Waters tells a history of cane syrup, mills, kettles, iron foundries and all

Lee Waters’ “hobby gone wild” of growing sugar cane and making syrup has led him to some deep history of that once major aspect of Bulloch County farm life and indirectly into the history of agricultural machinery manufacturing by iron foundries in regional cities such as Savannah and Columbus.

Waters, whose full-time work is in his family’s business in town – L.A. Waters Furniture – also shares his family’s multigenerational interest in agriculture. He previously took part in a Bulloch County Historical video about his grandfather, Si Waters, who last year turned 90, as did the company. At 28, Lee Waters is now the youngest member of the Historical Society’s board, and presented his program, “Forgotten Harvest,” for Monday’s lunchtime meeting.

“Historically in Bulloch County, every farm