purgeries

Another cause of injury were the storms of August and October, which inundated many plantations, while on others the cane was not only prostrated and rendered comparatively worthless, but many sugar-houses and purgeries were blown down and machinery damaged.

First Annual Statement of the Trade and Commerce of Memphis, for the Year ending August 31, 1861. Reported to the Memphis Chamber of Commerce by Jno. S. Toof, Secretary. Tenn. 1861