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In the early fall during "syruping off" time many of the children stay home from school to eat the freshly boiled down sorghum cane syrup. The cook usually goes to the various farms in the neighborhood and for his work takes a share of the syrup. On the highway between Jackson and Campton, Kentucky
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In the early fall during "syruping off" time many of the children stay home from school to eat the freshly boiled down sorghum cane syrup. The cook usually goes to the various farms in the neighborhood and for his work takes a share of the syrup. On the highway between Jackson and Campton, Kentucky

Wolcott, Marion Post · 1940-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineIn the early fall during "syruping off" time many of the children stay home from school to eat the freshly boiled down sorghum cane syrup. The cook usually goes to the various farms in the neighborhoo. 1940-01-01. Wolcott, Marion Post. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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