Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-03-23
Manic Surnr.

and preparations therefor may not come
ami... \ few year. since it could h. pur-
chased in our market At from six To eight
crnts pr pound hy the quantity but within
the past two yrnr- It meet. with a rcaAy sale
at 10 and u cent. per pound, and choice
samples will readily command extra prizes.
From lyinc an article Of slow sale, 1t has
in consequences Of the clearing up Of our
and,. become, an article orluwry and We
du not, under ordinary circumstances, anti.
ciJoic any future decline in prices.
The quantity. color and taste arr mate
rally influenced by the car, taken in the
various stages Of it, manufacture, the clean
linc-. Observed in the gathering of the sap,
and IL. evaporation to the rraininr roiu'.
Ey reason or the high temperature rcquirc
in the last stag, orcnpDration, unlcss crcat
rars H. taken. il il very apt to b" hurns, and
acluirc> a bitter rnryrumatic flavor, 'cry
different from IL, own peculiar aroma and
taste.
20 gather toe sap ,n llcse,, .rum li,yyl
me hundred tr,s-. and carry il hy manual
labor {, the kettle. wc know from cNrericuc
i. rather hand work. ami W. much prefer,
having previously broken out good roai', 60
I,t the cun,cyanc, D. done in lOrrrl on a
led drawn hy hor-,, or oxen, than carry IL
ourselves. Much lifting NAV oC,cn,imc' D.
saved. II tho place of Manufacture hc .'
much elevated IN M, side that the .Ar will
run from the larr,l or hor.hoad into The
boiler, in a steady .'ryam ~ simply turning
n f.uc.t near the lower part of rhc cnsku.'d
frr IL. Conveyance.
n has al, h,,n a-gcrtoin~l by careful ey.
r.rimcut, tha, the Row " ap depends mor'
uran the depth of the inci.inn than upon it.
.,,.rpaI .i,,-alsl that an au.rturr half pm
inch in diameter s1luu>i equally as effective
l. one or dpuhl, it. .irc but in thr one cas-
fhr wound rrllily heal. over hy the growth
ri trrSlmr ,.a.an-in the other, thc growth
NJ several .aa.,n. will hardly clo.a The wound
rni,nrrrin- tho ,i.ur and health ofth' tr'r.
IN, experiment. % which We refer wa
made under a., direction olihc Agricultural
CluborBrltilc'orp', Vt, ard is in substance
o., follows lin the spring of l'i", r"m-
mit,.r consisting of ,hrnr I'r-"u., was ar-
r.,in,ei to ascertain hy actual ,',l"rimcn,
trc rrnr.r .irr and depth of the horc in TAP
ping the sugar maple. They accordingly
rrorr,l.d 90 IT, this question in the most
thorough manner, usinsall ,.tc' ofhi''' from
haitian inch to an inch AMI half in diane
trr-eachmnkinrhi. cyprimont independent
.Iy oG the othcr-aui the rcsnlt Of all wa-'
that mo- difference could BE- p'r'riv"d-'h'
half inch giving a' much sap a. any Other.
Each one also tapped several trc'., setting
.r1 bucket. q, 70 'r,', with single sTiI' t'
each, and hor-l different depths, from on"
to throc aul a half inches and the results
in thi. ease wcr' in every instance when 'h"
weather was sufficiently warm To ihaW the
tire through, that the howoi'ap" "a''n pro-
portion Co the depth Of bore ana '' inaA'
thc matter morr certain, ON deepening 'h'
shallow lar,-, subsequently,, they immediate
ly overlook the Others in quantity. Ih'''
experiment, wcrc REPEATED in l''l 10y di'-
f,rcnt committee, with the same general r.
suits"
The sar Of the sugar maple and Few
other tree. only. Yields sugar when taken
from the tr,,.- before the expansion Of the
bud. and blossoms from their dormantstat';
). what rrrci-' changc Is produced 10y the
expansion of the buds, whether ol ''"-' ana
cfTct, We know not We also Ano" ''''
clear bright days alternating WIN 'ro''y
night. give the greatest How ol sap anu
that it mild weather en'n'' ana CONTINUES
r,r any length Of time we can only '''A'"
an uncrystaii1ab.e syrup a. the l''a"'''
Suppo-ins your buckets are all III O'"Gr
and rcadincrs-troushs made "y t'' axe We
would only usc as a last resort SIMPLY "-
cause they become such convenient r'c,P"'
cle- Of dead lcavc', Sc.--take your'P'',' OF
tubes Of suitable diameter with " "C''