Page 30 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb University of South Florida Tampa Library still image eng Page 30 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…others have such luck.” However, Jack, Frank and the other two men each brought in a turkey in fact one of the others had killed two also, so, five men with seven turkeys had more than they wanted for one camping trip.We did not mention the first sugar cane crop the folks raised in the raw hammock soil. The yield was excellent but the great freeze of that year (1868) of course froze the cane.So there was their crop of cane ruined unless it could be made into syrup within the next few days.They had no mill and grandfather sat down and planned a mill with Will’s assistance. Soon Will was a work making three pine log rollers and wooden cogs from live oak. With a hired horse probably from Manatee they ran the mill and crushed the juice from the sugar cane which grandfather boiled down, and, oh how they enjoyed that fresh syrup made from their own cane!” Page 30 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…others have such luck.” However, Jack, Frank and the other two men each brought in a turkey in fact one of the others had killed two also, so, five men with seven turkeys had more than they wanted for one camping trip.We did not mention the first sugar cane crop the folks raised in the raw hammock soil. The yield was excellent but the great freeze of that year (1868) of course froze the cane.So there was their crop of cane ruined unless it could be made into syrup within the next few days.They had no mill and grandfather sat down and planned a mill with Will’s assistance. Soon Will was a work making three pine log rollers and wooden cogs from live oak. With a hired horse probably from Manatee they ran the mill and crushed the juice from the sugar cane which grandfather boiled down, and, oh how they enjoyed that fresh syrup made from their own cane!” United States Florida Manatee County Public Library Historic Photograph Collection
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Page 30 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…others have such luck.” However, Jack, Frank and the other two men each brought in a turkey in fact one of the others had killed two also, so, five men with seven turkeys had more than they wanted for one camping trip.We did not mention the first sugar cane crop the folks raised in the raw hammock soil. The yield was excellent but the great freeze of that year (1868) of course froze the cane.So there was their crop of cane ruined unless it could be made into syrup within the next few days.They had no mill and grandfather sat down and planned a mill with Will’s assistance. Soon Will was a work making three pine log rollers and wooden cogs from live oak. With a hired horse probably from Manatee they ran the mill and crushed the juice from the sugar cane which grandfather boiled down, and, oh how they enjoyed that fresh syrup made from their own cane!”
Page 30 from Events in the Life of William B. Webb and family by Charles W. Webb. The text reads: “…others have such luck.” However, Jack, Frank and the other two men each brought in a turkey in fact one of the others had killed two also, so, five men with seven turkeys had more than they wanted for one camping trip.We did not mention the first sugar cane crop the folks raised in the raw hammock soil. The yield was excellent but the great freeze of that year (1868) of course froze the cane.So there was their crop of cane ruined unless it could be made into syrup within the next few days.They had no mill and grandfather sat down and planned a mill with Will’s assistance. Soon Will was a work making three pine log rollers and wooden cogs from live oak. With a hired horse probably from Manatee they ran the mill and crushed the juice from the sugar cane which grandfather boiled down, and, oh how they enjoyed that fresh syrup made from their own cane!”
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