His broom—a round bundle of broomcorn lashed to a stick with some weaving around the top—proved to be more durable and effective than previous models, and it was soon in demand around the region.

He made brooms for his wife by tightly tying a bundle of the stems onto a smooth stick. She thought the broom far superior and persuaded Levi to make brooms to sell. These sorghum plant stems ...

My modern broom still is a bundle of flexible “stems” held together around a long handle. Bundles of sticks or plant stems were no doubt used to sweep the caves in our earliest history.