New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-05

ago ,lat viii BOT Be profitable bu.ipess for he
ep,ire monihs - Il wa ,LeB.
The price Of maple sugar -in be DO lower IA prspox.
lion, o. cosrsspoEds with prices Of other thnes 10
The Spring Of 1885, than il in the Spring Of 1857
aud not - ov oshrr sugars iu this city, because
there s and always VIII be demand for here % an
article Of luxury, and that viii make it, production in
| q good issrop profitable.
That this will be another good sesson for the maple
mssr-nekeIs we have al the Indications that nature
con furpi.h us Nov in the lsst week Of January at
N.w.Yo,k the ground 10 not frozen. In eli probability
will be io,eD in February, but not deep; hence the
freezing, and tha~rss Of that month and March viii be
more productive o ssp than when the roots arc deeply
in bedded in frozen EARTH and the sny affected
BY the roonday warmth. But The run may be short,
though abundant, and this makes the question al the
| more i'm uportalt-are you ready
To those 10 the manor born or bred in the camp of
.uearmsher, We do not suppose can Offer aOcepts-
bic advice abou, the bow TO do IT, or how not TO DO
IT." bnt to few others, who have not ye! learned the
best way TO conduct The mapesugar business think
| We can say Q word that viii be useful.
In the int place, get ready. For thai, there is
very good time it is now; you never viii find
better one.
| TAPPING.
Never tap your trees with ax, upon ard that
ven are gong TO clear, because you may not live 10
clear it, and your successor may desire TO cave some
Of the trees that your wrong act has spoiled Besides,
boxing may teach your son the wrong way 70 do it.
| TIE RIoHT WAY.
The bert method of tapping maple trees lie 70 bore
them the sunny side, two feet or more above the
earth, with auger not over one inch diameter, and
at f,t not over half three forhs of an inch into
| the wood, with q slant upward. This hole may Be
deepered or increased in diameter ater the surface
becomes 20 dry that he flow Of sap is checked.
| sPoUTs.
To conduct the sap into the buckets use iron spouts
which will cost you only the price of thin inch-anda-
quarter wide hoop iron cut III lengh otwo TO
| by your own hands with q small cold cutting chsel,
ming the end of hard. wood block for anvil Now
grind one end sharp before you make them into
troughs which you can do almost as fast "a you can
| count as follows: Bore an inch hole through hard
log and saw asunder so to leave half of the hole
in one enc drive two nails upon side, an eighth
of an inch from the edge for gage; lay the Hat
piece of iron over this hollow and round bolt on il,
| and hit that with stout hammer or an old ar.
You can improve upon this by extsmporizing hand
press both for cutting and shaping your spouts. You
need not 20 to blacksmith 8, and you cannot make
wooden spouts halt as fast, and they viii net last half
| a. long.
Drive your spouts into the bark only, and when the
season is over, pull them ou, and store away, unless
you intend to die before the next year.
Instead of boring first or second time, you may
use govgs cutting out clean chip. This will not
ipjure the tree. Boxing or boring with slant down,
| holds water and produces decay
BUCKETS.
The best sap.buckets, and in the end the cheapest,
are made of tin hold four gaens, and just enough
tapering to pack together with loop in the rm'wre
to hitch upon wrought nail driven into the tree under
the spout and easily pulled out again. Such buckets
should not cost 25 cents each-perhaps not over
90 cents. They should be stored dry in dry place.
in piles bottom up, and be good for your grandchildren
| Painted pals make cheap, good sap buckets. You
can hang them by the bail upon nail get slantug, or
else by piece of small wirs twisted in ore car Never
try to set buckets under your spouts Hang them or
| hang yoursefi if you cannot hang bucket.
| Homemade pals can be made without much '0's
during the Winter if you have any genius tor cooper
ing and will use the surplus heat Of the stove or brick
| oven to season your stuff. Leave one stave long
| enough to bore a hole to hang upon the nail Don't
depend upon things that you pick up to catch sap
and if you catch fellow upon your premises makios
saptroughs take birch sprout and start the sap out
| of him. BOILERS.
| Sapkettles are sntiquated. II you possess any OF
these old oges them for the onlyparposethey are
fit for the storage Of sap, or concentrated srup and
get sst of sheetron pans. These you can also make
yourseA See how cheaply. Buy good stove-pipe
iron in large sheets punch two rows sf holes, not in
exact straight lines around the edge close to
il and the other an inch and half from it. Nail this
upon frame made of 1i-inch stuff inches wide, one
row of nals which should be large.headed tacks or
small wrought cout nails in the edge of the frame, and
the other in the sides upon which the edges OF the
iron sre turned up all round. You may, if you Fear
having an unght joint, little white lead but it is
| not generally necessary.
THE FURNACE.
Build two straight walls as long as all the pans You
will use, and little less wide apart than the width OF
your pan raising at the end of each pan SO that the
second will discharge the juice through cock, or
spout, closed by valve or cheap gate. Under the
Joint there must be fiat stone or brick work. or iron
plate There is occasion to build the pans fast 10
the furnace, they are more convenient movable IL
you have pans enough to up all the heat in It's pas
sage under them to the chimney, you will be surprised
TO see how rapidly the water evsporates. You must hi
I'D the bottom of the fue so as to keep the fire up to
the bottom of the last pan.
MAKING THE SUGAR.
When the sap is boiled to the right point whcn ea
perience teaches, draw il from the ss pan and 'trdn
it through flannel cloth of somewhat close te1tnre
into clean kettle or tub, and let it cool. The tub
the best, with cock half an inch above the bottom
80 as to draw of the clear liquor leaving the sediment
that passed through the strainer to be rehtered IN
the decsnted liquor put quart Of milk, or still better
pint of milk and two or three eggs to ten gallons anu
heat slowly and skim carefully The eggs should DO
vel beaten with the milk, and thoroughly stirred IN
kscnr s heated. The kettle ehQNd MOI pe