Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-02-28
VERMONT wATCrIMAN AND STATE JOURN AL

DR. llosKiNs was worry hopeful, aud his pa
per, Of which the foregoing is bat a vague out
line, was listened to with much interest for it
was particularly gratifying to the hopes of
Vermonters.
Prof. COLLIER, Secretary of the Board,
alluded to tho statement Of DR.. johnson in
his paper read before the meeting at Bur.
lngton, that it was utterly impossible to re-
duco the soil Of Vermont to hopeless State
Of barrenness, owing to the quality Of rocks,
and the rapidity with which they disintegrate,
thereby furnishing paut-iood.
The next paper was on "TnE MASumcrraE
or MAPLE SrGAR,' by Lcander Coburn Of T.
Montpelier and as it is worthy Of something
more than a passing notice, we shall reserve
the views advanced upon this important
branch Of productive industry by one Of cur
most experienced and successful sugar max.
ers, for more detailed report than we can
cmbody in these proceedings A prolonged
and spirited discussion followed the reading
Of the paper, which was carried on by Prof
Collier, and by Messrs Foster, Ormsby, Bis
bee. Andrews, Arms, Holden and other well
known sugar makers in Washington eoau,y
There seemed to be a variety Of opinions,
even among those who produce the best %. ~
Giles Of syrup and sugar, especially as to the
relative merits of pans for boiling down the
sap, and eyaporators Mr.. Coburn, who
read the paper, had always used pans. aud
liked them
Mr.. HolprN and Mr. Arms, from their own
experience as well as observation, rather 40.
clincd to pans, aud Mr. Ormsby said he had
never seen any sugar made in the evaporation
that was equal to that made i. pans.
Mr. Blsmr preferred til Iforator. Ilh
only objection to it was, that it cost abou
$50, when he thought it ought not to COS
more than $50.
Mr. ANDREWS, of Berlin, said he was abb
with an evaporator to produce two hundred
pounds of sugar in the same time that b.
could one hundred and twenty-five with pans
and that he had never been troubled in beiu
run over with sap since he had adopted them
They required little more care in using thai
pans did, but it could be afforded. lie YER
much preferred them.
All seemed to be agreed in one thng-tha
the sooner sap was CONCERTED into sugar aite
it came from the tree, the less color Their
would be in the sugar, and as rapidity in tn
manufacture was an important considerable
to produce the cIeauest syrup and the white.
sugar, the eyarorators seemed to get
little ahead at this point Of the case As t
spies for tapping the trees, Mr. Bisbce di
not like the" Eureka, or Post Metallic spill,
as it Is called Mr. Arms and others did
thought it much better than wood did nc
plug up the hole so much; tbowed out soonc
in the morning, and never leaked The que.
ton was raised as to the galvanized, or Yin,
coated pans Prof Collier replied that zjn
which was q poison, was easily acted upon b
acids aud if acids were allowed to form
the pans, the poison would to greater or LEI
: extent be impaired to the sugar He spok
Of the importance Of the sugar interest
, Vermont, exceeding, as he learned from Il
last Census statistics, that of wool