[Syrupmakers] Syrup in the age of COVID

[Tracy Baudoin]

It’s good to hear from others, it’s been so quiet on this list. I’ve cut way back this year, only planting about a third of usual.  Sales have been way down, with COVID and all. Despite that, I was able to find and almost finish restoring a miniature version of what looks like a Chatanooga 44 cane mill. I’m told it could have been a salesman’s demo model. It has a hand crank and works fairly well, but is missing the knife. I had to build two new bottom rollers and shafts, but I’m not sure if the best way to make a knife. Any suggestions?

Tracy Baudoin
(985) 209-3420
tbaudoin at me.com
www.linkedin.com/in/tracy-Baudoin

> On Nov 7, 2021, at 5:37 AM, Kevin Harbin <kharbin at nctv.com> wrote:
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> 
> I cut my 1/2 acre of m-81e sorghum yesterday. We’ll be cooking it off next Saturday. Some of the best cane I’ve had in years. Aphids came in very late so I didn’t have to spray this year. 
> Hope everyone is still doing well, 
> Kevin Harbin, South Carolina. 
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