Making Sorghum Molasses ~ Tools and Equipment

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Miracle Farm 1927 Homestead

2 жыл бұрын

Follow along with our family as we take you through each step in making sorghum molasses. We do it in a way that the farmers in North Carolina would have been doing it in the early 1900s with sweet syrup and sweet fellowship. This year we try to show you the tools and equipment you would need to make sorghum molasses on your own. Just like we did neighbors would borrow each others equipment and help one another. We love and appreciate all who came to help and visit.
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@jamestboehm6450 10 ай бұрын

So good to actually see family and neighbors come together to get something accomplished. Just the way it used to be done. It may come to the time when that is the way it will be done again for everyone.

@miraclefarm1927 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Friends and neighbors we are so thankful for you and all the hard work and wonderful fellowship we had during molasses making time. Thank you too to all our subscribers and viewers for watching and supporting our channel. Blessings y'all!

@robertterry2838 10 ай бұрын

The world needs more of this.

@miraclefarm1927 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@kennethvaughan8195 2 ай бұрын

It would be a better world ! If everyone was carrying on with the old country living , the 30 year old kids wouldn’t have time to be getting into all the nonsense trouble they get into

@tedc7714 9 ай бұрын

And everyone gets some . It is good. I was sitting her thinking about sorghum and butter sandwiches Gramma used to feed us kids. I'm 80 and still crave it. I think their press had wood rollers. I remember an old tractor with belt pulling it. Pur seniot class made apple cider to sell too. All the culls. Bruised or wormy ones. No one ever got sick over it. Worms and all. Filtered . Rrally good old cider.

@miraclefarm1927 9 ай бұрын

I have never seen a wooded one, but would like to. One day I would like to afford a cider press.

@matthewhottle4948 2 жыл бұрын

This was the one I was waiting for. Great job!! Thanks for showing the process!!

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Glad you liked it and thank you. Blessings

@LazyAcreshomestead 2 жыл бұрын

it was so much fun again. looking forward to next year already.

@glbaker5595 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the upload. Lots of memories

@angelahorne867 10 ай бұрын

I’m from South Carolina and we did sugar cane and made syrup. People would come and bring covered dishes and all hang out.

@miraclefarm1927 9 ай бұрын

Love it! We are heading back down to SC in Dec to do just that.

@michaelmoore7831 2 жыл бұрын

That was lovely. Thanks for bringing us along.

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Blessings

@katewizer2736 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial!

@mountainmomma9132 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!! Just Amazing. I just love your family!!! I'm glad to know you all

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Awe, you are so kind. Thank you and blessings!

@enricolovadina3560 Жыл бұрын

Very nice Italy love .....

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Blessings

@nicholasnapier2684 2 жыл бұрын

Preserving history that is such an amazing thing you people are very good loving and I look forward to meeting y’all one day I got a place up in Tennessee..

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, we love history. Would love to meet you. Blessings

@iniquitousman8251 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video! What a wonderful family! Thanks for sharing! WP! ⚡⚡

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! Blessings

@davidgrove1480 2 жыл бұрын

how fun...!!!

@Stockcreekhomestead Жыл бұрын

Nice this is a lost art that brings everyone together if we had more things like this family values would be restored

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

Sure would! Blessings

@biglow8762 Жыл бұрын

To your family please come back with updates for 2023! Your knowledge is needed for the people!

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

Here is this year. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbKYrMJkxtyue30.html

@biglow8762 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your family help

@jamesstephen8480 Жыл бұрын

good and sweet music behind the scenes

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Blessings

@crtomirrozman 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic stuff. Did not know sorghum can be used for that.

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Blessings

@tedc7714 9 ай бұрын

Onr guy in our bunch has a walkin cooler. We still butcher in a bunch like this.there is a maple syrup camp about 8 miles away. I go down and play poker and help out cooking it down.

@miraclefarm1927 9 ай бұрын

That's great!

@tzyijiang9884 11 ай бұрын

May be a simple device can greatly simplify your production process: A metal plate installed vertically on top of a horizontal platform, the top of the plate has a semicircle cutout. Also, prepare a metal hatch or a clip with a semicircle hole on the bottom. When you harvest sorghum, cut the stalks without stripping the leaves. Transport the stems to where you process them. Open the hatch, or remove the the clip, on the device and put a sorghum stalk with the head beyond the hole. Close the hatch or clip over the metal plate. Clip the head to let it fall into a container below. Pull the stalk through the hole and the leaves are stripped and fall into another container. Feed the stalk into the sap press. Install a shredder to shred the pressed stalks and combine them with the leaves to make animal feed. 32:31

@miraclefarm1927 10 ай бұрын

We just have a small amount, but larger operations do a lot of things you suggested. Thanks

@user-ej1ip9bt7z 2 жыл бұрын

Дуже гарно.Можете продати трохи насіння? . .

