Is this not a cane press ?

[BobbyB]

To be honest, when I first saw it I thought it was something completely different and when I walked up and saw the rollers I thought Holy Cow, this is a press.









It was laying in front of a cafe in Tennessee and it's still there.

[uncle Will in In.]

Looks like a cane press to me. Offer them !0 cents a pound for it.
Looks like a little tune up would put you into the squeezin business.
Hook it to an antique tractor with a flat belt pully and park it right out next to the road and start taking orders for Tennesee sorgum molasses.
Just like grandpa Schribbly Oddsock used to make..

[Alice In TX/MO]

What vehicle are you in? It's a LONG haul from Tennessee to Hondo, Texas.

[BobbyB]

Originally Posted by uncle Will in In.

Looks like a cane press to me. Offer them !0 cents a pound for it.
Looks like a little tune up would put you into the squeezin business.
Hook it to an antique tractor with a flat belt pully and park it right out next to the road and start taking orders for Tennesee sorgum molasses.
Just like grandpa Schribbly Oddsock used to make..

From what I could see, it just needed a new frame to hold it steady and a tractor with a pulley to run it like you say. But Im back in TX and it's still where it it was when I took those pics.

But, I may have to have Kelsi go by and see if it could be bought.

Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO

What vehicle are you in? It's a LONG haul from Tennessee to Hondo, Texas.

Alice, we were in Karla's Durango. I wanted to take the truck, but we went for MPG instead. And naturally we came across a bunch of stuff Id liked to have brought home.

Long ways is right. We covered nearly 1100 miles in 18 1/2 hours with 3 kids and a big bleary eyed bulldog .He wouldt lay down, stayed up looking over our shoulder the entire way except for maybe 10 minutes. I guess he didnt trust our driving.

[fatrat]

I don't think that is a cane mill. At least it does not look like any cane mill I've ever seen. It is some sort of mill though. Perhaps it could be made to work for cane.

[rancher1913]

duplicate----dang slow internet, sorry

[rancher1913]

not a cane mill, way to light weight. its a corn cracker--the groves give it away. there would have been a hopper on top and corn goes through and comes out in small pieces so the animals can digest it better.

[CIW]

Thats a rolling mill for rolling seed grains like corn and oats. There was a tapered wood hopper above it to feed the grain through. It probably stood on a wood framed stand.
Cane mills aren't turned as fast as this would be if you hooked it up to the flywheel on the tractor.
The rollers on a cane mill would be about twice the diameter and half as long as these are.

[Sparkie]

My husband agrees about it not being a cane press. He grew up in Ky and his family and people in surrounding areas grew lots of sorghum.