St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-03-11
Meeting of Caledonia County
FdTnieTS' CUB.

would rather hear from those more ex-
perienced in the art Of sugar making
than to attempt to tell others how to do
it. He would say that he believed in
having everything in readiness before the
sugar season was upon us, and that he
believed il saving the first run, and was
less particular about the last, as 1t made
poor sugar, and the buckets were injured
by being left out at this season.
+. r. Carpenter of Waterford re-
marked that great improvement had been
made in the manner of making sugar
during the past few years, but greater
improvements are TO be wrought i'll the
future. He would like to hear the gen.
tleman ST lite his method Of tapping, for
he believed it one Of large Importance.
He had experimental considerably, max
ing use of all the various ways of tap
ping. A three-eighth bit is as good as
LARGER one. The hole in the tree should
be made where the grain is straight.
The sap will flow more readily from the
hollow between two ridges than from one
of these ridges. He could get but little
sap from tree tapped i'll sound place
if the wood was curly. a hole one
inch in depth is a good as one of great
err depth. Wo0,lrn spouts are better
than tin. They shoul! b; turned 50 a.
to exactly fit the hole, and when driven
into the tree not penetrate farther than
to the wood. After hearing his neigh
bors say that tin sppnls were better than
wood, Il trial was made by getting few
and using them with the others. No
thing was said about the matter to the
| hired man. When sugaring was finish
ed this man voluntarily said that the
trees in which were wooden spouts
produced onc-fifth more sap than the 9TH
ers Mr. G. showed the plan of Il boil
/ ing apparatus of his own contriving,
which would boIi IN 80 pals OF sap III
II hours with no extra expense OF wood.
1t consisted OF two side heaters SIX Inches
in thickness, winch extended nearly
down TO the crate, the ire coming against
these instead ct brckwork. HE upper
| foot was ,uIurTrl six inches. maxim n
surface OF one foot. The common pan
was used On the top OF the arch. For a
few years a 81 AInent collects ut the bot
tom OF the pin' which has the appear
ancc OF lime There Is no way o: re-
moving thl>-and 1t must be removed he
fore good sugar can be madc-but 10y
settling 1t. Tin spouis cause the bark
To crack and ii takes the wound twice a
long TO heal.
l.. ID. Stiles thought that tin Sp'u'>
were better than wooden ones, that the
tree. even, would not dry up 80 soon.
He had used both kinds in the sam tree
and where the wooden spout had The adj
vantage IN position, the TN spout proved
To he the better. lie G't one-tiith more
sap with TN SpoutS. In tapping lie
never bored more than ihree-tonrthS Of
an inch INTO the tree. afterwards rim
ming them out 10 the depth OF an inch.
Mr. Carpenter had expected his theory
would be contested, and he would admit
'hat when the wooden spout was driven
through the Dark mo the WOOL the
no" Oh sap "oulu oc ul'hl'i'sheu accord
ili9 l" Inc amount Vi Sr"i' covered ny
Inc spout out when II was coh'ineu Ill
The bark OF The tree actual experiment
"ouid 9'''9'y inc u"pe'le'er'
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OoryS e'apoia'or' anu coul" 90 Inc
same WORK with ms III II hours lhat IL
required - h'''r' 10 IL" Win tle OF"
S'yle oi apparatus anu II burned ohly
i''''i is 'nuch "oou' Ills e'"pora'or l.
/ 'ec'' Will capac'y Oh -oo IDS
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