On SUGAR & CANE: Daniel Boone bought loaf sugar at a trading post in southwest Virginia. Does anybody know wht "loaf sugar" was? Maybe brown sugar? My great great grandfather had a large sugar maple grove on his farm, with large pans and boiling kettles where he made syrup and sugar..but from the reports I have read concerning the amount he made, I don't believe the pioneers could have depended on maple sugar for their needs..I believe the pioneers probably made molasses which turn into sugar after a while if they are made thick....I helped restock a cane mill a couple of years ago which looked like it was brought over on the Mayflower!! The creeks and other places with "cane" in the names were probably named for the wild cane which grew in low areas when the first Longhunters and explorers came..I don't know if it had syrup juice in it or not..Cattle and horses could eat it.. G. Lee H...