Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-10-12
Renrock

I Mrs. Evart Coyle has been staying
at the home of her sister Mrs Ivan
Barnes of Unionville, who had to
be removed to GAINESVILLE hospital
| Mr.. and Mrs. L. d. Kuntz visited
at the Bethesda hospital, where
their daughter, Miss Alice, is learn
ing to be a nurse.
Recently quite delegation of
church folks, headed by Rev. Ray
Huff, visited the old folks home at
West Lafayette. They had a picnic
dinner, and altogether an enjoyable
time.
Some much needed Improvement
is being contemplated by the
church, here.
The crooked road up Crooked
run is getting some more crushed
limestone.
If you don't come to grange meet
ing Friday night, Oct. 20, you are
going to miss something. Don't for
get.
A Lick At The Pan
Just now our mind is on what we
are thinking about, more properly,
the thing we are doing. For a few
weeks we have had our nose to the
grindstone,-lite te the cane
mill. Besides working up our own
crop of cane, we have done custom
work for, "Tom, Dick, and Harry
and in so doing. we have observed
some things. Right at the start, we
wish TO say that we throw away bet
ter cane than some people bring TO
us to be made into syrup. We don't
mean that this discarded cane is
wasted, but we go through the
patches with a corn knife. and take
out all the spindling. immature and
down stalks that do not look good,
and this often amounts to a wagon
load or more. and man hauls it
away and feeds it to his COWS Too
many farmers who grow sorghum
cane. are not particular about this.
Evidently they cut and bring to the
mill everything they find on the
patch They scarcely leave a stem
to the seed-head, and even bring us
some of the roots, and then COM
plain If they don't get first grade
syrup. One man brought load OF
cane from a patch in which, several
weeks previously the cows had got
ten and broken and trampled 1t
down. and it stunk so that we had
to wash everything before running
the next batch "Cleanliness is next
to godliness' is not in the Bible,
but it is implied, and to serupulous-
ly observe the same, is very essen
tial for the production of good
grade of syrup. Perhaps these same
men, were they gathering apples for
cider, would almost have a spasm II
someone would put in a few rotten
or inferior apples. 1t seems 10 US
that little common sense (too Of
ten uncommon) and judgment
would teach man that quality
would be preferable to quantity
Even if you sort your cane carefully
there are still plenty of chances for
failure. If you have never had
failure in growing farm crop,
Just try growing sorgo-cane ana
we will guarantee that 1t will come
soon enough. 1t is a great gamble.
All varieties of cane are yoraclous
COMMANDERS, that is. they take up
various substances from the soil,
even a large percent of bitterness
with the sweet. A very important
thing is the right kind of seed. Just
recently while passing through
WASHINGTON county, we saw some or
old time loose sprangly black top
that ought to have been out of the
so years ago. AS soon as
made. sorgo syrup should be care
fully sealed up so as to exclude the
air. DR.. Copeland says to eat more
of this sorgo syrup, that it is whole
some. etc., but deliver us from eat
ing tiff not properly made ana
cared for.