Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-09-20
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&zrOm FT1day'S Cauyl
About eighty gallons Of inferior mo,
lasses s'raised cain" in circuit court
yesterday and today. In 1920 William
Muckler Of the town of Spring Green
planted about one and one-half acres
in sorghum and hamled about six loads
to mill operated by Michael Alt not
far away. The product amounted to
about 80 gallons which was brought
home in several containers, some be-
ing placed in the bathroom, some in
closet, and some in the cellar. The
family testified that when the molas-
ses was brought home it looked queer
ard Mrs. Muckler testified that as
soon as she saw it she remarked to
her husband that She would bet her
old shoes 1t could not be eaten
Mrs. Muck1er tried some of the pro
duct in cdko the family Icing fo:a
of tbs dish Tut her effort was fruir-
less n acGul2tt of the p :ulaar taste.
A son came home about that time
and when 1R9 tasted the mOEasses he
tell the Family that if they called
that good sorghum they had uncuna-
mon tastes. Mrs Muckler further ties
tilted that when she ate any in tire
evening Ter mouth would be dry in
the morning and when her daughtei
ate the stuff she had to get up during
the night, come down stairs and gat
a drink 6f water, SO dry would her
m.C4h become. After standing on tire
table a short time the stuff ferrnented
and ran ooyer, thing that respectable
molassgs should not do Mrs. MucK7el
tried boiling it to make a better pro
duct butt this was without success,
six quarts of molasses producing fouI
quarts of skimmings and residue
that looked and tasted quBHr.
While in the house tho T+ouid ran
over ON the floor and had u disagree
able OTfor. The molasses was kept IN
the house until spring when it was
moved out into the machine shed.
A daughter of Mrs Mu6kRr (step-
daughter Of Mr.. Muckler) testified
that tire ,molasses moulded, that it
had a Bitter taste. She said that "a
small quantity was sold to a neighbor
but that it had never been paid fol
because 1T could NOT be eaten.
Says 1t Was Rotten
N. B. Hood, veteran of the Civil
war and a pioneer resident Of thu.
town of Spring Green, said he passed
the cane when it was growing m Mr..
Muckler's field and that when he was
shown some eof the product some time
after it was made pronounced it rot
ten. Mr.. Euod had been a sorgfrpm
maker in the past and it was his opin,
ion the molasses had cot been
skinned nor cooked enough in the
making. He said it was important tie
constantly skim the boiling liquid, es-
pecially in the first stages of the
process.
There was green cast to the pro
duct as if all Of the ch1orophyl ha0
not been taken out.
Syrup in the fall of 1920 sold at
$3.50 and $2.75 per gallon. Mr.. Muck
Ter paid SO cents per gallon to have
it made and sued to recover about
$685..
Experts Testify
Various expert sorghum makers ties,
titled as to how much Ho1asses should
come from an acre and explained the
two processes-the clay and the evap
Grafton enthusiastically employed
From rs to 100 gallons come from an
acre if the stalks are normal, the
output depending on the kind of cane
the kind OF season, the amount OF
skimming that is done, and the time
of the fall the cane is cut. An acre OF
good cane should fill eight doubts
wagon boxes when hauled to the
mill.
Samples of the Alt product were in