Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-03-05
westminster Farmers Club.
Feb. %, 1869.
MANUFACTURES OF MAPLE SUGAR


wound is not as soon healed over inc US
inc of larger bit may run more sap put
not enough to pay. | have bored three
;,ohas deem and one and half inch
deep, and ! knoao the former method VIII
Weld as much again as the latter, ana
others in our vicinity will vouch for the
same. endorse the sentiment OF the
club as reported last week, Cleanliness
and dispatch.) To make nice sugar exc
cute the work as soon as possible. when
I have boiled my sap down to good mo-
lasses, put pail full of cold sap INTO
it. and three eggs beat up to raise scum
and skim it before | take it from the hre
to strain. 1t saves time. usethe Felt
Hat" strainer, and thick syrup does not
pass through readily, or if somewhat
dirty Then put it back over the fire'
and to ascertain when it is done enough,
I try it upon snow, and when cold, and
breaks like glass, call it done.
EBENEzER HALL.--Most all have diff
ferent methods. approve of the meth
cd of boring with half inch bit, and bore
three inches deep. Two inches sill do
for small trees. / think it hurts trees to
tap them, especially L we put two spouts
into small trees, they will not bear it
know it is practiced, still | think | can
get nearly as much sap from one spout.
But if you wish to leave no inheritance
in the sugar orchard to the next genera
ton, then tap away, but it is poor policy,
and ignoble. Keep the sap clean, and
boil it, into sugar as soon as possible,
sugar off twice day. | practiced
selling my sugar in molasses. L
use the "Felt hat" for strainer,-
straining the syrup when quite thin for
if thick it is difficult to run it through,
then reboil and strain through flannel
If make it into sugar, do so as soon
/, as convenient, not let it cool. | think
g the " Evaporator' is what we want. 1t
don't boil it over, and over. Again
:, think there is difference in sugar or
. chards from their location. | have one
upon low wet land, and another upon
high rocky land The latter makes the
best sugar. Trees standing in differen
. soils, produce sugar of different color ant
v flavor.
Question by Mr.. GooDHUE.-Wher
: do you know you have boiled your syrul
to proper consistency for your merchant
, able molasses?
e Answer.-When ladled from the dip
n per, it aprons considerably. 1t will no
P vary much from eleven pounds to tn
II gallon, which is about right,
Question by FENELoN ARNOLD.
CT eleven lbs. to the gallon keep throug
~ the hot weather.
II Answer.-I think so, though if heavie
will not keep as well. The eleven Il
H. molasses, will make 5 lb. sugar.
III r. CLARK-Dispatch combined wit
oy neatness is the true process to secure tn
'ft object desired, white maple sugar.
don't believe sap, eight and forty houl
N old, will make white sugar, EVENT. caugl
on in clean buckets that change begil
* to take place the moment it comes fro
ne the tree. hardly think there is al
ID difference on account of the location
trees. True some years, there is mo
nd. sediment than others, the concretil
net of species of lime, upon the bottom
by the pan. But it is after all, saueet 81
urt that makes white sugar, for it needs le
boiling.
ew- / would put nothing in to raise t
for scum, if I could strain it, but if diffcu
ep- / put in eggs and milk, and pursue t
I'M same course as Mr.. Goodhue, in fnishi
Che work. As to molosses, eleven lbs
ntz the gallon, and will make lbs of sugi
1858 If am to make sugar for the moul,
md it is done sufficiently, when it runs FRI
by the dipper, leaving long hairs, or VIII
blown from the iooped-twig, passes off
WIS. to the air like balloon. After tax
mo- from the fire stir rapidly, leaving j
time enough before it is cold, to run
,ed, linto the moulds. String makes f
M. grained, and sells better l never wo,
M. skim if | could strain. / think it NAL
in winter sugar not to skim anything fir,
win the sugar, without it is assuredly dirt.
M. II. A. WuLARD.-Once, curiosity
red me to weigh, and sap weighed s lbs
Ly- the gallon, and good syrup 10 lbs.
am, IL ID. molasses grained in time. / VOL
Cob say that Mr.. Clark's sugar has diff
J E. ent flavor from most any other. WI
lar / buy sugar, (and l am in the habit
rom SO DOING, want the maple Hayo
larry sugar, and Mr.. Clark makes the best t
: re- know of.
rom PREsIDENT-Mr. Clark makes v
rom nice sugar, bringing two or three cent
INKS pound more than most any-other at
Z. stores, and is the first sought for, he
dull there is good supply of Clark's su
in the market, and / would suggest