Sugar Cane - Bulletins - 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	Topic	Download
1895	Ross, B.B .	CaneSyrup Alabama Agricultural Station Bulletin No. 66 EXTERNAL LINK	TOC
1903	Harrington, H.H.	The Manufacture of CaneSyrup Texas Agricultural Experiment Stations Bulletin No. 68 EXTERNAL LINK	40MB
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).)	7.5MB
1925	Yoder P.A.	Growing Sugarcane for Syrup U.S. Department of Agriculture - Farmers' Bulletin No. 1034	3.0MB 4.8MB
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.)	16.4MB Full Text TOC
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.	19MB
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	7.7MB
1988 Bill's Favorite	Broadhead D.M. & N. Zummo	Sugarcane Culture and Syrup Production U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Research Service ARS-61	12.7MB
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).	0.3MB 6.4MB
2011	Lynwood Wagner	Description of Cane Mill Restoration Annotated images of the restoration of a 2-roller frameless cane mill.	0.8MB
Cane-mill Catalogs and Similar Ephemera
Year	Author	Topic	Download
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.)	14.3MB
1904	Chattanooga Plow Company	Our Prosperity Implements (an overview of selected products, including cane mills and evaporators and instructions for use)	1.3MB
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.)	2.5MB
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.)	8.8MB
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 list.)	0.8MB
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.)	4.8MB
undated	John Deere	Catalog Pages with Cane Mills. Two pages provided by John Deere to Marcus Walker. (Special thanks to Marcus Walker for sharing.)	0.3MB
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.)	7.8MB Full Text 31.1MB Full Text TOC
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. )	1.1MB
~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. )	1.9MB Cultivation 4.2MB Mills

Bulletins and General Information

Cane-mill Catalogs and Similar Ephemera