Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-04-05
AGRICUL u RAJ.
manufacture OF Maple Sugar.

Manufacture OF Maple Sugar.
Messrs. Gaylord q Tucker You and
some of your correspondents. seem to sci
high value upon maple sugar. bnt am
confident uooe too high for lis real worth.
have had much experience in It's e1anu.
faclufe, while youth and residing With
my iather and older brother. IN your own
State. They have made for a'number OF
seasons, as many as IL or 1900 pounds.
know qveH how il is generally made,
aud Deg leave, through tho columns OF
your paper, to sugges. to its present max.
ers, who follow the common mode, three
or four improvements, praclised. believe
by very few indeed.
|. The strictesi attention should be
paid to cleanliness, in gathering, storing,
and boiling the sap and 10 this eud, { be-
sides The usual skimmiugs while boiling.
and straining off the syrup bef1re sugar
ing off,') the sap itself should, by all
means, be we'll strained before putting ii
! into the boilers.
2. It should mol be boiled in common
kettles. generally used for that purpose
fheir sides. as generally used. become
bic hly heated, while The sap is often ris-
ing aud falling in the kettle, owing to the
unsteadiness of the fire; and when it falls,
the sap, scum, &c. adhering TO the inside
Of The kettle. burns on, and when the sap
rises again, it is melted of. aud thus
bIackens, embilters, and dtfiles the whole
mass in a greater or less degree. 10
remedy this, If common potash, or small.
er iron kettles must be used, they should
be set in an arch Of brick, or in one more
cheaply constructed Of common stone,
which any person can lay up, even with
on! the assistance Of mason: aud in sett.
ing them they should be placed high in
the arch, so that the FIRE will only. come at
The bottom and rery small portion ofthe
sides, and then cate should be taken never
to lei the sa? or syrup get so low 10 The
kettles as the top OF the arch This will
prevent its burning upon The sides, and
being washed of again. Every person
can make this improvement; aud when
tried, it will be found great and cheap
one. II is far better, however, not TO use
the common kettle at all; best TO have a
sheet iron vat made with fat bottom and
upright sides, and only 10 or IL inches
deep. Let this be placed upon the top Of
the arch so that the fire can reach the
bottom only.* The evaporation will b.
far more rapid. and the desired object more
certainly attained. The size OF the va,
should Of course depend upon the amount
Of business 10 be done; and while it should
be only about three feet wide, it may bt
| 10 or IL feet long. This great length. 10
proportion 20 itsswidth, will save fuel a:
a fire in the nouihot The arch will hea
lis whole length.
! g. When the syrup is strained and pu
into the kettle for ''sugaring off," there
should be added for each pail.fulI, abou
one pint milk.f ~~.
4. The sugar should not be run into
cakes, but, when sufficiently boiled Il
} grain" let the keule be set off the fire
, and when il begins 10 cool, the stirring
should be commenced with stick hAren
ed for that purpose. This stirring shoult
be increased in rapidly with its cooling
} and toward the last of it, two men shoult
relieve each other for few miuu,es-slir
ring it very rapidly. and toihe bottom, IN
til il is all perfectly dry and "alive, "as tn,
phrase is. This stirring off," can be fin
ished in bout twenty minutes: and whel
! thus & done cane sugar can never equal
: n beauty or favor.t
The kind of kettle here recommended
and this stirring of" of maple sugar,
knoO, by experience, are Improvements e.
the common method Of making it. VIII
are they not equally applicable 10 the max
Ing of corn sugar? hope they will b
tried by those who try the latter.
S. Every far ner should have FEY
mapl trees upon his place, in situation:
lfpossible, where they will not shade 10
= much his own, or his neighbours arab
; land This can generally be obtained b
placing them along the south side Of som
' road or lane A fewtrees will afford NOR
= sugar than families generally use, and al
:. so very pleasant ana agreeable employ
ment bf young people at time when Ii
= tie else can be one.-ALbany Cut:iuato'
Cast-iron boilers are now made 3 feet 8 inche
long, % inches wide, 6 inches deep, and lro.dir
J. about barrel cost $l0.
b i Some use table spoonful of cream, instead @
: milk.
t0IIiers experienced in the business, tell US tn,
o there should be no stirring.-Eds. W. Chronicle
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