Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-03-05

Clark not skimming his sap or syrup but
little and if Mr.. Willard is correct that
the "Clark" sugar is the maple sugar,
far in advance of all other, then perhaps
we had better let the skimming be. But
the idea is Mr.. Clark got little ahead
of the rest of us, and Mr.. Willard COM !
I ing Immediately in contact with 1T and
from the influence of first in use, persis-
tency, and the power of habit, was COM
pletely captivated, and could use no 9TH
er. Now / skim q large amount Of filth |
from my sap and syrup during the sug-
airing season, that is hardly fit to throw
to the hogs. After all has been said the
argument points towards the evapora-
tor" sugaring off all the time, | be-
lieve it is the thing.
II. A. WnLARD.-In addition to Mr..
Grout's extra room for wood in order to
preserve neatness, | would have my SUI
gar house nicely foored, and kept neat
and clean, finally from beginning to end
l would strictly regard neatness, and
then l would ask where does Mr.. Pierce's
abundance of filth come from.
PIERoE.--I think it is in the sap.
OREsTEs F. PEcK.-Sap has sedi-
ment that causes scum, and | skim it off,
and if you put in milk or eggs to sepa-
rate larger amount of scum, l think
there is no difficulty in straining it out.
I think sap 5 generated in the tree and
does not circulate from the roots and
that from tie ground, because sap runs
when the g'ound is frozen, hence the
roots Of the tree being frozen would de-
feat circulation. That the pores of the
wood are filed with gases undergoing
chemical changes, which may be even
heard by putting the ear to place bored
into, like that of boiling, being the nat
ural laws of chemical affinity.
Question by PIERcE.-Mr. Butler
the hedges" so called, running acros
your evaporation" and as they are hol
low and fated subject to intense heat
will not the sap burn on to them tn
same as uponthe sides of kettle or pans
Ans. by Mr.. BUTLER.-Never burn
+ on, as the lodges are submerged in tn
I efervescence.
O. F. PEcK.--I like an arch tbs
. draws hard.
, j. G.. RICHARDsoN.-I do not;
a should not draw so hard but what tt
+ blaze will strike the pan directly an
4 then slide towards the chimney.
F. ARNOLD suppose, Mr. Butte
n there would be a time while the sap W;
p heating and before boiling, that tho
+ lodges being hot and even so as to bur
Mr. BUTLER.-I have seen it boil
J. ten minutes after the fire being built
1t Mr.. GRoUT.-How much do you say
re in wood?
Mr.. BUTLER. We save so per Gel
IL Mr.. GRour-With the Heater" '
n save a great amount of heat, nearly on
third could not the Heater be us,
sf with the Evaporator
D. Mr.. BUTLER.-No trouble in usil
them, and even can use the regulator
N and | know of their being so arrange
re but abandoned as soon as ascertain
l that the Evaporator will do all the wo
rs alone, and with less trouble to tend it.
nj James M. Ford of Mass. made 5,5
us pounds, had one arch with Evaporat
III and one with two pans and Heater, a
ny he said he boiled two-thirds of the S
Oh in the Evaporator, and received 81
IRE more for the sugar made in the Eva]
ng rator than in the pans and Heater, me
Oh ly from the superior quality.
az M. w. DAVIS, Sec