Unidentified man making sorghum
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Boiling the syrup. Donated by Carlos Campbell. Sorghum Making, III-F-17947
Cutting the cane, sorghum making, circa 1930
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Original Captions: Cutting the cane. Sorghum Making; III-F-17945.Cutting the cane.Sorghum Making, III-F-17945
Circa 1930
Effects of Sulfometuron and Imazapyr Combinations on Johnsongrass for Pine Establishment on Old Fields
University of Georgia Libraries
vol. 84; Call number: ga f600 r4 s1 p2 84.
Visitors watching the skimming process, sorghum making, Lufty
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Visitors watching the skimming process.Sorghum Making; Lufty, III-F-4853, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Boiling vats used in sorghum making
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The boiling vats.Sorghum Making, III-F-4694, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Sorghum Making, Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sorghum Making; Cades Cove TN, III-F-14074, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Sorghum Making, Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sorghum Making; Cades Cove TN, III-F-14073, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Sorghum Making, Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sorghum Making; Cades Cove TN, III-F-14072, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Visitors gather to watch the juice boiling in sorghum making, Lufty Farmstead
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Visitors gather to watch the juice boiling.Sorghum Making; Lufty Farmstead, III-F-4851, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Sorghum making, Lufty Farmstead
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
From the mill, the juice is strained into a barrell, then it goes into the first of a series of boiling pans.Sorghum Making; Lufty Farmstead, III-F-4852, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Grinding the cane used in sorghum making
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Grinding the cane. 10 gallons of juice is required to make 1 gallon of sorghum. See Foxfire 3 for the complete description of the sorghum making process.Sorghum Making, III-F-4696, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Horse power used in sorghum making at Luftee Farmstead
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Horse power is used to turn the mill to grind the cane.Sorgum Making; at Luftee Farmstead, III-F-4850, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Boiling vats used in sorghum making
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The boiling vats. After the juice is squeezed from the cane and strained, it is poured into the vats or evaporators and boiled. Approximately 10 gallons of juice are boiled down to 1 gallon of sorghum.Sorghum Making, III-F-4693, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Visitors watching sorghum making, Luftee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Visitors watch the syrup boiling. Smoky Vistas, Fall 1979.Sorghum Naking; Luftee, III-F-16108, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Boiling sorghum
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Boiling sorghum, general view.Sorghum Making, III-F-9831, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Man and horse rest at sorghum mill, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Man sits by mill; horse stops to rest. See also III-F-9829, 30, 31 and 17162 for same site,Sorghum Mill, III-F-18348
Boiling vats used in sorghum making
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The boiling vats are divided into sections with the molasses being worked toward the last one as it cooks. The molasses is strained into a jug or large can. After it has cooled, it is put into smaller containers.Sorghum Making, III-F-4695, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Skimming the boiling juice, Cades Cove
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Skimming the boiling juice.Sorghum Making; Cades Cove, III-F-4855, History - Farming - Farming (Sorghum making; bee keeping; haying; orchard; tobacco growing; oxen plowing; clearing land; plowing; pigs with yokes; butchering; mountain farm tanning; coopering)
Ox turning sorghum mill, Oconaluftee farmstead, Tennessee, 1969
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ox turning sorghum mill at Oconaluftee farmstead, Sorghum Making At Luftee Farmstead, III-LF-15298, History - Living Farms - Living History
Ox-Powered sorghum mill, Oconaluftee farmstead, Tennessee, 1969
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ox-Powered sorghum mill at Oconaluftee farmstead,Ox-Powered sorghum mill at Oconaluftee farmstead, III-LF-15385, History - Living Farms - Living History
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