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[Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>]

On Nov 1, 2008, at 8:54 AM, Don Bowen wrote:

> Very little is better than Sorghum Molasses on fresh cornbread....  
> Early rollers were vertical and powered by a horse or mule

I remember seeing in the Carribbean (Saint Croix maybe) a museum sugar  
cane mill from the 1800's.  It was run by wind, I think.  The rollers  
were vertical, about three feet long.  We were told that there would  
always be an axe handy to the foreman who watched the slaves feed the  
cane.  In case of an arm getting caught in the rollers, a one armed  
slave was better than a dead one.

Roy


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