The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-08-18

bluB up syrup AOr tuo IudrkcU mdue ID,
this department during the past few
months has not brought a very read,
response from the northern end of tn
State where, sorghum is the principa
cane planted. The appended letter i
of especial interest as it treats of tn,
care of sorghum, which, when properl!
handled, is an excellent table syrup
While it would not bring so much OF
the market as syrup made from ribbon
cane, there is every reason to believe
that If it was put up in AN the grower
could find a market at profitable prices
for his product. Georgia cane is sold
all over Mississippi, and it is a com
pound made from practically the same
cane grown in North Mississippi. II
Jul people would put theirs up while
hot and without processing, it would
undoubtedly sell for a profitable price.
II there are those who wish to try it,
special attention will be given the mat
ter by the department and a market
found for it. Mr.. j. Renner Brown of
C~Otfeeville writes as follows:
Seeing your request in the Grenada
Sentinel for information relative to the
making and keeping of molasses, will
give my experience. To make good,
clear syrup with q pleasant flavor, free
from trash, small specks and without
the strong taste so common to sorghum
molasses, it is necessary hat a great
deal of skimming and straining be done
Tin fact, the more the b%etter), and that
the syrup be cooked steadily and at an
even temperature.
II have tried many plans for keeping
molasses and find that the smaller the
vessel the syrup is placed in the better
and fresher it will keep. 1 now have
mOlasses in quart bottles that is one
year old and looks and tastes like new
molasses. This syrup was bottled while
hot, direct from the evaporation. Hot
molasses will not break glass bottles If
they are dry, but they will break If
there is any water left in them. 1 also
use jugs, all sizes from one gallon up,
but prefer n gallon jugs. l do not
use sealing wax to seal my jugs and
bottles. [ simply use corn cobs, enough
molasses clinging to the necks of the
Jugs and bottles to exclude the air.
81 have been using a heavy one-horse
mill and an eight foot evaporation for
the past two years and have made two
DR. three hundred gallons of syrup per
year, but this year will make a great
Zeal more and will increase my facili-
les for making, or at least for making
peter syrup.
81 have found a ready sale for my
nolasses in the two nearby towns at a
rood price-in fact, I could not supply
he demand" I
The Oxford Eagle still remembers a
condition that is to be sought after
gain. A good old time that should
lot be forgotten:
"With meat selling at the present
rice the ante bellum smOkehOuse, fill
d, as it generally was, to overlooking
Nth home-cured middlfngs, shoulders,
Iams, and adorned with strings of saul
age and jars of homemade lard, would
ave been a fortune to the possessor.
hose homely luxuries under the old
were used entirely for home
assumption, and were but a small part
f the Southern planters self-sustain-
1g resources. Men who bought their
taple supplies in those days were
realty in the minority, and were con-
idered on the road to bankruptcy,
-hich was generally the unvarnished
A return to these good old days
'ould be a welcome change for our
and they will do it, too. Inter
st in such matters is on the increase
nd our people will finally produce the
ulk of everything used at home on
leir farms. ,
The tendency in the State is to do
lings better than in olden days. While
lis is true along all lines, It'll especial
SO with reference to the construction
bridges. Sunflower county is just
present actively engaged in bridging ,
,r streams with splendid steel bridges ,
place Of the ordinary wooden struc- .
res In use in the past. Nearthe town .
Indianola two Of the best steel :
'idges obtainable have just been COM :
eted and the contract for a steel :
bridge across Sunfower river has /
,en let. The people are fast learning
at the best is the most economical in
e long run. With the building of |
bridges will come the construc- q
IN of better roads. and to follow this /
IL be better vehicles, better stock, q
I'd more pleasure and profit in living. a
It the good work go on without him Fl
ance or abatement.
1t becomes necessary for the writer f
visit many of the country commune O
IS of the State in an official capacity, Il
d he is more impressed than ever d
tn the that are awaiting is
e hand of man to develop them into s.
ying proportions. 1t is well worth
g while for anyone to know something