New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-09

,r,e s;des Ct the tubs Afe- il settled suic.enpy.
,vpUoraiiCu caTIird on N rAe,i-!rou boiler about
three feet lCr-, ore loot side ard fourteen inches
rr tcrdf rarrC f7Iia lie bottom 20 the too. have
=, 20 about go pounds Of sucarth1 season onc-h i
81 which be- been made into cses weighing but Little
rafc tlaI halt an ounce each. The labor Las been
reformed Is enc man and boy. Some oi ~ neigh
l. o. haze larrlr orchards thai have and max sugar
or rcre eNtrrsiye scale II the Lover Of Improve
meIt will e.. aboard b., Bhe, barrow. cal ant aks
In friend "FCr,st. AID conc 10 old Alrgauy, w
VII Il ow ;hoi. how tie thing is done. ".
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r, ns F1itoy Of TIE ~ \. Tribsne.
SIR: Ii | do not write scientifically can tell you
some,hing of long experience, for | sixty-two
wears old. and have made sugar every Spring since
| wa fourteen. | came TO this Seneca County
Ohio, in 1891 and although my land had plenty of
sugar trees upon it could NOT make much sugar tue
rst year. a. had no sap vessels, and had to 60 to
Mount Vernon seventy miles. for kettles but made
a round ard have since that made 800 pounds in
one season. This Spring myself and boy have made
GO pounds ard twenty gallons of mossses. Having
recl,ctcd sugar-making for some time past had to
proyide sap vessels. We made some troughs and
10. having enough, bought some esrhern crooks, but
do not recommend them-they are liable 10 break and
the sap sours much quicker than in wood. made
aGue buckets OF butternut, but that Is not good-t
olors the sap The cheapest and best plan Is 10 buy
pu III
,,s if taken care Of, viii last many years, and sap
keeps sweet in them though II never should be kept
moment longer than necessity compek, on account OF
IL tendency 10 scidy rapidly. For boiling, use four
eighteen-gal,On kettles, and have often boiled down
End sugared of leo pounds day: OF course working
all night prefer heavy cast-iron kettles TO sheet
iron pans but would ike them if of oblOng shape
with straight sdes and ten inches deep, set over an
arch. .hink your correspondent from Vermont makes
a great mistake in covering up his boilers and com
polling the steam to escape though one-inch tubes.
have seen boilers covered up before now, but want
no aves TO my boilers, but leave them open
and let the steam have al possible space to escape
We gather our sap in tight barrels. Two make ioau
enough for yoke OF oxen TO haul on sled. We have
convenient place, 30 that one man can roll up and
empty into the reservoir. Two hands can gather
twenty barrels in half day. We boa in al the
kettles, having spouts to conduct zap INTO each as aS
ls il boils away. II is too much work and exposure
10 heat 10 dip from kettle into another aud nothing
is gained by it, When first start our four kettles, We
can boil away two barrels hour. After the sap gets
sweet il will not boil away so fast We BOZ! IN ABOUT
enough for ten pounds to each kettle, and then boil
down to eirup strain Off wash and scOur the kettles,
hang over and fill up again. BY boiling too long we
lose time and spoil the sirup Great care must De
used to keep the strip clean. Ii necessary use MIX
or eggs to clarity with. do not recommend ciay1ng
sugar, and all for sale make in cakes-t brings more
than when grained If care is used, there are trees
enough in Ohio to make supply OF sugar Tor al the
people.
GREAT CROPS OF MAPLE SUGAR.-A correspond
ent at Brookfeld, VT, says one man has made four
thousand pounds of Maple Sugar this season. lie
boils in iron pans long, narrow and shallow, set over
an arch, such as another correspondent says "haye
been in use in Vermont for twenty years, and conse-
quently are not ner Improvement. The most ap-
proved vessel to gather sap in is large tub, with
lid in the upper head; the tub which is made pur-
foo cd nm a sled
or low pair OF wheels in such manner not to easily
upset spill the contents. The most successful su-
makers are those who make the best preparations
for the business Vermont has rarely, if ever, made
as much maple sugar in any year as this Some OF US
are Indebted to The TRIBUNE for the hint that has
produced this happy result
Another sugar-maker at Hughesville, Pa, says;
"Myself and brother, two boys have made 400 ID Of
sugar beside moasses this season. carrying our wood
and sap mostly without team, or any sugar-house, or
any conveniences, and losing good deal OF sap,
beside suffering the want of dry wood But you hur-
ried a good many persons into sngarmaklng TINS
Surfing before they were ready. This suggests the
idea of what Is being ready l consider man Il
ready when he has his tubs prepared with rings his
store tubs ready his Pes ready me- pans ready i III ~,
10 tap with; good yoke of oxen aud sled to gather
with a large tub with trap door nicely htied In the
ton 10 gather the sap in large iron kettle to clarity
the strip and make the sugar aad m M, IN ahu
from 2O6 to 400 trees TO tap. This may be
considered an expensive preparation butn my opinion
will be more profitable in the end than costing half
the amount. and making less than half the amount OF
sugar tap my trees with brace and bit; three J.
inrh holes in each tree with sumac bush spiles,
turned 70 fit in a lathe and one with notch on the
end 10 hold the tub. This is cheaper than ring aud
hook boiled in sheet iron pans, feet by q feet,
inches deep. have made sugar worth ~ cents a
pound, which pays well for our labor.
TILE DRAINING.