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    • Farm buildings

    • Farm buildings

    • Agriculture; Agricultural facilities; Fences

    • Photo of barns and outbuildings in a fenced lot on the side of a hill. This photo is not a Palmer original. It was taken by Willard Van Dyke. Location is not verified, although Palmer titled this picture "Valley Farm near Floyd, VA."
    • Ferrum College
    • Man stands next to pile of crushed sorghum cane

    • Man stands next to pile of crushed sorghum cane

    • Molasses; Agriculture; Buildings

    • Green Wade stands next to a large pile of crushed sorghum cane, adding cane to it with a pitchfork. The side of a house or outbuilding is visible in the background. Palmer titled this series of photos "Making molasses; Green Wade's." ...
    • Ferrum College
    • Wooden-handled molasses strainer

    • Wooden-handled molasses strainer

    • Molasses; Home food processing; Equipment

    • Close up of a man's hand holding a molasses strainer out above a boiling vat of molasses. Molasses runs through the strainer back into the vat. Palmer titled this series of photos "Making molasses; Green Wade's." Palmer places the...
    • Ferrum College
    • Man stirs vat of boiling molasses

    • Man stirs vat of boiling molasses

    • Molasses; Home food processing; Transportation; Carts & wagons

    • Green Wade stands behind two shallow, rectangular vats of boiling molasses, stirring with a stick. Steam rises from both vats. A wagon, kettle, and a metal tub are visible on the ground behind the man. Palmer titled this series of photos...
    • Ferrum College
    • Man stirs molasses

    • Man stirs molasses

    • Molasses; Home food processing

    • Green Wade stands behind two shallow, rectangular vats of boiling molasses. The man stirs the molasses with a stick. A metal stovepipe sticks out from underneath the vats, providing a chimney for the fires heating the molasses. Palmer titled...
    • Ferrum College
    • Crushed sorghum stalks fall from machine

    • Crushed sorghum stalks fall from machine

    • Molasses; Home food processing; Agriculture; Animals

    • Green Wade feeds sorghum cane into a crushing machine powered by a horse. The crushed stalks can be seen falling from the machine onto the ground between the two large pieces of wood that anchor the machine. Palmer titled this series of photos...
    • Ferrum College
    • Squeezing sorghum cane for juice

    • Squeezing sorghum cane for juice

    • Molasses; Home food processing; Agriculture; Animals; Dwellings

    • Side view of Green Wade feeding sorghum cane into a crushing machine powered by a horse. Machine is anchored to two large blocks of wood. The words "Chattanooga Plow Company" are imprinted on the side of the machine. A house is visible...
    • Ferrum College
    • Man feeds sorghum cane into crushing machine

    • Man feeds sorghum cane into crushing machine

    • Molasses; Agriculture; Animals; Home food processing

    • Green Wade kneels behind a crushing machine powered by a horse. The man feeds stalks of sorghum into the machine to extract the juice to make molasses. Machine produced by the Chattanooga Plow Company. Palmer titled this series of photos...
    • Ferrum College
    • Sorghum cane crushing machine

    • Sorghum cane crushing machine

    • Agriculture; Home food processing; Molasses

    • Close up photo of a crushing machine used in making molasses. A man feeds sorghum cane into the machine. A metal tub is under the machine to catch the juice that is crushed from the stalks. The words "Improved, Chattanooga Plow...
    • Ferrum College
    • Crushing sorghum stalks

    • Crushing sorghum stalks

    • Molasses; Home food processing; Agriculture; Animals; Dwellings

    • Green Wade feeds sorghum cane into a crushing machine powered by a horse. Man's back is turned toward camera. A log house is visible in the background. Palmer titled this series of photos "Making molasses; Green Wade's." Palmer places...
    • Ferrum College
    • Montgomery County gristmill

    • Montgomery County gristmill

    • Mills

    • Side view of a log gristmill. The water wheel is visible on the side of the building. Vines grow inside the water races, although water still flows from the races into the stream below. This is either the George Correll Mill (built 1852,...
    • Ferrum College
    • Magazine article on gristmill

    • Magazine article on gristmill

    • Mills;

    • A two page photo story on the Tom Agee gristmill in "Friends" magazine titled "Old Mill in the Hills." Photos of the structure and operations of the mill are shown and include captions. Palmer titled this photo "Tom Agee...
    • Ferrum College
    • Water races of gristmill have leaks

    • Water races of gristmill have leaks

    • Mills

    • Close up of the front of the water wheel and races of Tom Agee's gristmill. Water springs from leaks in the side of the races. The larger mill building is not visible in this photo. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork...
    • Ferrum College
    • Water flows over wheel of gristmill

    • Water flows over wheel of gristmill

    • Mills

    • Water flows from the races down onto the water wheel of the Tom Agee gristmill. Most of the water runs over the side of the wheel instead of turning it forward. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek running through...
    • Ferrum College
    • Water wheel of Agee Mill

    • Water wheel of Agee Mill

    • Mills

    • Close up photo of Tom Agee's water wheel and part of the races beside the gristmill. The wheel is stationary as the water flows out of the races before reaching the wheel. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek...
    • Ferrum College
    • Tom Agee's gristmill

    • Tom Agee's gristmill

    • Mills

    • Side view of the Agee gristmill with its water wheel and races visible. Water runs from the side of the races into the stream below instead of flowing over the water wheel. Palmer's note with the photo places the mill on the Laurel Fork Creek...
    • Ferrum College
    • Gristmill machinery

    • Gristmill machinery

    • Mills; Millstones; Equipment

    • Interior view of the Cockram Mill and its milling machinery. Flourescent lights hang from the ceiling above the millstones, metal garbage cans sit to the right of the machinery, and stacks of white bags of ground flour are visible against the back...
    • Ferrum College
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