Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-02-26

: sented some nice specimens of maple 81
gar not much behind those of the son.
HENRY FLoYD.-In regard to maxim
maple sugar, have made it as long
think as any one present and in all way.
K But in tapping would use half inc
}, bit, boring three to four inches in larg
c trees, using the sumac spout for thin
g it the best |; the metallic spout is not sti
S enough. One reason Of black sugar is
, much sap is boiled in coarse iron. Boil
. ers should be of fine material and pol
. ished to make white sugar. The galvan
{ lied pans l know nothing about excep
t l have seen the sugar made in them anc
) lit was as nice as ever saw, equal to tn
|. specimens here presented. believe il
letting the syrup stand and turn off from
the sediment, which you cannot get rio
of by straining. l think there is dark
sediment coming from the maple in the
sap.
N. q. PfERcE.-I do not agree with
MIR. Orestus Peck. / once sugared with
a gentleman in company, he being san
guine that it was best to put in eggs to
cleanse our syrup, after l persuaded him
to let it stand, cool and turn eff. Fl
nally we adopted the system of sugaring
OFT Immediately when hot, and my part
ner fell in with it that we made nicer SUI
gar with the latter mode. Now / have
a strainer on my holder, then runs from
holder to heater; no pals, no dippers
come in co1tact with the sap. "Neat
and clean keep in mind.
S. PEcK.-No more difficult 10 make
nice sugar than black poor sugar.
SYLVESTER GRouT-I have sugared
about as long as Mr.. Peck, perhaps be-
gan younger, though there is something
to be learned yet. About twenty-five
years ago | made some sugar, that was
carried to Boston, and it was SO white
and nice they would not believe it was
maple sugar. My sugar-house was floor
ed overhead and kept wet, there isa dust
constantly aecumulating overhead, much
OF which, sooner or later, will come in
contact with the sap, never cleansed or
strained through wollen or cotton fan
mel. Sap from the tree is pure. Now to
aim at perfection, you should have your
sugar-house as nice as your kitchen
who has not noticed, that has sugared,
Accommodations of dust upon every thing
in the building, if open and unfoored.
| think | am not visionary; have the
wood in another apartment. / think to
make nice article, let your syrupsettle,
strain your sap before boiling. Again.
l do not agree with Mr.. Peck, l think
different sugar-bushes produce different
sap, and makes different sugar.
S. PECK. Trees differently located
produce different sap.
I. W. WILEY. for some ten wears.
| used three-fourths bit, with two spouts
to bucket, but have abandoned the prac-
tlce now using five-eighth bit, one spout,
think | can get as much sap, bore from
two to two and half inches deep. l
endeayer to cleanse my buckets well in
spring when / take them from the trees,
also keep them well painted inside with
raw-oil and red paint I think the
quicker we can get it into sugar the bet
ter like to have sap strained either
at the holder or at the heater. l strain
my syrup through woollen strainer,
never used the so-called '.felt-hat." II
think can improve the quality of the
sugar by syruping down twice in the
day. L never put anything into syrup
to cleanse it, if you put in milk the su-
gar is apt to sour in hot weather from
the particles left in it. Iuse the sumac
spout, cleanse them we'll.
S. PEcK.-I think l can get as much
sap from one spout as from two.
S. GRoUT-I used last year, spouts
part sumac and part the turned wooden
ones. | think the latter better, because
they more nicely fitted, being perfectly
round and of the right bevel. We are
apt to drive the spout too far, and have
1T shaped too much like pin, not stunt
enough two spouts are better than one.
O. PEcK.-Two spouts will run as
much again as one, and if the tree is
good size, you may put two, three, or
four buckets toa tree. l knew of tree
that run 16 pals full in one day, into
ten buckets. Now, if you will notice,
the sap drops just as freely from the Sec
ond spout as from the first one, if the in
cision is made in just as healthy spot
in the tree. would not use the metal
lie spout, as it tends to conduct heat
from the sun to the sap. Spouts should
fit in the bark, and not the wood.
N. G. PIERcE.-I like to hear these
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