@rhondadewilde2657 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! That was so much fun to watch! With 100 gallons of juice...how many quarts of sorghum did you get?? Grin

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

We got 11 gallons of syrup! Thankyou and blessings.

@susanvaughn741 10 ай бұрын

I am sure I could build a riding mower that could cut all the stalks and gather them in bunches. Then, strip the leaves before pressing.

@kennethvaughan8195 2 ай бұрын

I agree. 😊

@josephpadula2283 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all look like you are Able to raise Caine!

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Raising more as we speak! Blessings

@tammysarrazin7078 2 жыл бұрын

so do you save the heads for seed next year ?? i love this season of molasses hugsssssss

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

We sure do and chicken feed. Blessings

@dennislock3415 Жыл бұрын

Last time I saw this it was a mule turning the mill.

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

Working on doing that next year. Blessings

@dennislock3415 Жыл бұрын

@@miraclefarm1927 Good luck,it'll be a good thing to remind people that we can actually live without modern technology even if it might be harder in some ways.

@Samandcocoa 10 ай бұрын

great vid. how much did you get out of the hundred gallons.

@miraclefarm1927 10 ай бұрын

It is usually 10 to 1. So e got a little over 10 gallons from 100 gal of juice.

@jeffmedina43 11 ай бұрын

Sorghum flour can be made from those seed heads on top

@miraclefarm1927 11 ай бұрын

Yes you can!

@easternkentuckyoutdoors8092 2 жыл бұрын

You get snakes in the sorghum any? Where do you buy good quality seeds

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Have never had any problem with snakes. This place has a good variety of seeds and sells the kind we grow, Della. www.seedman.com/sorghum.htm

@stehlfamilyfarm6886 10 ай бұрын

I'm from Delaware and my wife and I are looking for a cane mill bc we are going to try growing sorghum. And idea where we might get one?

@miraclefarm1927 10 ай бұрын

We just talked to old farmers in our area that use to grow sorghum. I have seen them on Craig's List.

@michaeldavidson9939 10 ай бұрын

Coming from an old timer in Arkansas, you have me confused. Are you making molasses or sorghum? You use both terms but they are different things.

@miraclefarm1927 10 ай бұрын

You are very right. The official name for what we make is sorghum syrup. It takes sugar cane to make molasses, but our season here in NC is too short.. So traditionally here it has been called sorghum molasses, it's even labeled in the stores like that. Most people here have never heard of sorghum syrup, but it does drive the official people crazy.

@tammysarrazin7078 2 жыл бұрын

does the cane/stem get sticky when you strip the leaves ??

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

No, not until we start squeezing. Hugs!

@PayoniBroBen 2 жыл бұрын

May I know which variety of sorghum is best for producing molasses?

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

There are so many varieties it's hard to say. The type we grow "Della" grows quite tall so it's prone to lodging when it is full grown, it has heavy stalks which we like. Other types are shorter which takes care of the lodging problem, but you have to grow more to get as much juice. Some types have sweeter juice. It's just all in what you are looking for. Blessings

@brendanmolloy2884 Жыл бұрын

Do you ever ferment the juice?

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

No, haven't done that.

@markdavis9562 Жыл бұрын

What brand of seed do you guys use

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

It's called Della.

@tammysarrazin7078 2 жыл бұрын

i dont remember last years being so green ???

@CRgirl70 2 ай бұрын

How do you know when its time to harvest?

@miraclefarm1927 Ай бұрын

About 120 days. Sorghum heads go through a milk stage similar to corn and you harvest just after that.

@kalebmcdaniel9147 Жыл бұрын

How many acres do you plant of sorghum?

@miraclefarm1927 Жыл бұрын

1/4 to 1/2 depends how many vats we want to do.

@nigelwinslow 9 ай бұрын

I don't see any fencing. Are deer a problem? Don't they eat the heads? Or shoots when they're young?

@miraclefarm1927 8 ай бұрын

Good dogs.

@kevinbaker6168 2 жыл бұрын

My dad's family burned the leaves of their cane before cutting it.

@Jezze2 2 жыл бұрын

Do y'all ever eat the grain instead of just feed it to the animals?

@miraclefarm1927 2 жыл бұрын

Not yet but it's on the list. Blessings

@coleenhuff432 5 ай бұрын

Sorghum and molasses are two different things. Why do they keep calling it molasses.

@miraclefarm1927 5 ай бұрын

Here in NC it is called sorghum molasses for the simple fact sugar cane cannot grow here. It is really sorghum syrup, but around here no one would know what that is.