed, stages in cooking syrup (2000), cane harvest (1987), Golden No. 27 restoration (2002).

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2011 Lynwood Wagner

Description of Cane Mill Restoration
 Annotated images of the restoration of a 2-roller frameless cane mill.

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Cane-mill Catalogs and Similar Ephemera

Year

Author

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1876 Columbus Iron Works
Price List of Cane Mills, Evaporators, Syrup Kettles, . . . .
 Price List 1876 (a brief listing of various cane mills, including the Victor, and syrup-processing equipment. Special thanks to Richard Harrison for sharing this catalog.)
3.2MB
1880 Manny & Co.

Cane Mills and Evaporators (Special thanks go to Richard Warfford for sharing this catalog. Quality reprints of this catalog in the original format can be obtained from Yesterday's Tomorrow Publications, P.O. Box 276, Fletcher, NC 28732.)

 2.2MB
1891 Blymyer Iron Works
Sorghum and Sugar Cane Mills and Evaporators, &c.
Catalog No. 32, 1891 (a description of their lines of Victor, Great Western, and Niles cane mills in addition to the genuine Cook evaporator, including instructions on use. Special thanks to Richard Harrison for sharing this catalog.)
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1904 Chattanooga Plow Company

Our Prosperity Implements (an overview of selected products, including cane mills and evaporators and instructions for use)

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1910 Fisher and Davis Manufacturing Co.
Cane Mills and Evaporators. Special Circular No. 25. Includes directions and hints for operating a cane mill, instructions for use of portable evaporator and directions for building arches and stationary pans. ( Special thanks to Richard Warfford for sharing this catalog.)
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1919 Cook Cane Mill and Evaporator Co.
Cane Mills, Evaporators, and Miscellaneous Equipment Catalog No. 45. Includes instructions for use of evaporator. ( Special thanks to Richard Harrison and John Catoe for sharing this catalog.)
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1926 Cook Cane Mill and Evaporator Co.
Wholesale Price List of Cane Mills, Evaporators, and Miscellaneous Items. Price List 1926, 1 page. ( Special thanks to Richard Harrison and John Catoe for sharing this li st.)
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undated Southern Plow Co.

Cane Mills, Evaporators, Syrup Kettles, Furnances, etc.  (Special thanks go to Richard Warfford for sharing this catalog. Quality reprints of this catalog in the original format can be obtained from Yesterday's Tomorrow Publications, P.O. Box 276, Fletcher, NC 28732.)

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undated John Deere
Catalog Pages with Cane Mills. Two pages provided by John Deere to Marcus Walker. (Special thanks to Marcus Walker for sharing.)
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1933

Bill's Favorite

 Goldens' Foundry and Machine Co.

Golden Cane Mills Evaporators Kettles Catalogue No. 53 1933
 (Special thanks go to Wesley O. Pope for sharing this catalog. Except for the price of oil cans, this catalog seems identical to No. 52 (1928) and 54 (1936). Thanks to Richard Harrison for sharing No. 52 and to Ronny Herring for sharing No. 54.)

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1935 McCormick Deering

McCormick-Deering Catalog Excerpts of Mills (pg. 504-507). Generally similar to other catalogs on this page, but showing the McCormick Deering brand name on "Chattanooga" mills. (Special thanks go to Tommy Clayton for sharing these pages. )
~1940 International Harvester Co.

International Harvester/ McCormick-Deering Line Domestic General Catalogue No. 40, Excerpts of Cultivation Equipment (pg. 540-543) and of Mills and Syrup-making Equipment (pg. 658-667)  (Special thanks go to Richard Warfford for sharing this catalog. )

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 Cultivation

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 Mills