Here are more links to document early use of sorghum by American founders....Gary Wietgrefe--Thomas Jefferson (note also comments on hemp seed and eating broom corn) Thomas Appleton to Thomas Jefferson, 15 January 1820 (archives.gov) and a short broom corn reference To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Mann Randolph, 14 June 1805 (archives.gov)On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 6:02 AM <collab-request@lists.millets2023.space> wrote:Send Collab mailing list submissions to
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1. History of sorghum in North America? (Don Osborn)
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What is the history of sorghum in North America?
For some perspectives we turn first to a quite good piece on the True
Treats Historic Candy LLC website that offers a broad US historical context
while focusing on sorghum syrup or molasses: "The Triumph, Defeats, and
Ultimate Victory of the Sorghum Syrup"
https://truetreatscandy.com/the-triumph-defeats-and-ultimate-victory-og-the-sorghum-syrup/
The National Sorghum Producers quarterly magazine, Sorghum Grower, has an
article taking the focus more to the central plains "sorghum belt" entitled
"Milo or Sorghum What Say You?"
https://sorghumgrowers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021_SorghumGrower_Fall_jlb_Web.pdf
(scroll down to p. 6)
What of the supposed role of Benjamin Franklin in the introduction of
"broomcorn" US (another name for sorghum) to the US. It turns out that
sources are not clear, even if he had a role in promoting it:
https://bacacountyhistory.com/2016/12/09/did-ben-franklin-really-have-an-key-role-in-bringing-broomcorn-to-america/
It bears noting, in any case, that the first seeds of sorghum in America
likely came with enslaved Africans (like seeds of pearl millet & African
rice, to speak only of grains). Amont the sources discussing this:
https://www.pullupyourplants.com/archive/sorghum/benfranklin
Sorghum came as a crop to Canada only about 3 decades ago:
https://www.topcropmanager.com/sorghum-in-canada-20528/
Altho sorghum may have come to Mexico much earlier, the first publication
about it there was in 1882, and its cultivation as a crop was boosted
beginning in the 1950s by availability of hybrid varieties from Texas (per
a 2002 paper by Hector Williams-Alan?s, "Sorghum and Millet in Mexico"):
https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470384923.ch75 (I shared this link previously
on Collab).
Don Osborn, PhD
(East Lansing, MI, US)
North American Millets Alliance
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