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Newspaper
Country Today
Location
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1986
Page
21
In Rock County, Lewis Bowles keeps a Civil War era tradition alive, cooking sorghum in a wood and oil fired setup. He harvests five acres, uses Amish help with shocks, and runs a single press for custom jobs while marketing most syrup to a Madison health food wholesaler.
Stalks of sorghum are pressed to extract juice and then cooked into dark syrup. Frostbite harms the stalks, spoiling the juices and reducing syrup yield. Skimming occurs after cooking to remove impurities, as shown.
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