Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-03-27
Agricultural lafaoiltg.
Manufacture of Maple Sugar.

by competitors for the premiums on ma
pie sugar:
In the first place I make my buckets,
tubs and kettles all perfectly clean. /
boil my sap in potash kettle set in such
a manner that the edge of the Kettle IS
defended all around from the fire. boil
through the day, taking care not to nave
any thing in the kettle that will give coli
or to the sap, and to keep it well SKIM
med. At night l leave fire enough IN
der the kettle to boil the sap nearly or
quite to syrup by the next morning
then take it out of the kettle and strain |
it through flannel cloth into tub II 1t
is sweet enough; if not, put 1t In cal
dron kettle, which l have hung on pole
in such manner that [ can swing it on
and off at pleasure, and boil it till 1t is
sweet enough and then strain it into the
tub and let it stand till the next morning.
then take it and the syrup in the kettle
and put it all together into the caldron
and sugar it off. use to clarity, say 100
lbs. of sugar, whites of five or six eggs
we'll beaten, about one quart of new milk
and spoonful Of salaratus all well mix
ed with the syrup before it is scaldlng
hot. I then make moderate fire direct
" under the caldron, until the scum is all
raised. then skim it off clean, taking care
not to let it boil so as to rise in the kettle
before have done skimming it. then
sugar it off, leaving it so damp that 1t
will drain a little. / let it remain in the
kettle until it is well granulated; then
nut it into boxes made smallest at the
bottom. that will hold from 90 to 80 lbs,
having a thin piece of board fitted in 2
: or 3 inches above the bottom, which is
u bored full of holes to let the molasses
drain through, which kept drawn off by
a tap ran through the bottom. laput on
the sugar in the box damp, clean cloth,
and over that board well fitted in, so as
= to exclude the air from the sugar. After
: it has done or nearly done draining, l
J. dissolve it and sugar it off again, going
e through with the same process in clarity
Y ing and draining as before.
1 WatertoaCn. ]. WooDwORTH.
This sample of sugar was made in the
: month of March, thus The sap was
: boiled to the consistency of good syrup
J then taken out and strained, put in 6
It wooden vessel to cool and settle, and ther
it was drawn off and heated in a kettle
to ninety-eight degrees then added ont
ounce of salaeratus. The whites of foul
!" eggs, and two quarts Of milk, were dis
g solved and beat together then keep W
Q the heat until the scum has risen; thel
+ take off the scum before it boils, and boi
l. until it will form wax on snow or il
IF cold water; then take it from the fire an,
r, put it into the pans to cool, and when tn
t. grain is well formed, place the sugar il
G. tunnel shaped boxes to drain, with a we
l. flannel cloth on the top, and cover it wit
S, board to keep off the air; let the mo
- lasses all drain out. The same operation
y is done again by dissolving the suga
n when cleansing. III. EAMEs.
s. Rutland
u The tubs are kept sweet and Clean
Smoke, ashes, or dirt of any kind wi
injure the color and grain of the suga
Boil the sap without delay, straining b,
fore boiling. Use sheet iron boiler
placed on arches, boil three barrels
sap to five gallons of syrup. For clean
IL ing, stir the whites of three eggs and or
IL pint of milk into five gallons of syru
~ place it in sheet iron pan on stove
boil, then strain it through flannel, the
ne boil it till it grains. When grained pot
IL it in drain form of boards, tapering
Oh tho bottom, with ,ota &c bolos Co., .1,o -,
III lasses to escape. W. E. WHITE.
Walton.
In manufacturing the sugar I presel
for your examination, the strictest attel
ton was paid to cleanliness, from the b
ginning to the end of the process. Tt
- sap was boiled to syrup in sheet ire
pans, so set in an arch as to be expose
to the fire only along the centre of the
- bottoms. The syrup was strained into
wooden vessel, where it stood twenty-fol
hours to settle, after which the vessel x
- tapped about three inches from the be
tom, and the syrup drawn off, leaving Il
sediments IL the tubs. Itwas then, aft
being cleansed with the white of ege
boiled to proper consistency for graf
81 ing. 1t was then subjected to the pr
his cess of draining in a tub provided wi
hi '"o Sol'oniS, one ABOUT four inches abo
his the other, and infinitely perforated, aft
which the sugar was again reduced
syrup, and again subjected to the san
process Of bo;I;,,~.- = i