DaveBrt
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Columbus, Ga. Times, September 20, 1864
We have been shown, says the Mobile Advertiser, a very handsome sample of syrup made from corn stalks by Mr. Henry Bolton, residing about five miles from the city, who informs us that he manufactured nine gallons from four cart loads of stalks. They were cut before the grain had hardened, or at about proper "green corn" stage. It is well known that syrup can be made from corn stalks, and a number of years ago there was considerable experimenting in that way, but the present is the first instance of the manufacture we have heard of in this section, since the present scarcity of molasses and sugar has existed.
We have been shown, says the Mobile Advertiser, a very handsome sample of syrup made from corn stalks by Mr. Henry Bolton, residing about five miles from the city, who informs us that he manufactured nine gallons from four cart loads of stalks. They were cut before the grain had hardened, or at about proper "green corn" stage. It is well known that syrup can be made from corn stalks, and a number of years ago there was considerable experimenting in that way, but the present is the first instance of the manufacture we have heard of in this section, since the present scarcity of molasses and sugar has existed.
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