The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1911-08-11
|GROWING SUGAR CANE.

umber of land owners on the
ast il town planted sugar cane
ear and the succulent stocks are
wonderful growth. This is
karder variety OF sugar cane,
which sorghum molasses is
factured. Much of it is raised
hout the northern states. Fifty
ago during the war, sorghum
corn bread entered largely into
ppular daily diet of a large pro-
bn of the country people of the
In those days what are now
dered indispensable and common
,sjties of life We're regarded as
Injuries, out of reach of the ma
Of people. and all kinds of eX-
bnts were resorted to in order to
substitute for articles of con-
Etion In use prior to the war that
| on account of scarcity, become so
kted in price as to be out of reach
e mortal of ordinary means, and
means that any one could boast
those days were exceedingly or
in comparison with the swol-
fortunes of the present age. In
front part of the Cos, when most
he male population capable Of
lng arms were at the front, and
pr0blem of existence depended
the women and boys. a family
|along on little. ana il was very
! they had to get along on. While
linen both north and south were
bpling in the death struggle for
preservation of the union, those
at home had a constant battle
\ the wolf that was iOating around
door. Some of those not old
ngn to enter the army. yet old
hgh to lend a helping hand to the
|ker parent left behind, can wildly
lember the struggle for existence,
how the discovery of some sub
nte for articles formerly a regu-
|item Of consumption at the family
I'D, was hailed with delight. Sas-
las root may not have been so sat
ling as Oolong. Imperial, or other
)orted teas, but it was breWed into
|ecoction that made the Old ladies
Bet that they were deprived of the
BE stepped from the shrub of the
Int Drowned barley. rye and
fat made drink that suggested a
pici0n Of coffee. The Old mustard
ems were considered a dainty. and
lamily that could afford a chunk
picked pork was looked
a as nabobs Every family made
Il own candles, and cleanliness de-
Ned upon the skill of the house
b n the manufacture of soft soap.
~ f0nr was in the reach Of only
rich, and corn dodger, pone or
u was part of the regulation diet
nearly every family. White sugar
! out Of reach. Brown sugar, and
awful poor quality. was fashiona-
People fortunately located in re
d to timber used maple sugar and
up, and there was a black bitter
,et ingredient made from sorghum
would pass muster for sugar in
emergency. Butter was scarce
cle, and sorghum molasseS was d
|ular substitute. 1t was made from
same kind Of cane mentioned as
wing on the fiat east of town that
sorghum was manufactured. or
rse, there are improved methods
treating the juice of this sugar
e nowadays, and a palatabie and
sentable syrup can be produced
n the cane. But 80 years ago the
lhod in vogue of extracting the
q and boiling it in the open air,
Of the crudest kind, and those
> had to absorb much of it at that
e. or go hungry, even at this re-
Ie day shy at the very name. But
se that memory, and sorghum as
treated Is not a medicine. The
pie around here will have a chance
Jest 1t and pass judgment, for w.
Rash has ordered a cane press and
manufacture molasses this fall,
lzlng the crop approaching matur-
Mr.. Rash has had considerable
erence treating he cane. and no
Dt the sweetness he turns out Will
Just as palatable as any that can
produced from this class OF cane.