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PHOTO GALLERY
US Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is presented a jug of Clinton Family Farms Sorghum. Feeding cane in to the Golden #45 Mill. Mill will produce about 175 gallons of raw juice per hour. EJ starting on a new day of cooking. To cook 600 to 700 gallons of juice takes about 7 hours and produces about 100 gallons of syrup. After adjusting the bottom of the pit the pan cooks better. EJ keeps a close eye on the cooking. Booker skimming the cooking pan. Juice rolling out of the mill into the pumping tank. Working on the new shed over the mills. Our first day of Cooking. Our friend Victor Stoll from Finger, Tennessee offers some advise. Alot of cooks in the kitchen. Everybody wants into the act, our friend, James McVey, tests his "skimmin' " ability. The small cane mill is now used as a backup mill. To the Golden 45 and 36. Our John Deere "Hedgeclipper", used to cut the heads off the cane before cutting and stripping. First Sorghum stalk to run throught the new mill. New mill in place behind the processing barn. Our sorghum mentor W.S. "Babe" Howard (center left) and son Stuart Howard (center right) critique the firebox and cooking pan for E.J.,Dan and Mr. Ed. Mr. Babe gives the cooking pan the once over. E.J. arrives with the new (restored) two row PTO driven corn binder. We located this in South Dakota. Sorghum is about 3 weeks from harvesting and about 10 feet tall. Our new processing facility being built for the 2002 season. The gentle rolling West Tennessee farms are perfect for growing sorghum. Mature sorghum may grow as high as 10ft these stalks are about 60 days old. The old and the new. Our 1960 Farmall 140 and 2002 John Deere Our 1940's Case IH Corn Cutter Binder originally pulled by mules has been modified to be pulled by a tractor. A view of the cutter binder from the drive wheel side. Closer view of the cutter binder. New Cane Mill, now the small backup mill. See JD Dan was at the farm when you called. View of the firebox from the burner end. Mr. Ed Checks the firebox damper. Earl Horner our builder/brick mason and Mr. Ed are checking to make sure the chimney draws. The stainless steel cooking tray is set in place. Gary Berry arrives at the site with the new mill mounted on stand. Feeding the mill is very labor intensive.
May 4, 2005 - Brownsville, TN
Jay Clinton presented US Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is presented a jug of Clinton Family Farms Sorghum. Secretary Johanns visited Jays school to present awards to Sunny Hill Elementary, Haywood Elementary and East Elementary schools for outstanding performance in complying with President Bush's guidelines for healther school nutrition programs. Of the four schools in the nation awarded the honor, three are in Haywood County, TN.
New mill in place behind the processing barn. The juice will flow into the stainless steel tank by the mill. It will then be pumped up to the holding tanks in the background to be held until needed at the cooking tray.
9/5/2002
US Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is presented a jug of Clinton Family Farms Sorghum.
May 4, 2005 - Brownsville, TN
Jay Clinton presented US Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns is presented a jug of Clinton Family Farms Sorghum. Secretary Johanns visited Jays school to present awards to Sunny Hill Elementary, Haywood Elementary and East Elementary schools for outstanding performance in complying with President Bush's guidelines for healther school nutrition programs. Of the four schools in the nation awarded the honor, three are in Haywood County, TN.
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