TIFTON – The annual cane grinding and syrup-making event at the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture is scheduled for Nov 18.
“For many Southerners, cane grinding and syrup cooking are family traditions that have been passed down through generations,” said GMA Director Garrett Boone. “The Museum’s Historic Village is one of the few places where visitors can step back in time to see a mule-powered mill grinding sugar cane.”
Costumed interpreters will explain the cane grinding process and the intricacies of producing a delicious bottle of cane syrup, demonstrating every step from the grinding at the mill to cooking down in a cast iron kettle in the syrup shed, resulting in cane syrup, according to Boone.
Other educational programs for guests will take place throughout the Village during the day including doll-making, blacksmithing demonstrations, grapevine wreath-making, historic trivia, open-hearth cooking, mule plowing demonstrations and more. The steam-powered cotton gin will also be running, and antique tractors will be on site for the day. The Vulcan Steam Train ride is always a highlight of the day for museum guests.
The museum will be open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Nov. 18. Admission to the museum on Saturdays is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors (age 55 and over), $7 for children 5-16 years of age, and free for children four and under.
For more information on cane grinding and other upcoming events, contact the Museum at (229) 391-5205 or visit the Museum’s website at www.gma.abac.edu.
