Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-03-01
Maple Sugar Making.

Editor Free Press and Times
In your report Of the meeting Of the BOARD OF
Agriculture, &c, held at Burlington last month";
lie letter from my townsmsn Hon h,rinOn
Northrop on maple sugsr making nave hA1
some experience in making maple sugar. snd
cannot bat think some OF Mr.. Norihrop's viess
sre erroneous, and going to the world Win Inc
practical Enforcement of the Board must carry
an influence not favorable to the best results
therefore beg leave to present my own views AnI
experience upon the subject through your col
umns.
While boz at home We acquired the repu's-
tion Of making as good sugar as snJbody VINO
sold their product in our market and since l
came TO make sugar for myself, rome fourteen or
fifteen yeSrr age. have earnestly endeavared 10
keen I'd with all the improvements and hold my
position in the market as maker Of an -
article We formerly made our sugsr IN kettles
bu, we're among the first 70 adopt the pans 60
strongly recommended by MIR. Northrop, and
many years ago, had al the spouis and s'raiuers
he speaks Of in use We spared no pains Win
our product and when We heard Of improve
meats in methods Of manufacture or in sppAra-
tus we investigated and adopted any which we
found it for our interest to. We think We were
among the very first to adopt the system Of boil
ing shallox masses and when the syphon System
of Mr.. snead OF Wsllingford was introduced
IN TIA, psrt OF the StEte,we procured the sp-
parAtus and uted Il few teasons. by tins sls-
ten the cold ssp was all run into one pan
and being kept By the syphon connections st the
same level il al, the syrup accumulated IN the
fourth or farthest pan. We do not hesitate 70
pronounce this az great an improvement upon
Mr.. Northrop's four pan system as that il upon
our original kettle system. Meantime, We were
investigating the action and results Of &c the
evaporator." which Mr.. Horthrop 70 positively
condemns without trial, and notwithstanding,
we were fairly lifted up with all the apparatus
namei shove We became convinced that our
interes. lsv in discarding it altogether and put
,irr IN 3. the evaporEtor - We nevertheless.
determined 70 move tsfeiy and We took &c the
evsno~ttor" only on trial the first year, but were
Glad 70 psv for it a. the end Of the season, and
nov with al due Difference 10 the IS opinion Of
our venerable t0WnEman, ne say We know we
can make more ami better sugar, and with iess
labor. All much les fuel in 81 the e7sporstor
th.n by bis four pan system. Mr.. N0rthrop
evidently d0es not understand the evaporator
system o. manufacture hut suppose that
the ssp is reduced 10 sugar a. one operation
We do not know that such is the practice any
where lr that il If recommended by any body.
but Of course IL II possible, II Il possible for
him 20 make sugar At one operation in
bis four p-n system. OF course, the evaporation
-roluct il such csse would be very much su-
neri1- 10 the other, Sni the only serious CD
s:sc.e Go the practice IS the presence OF the
substance which Wsf spoFen Of IL Inc after dis-
cussi5r 81 &c Nitro although !; may be cues
tiou whether 10 the entire absence OF that suit
stance il would be good economy to mske the
srys- Al one operation We usually let our
s7rup stand over nigh, 10 fette, but We do MOI
aDprove Of letting Il stand tSo or three days rs
recommended by Mr. No-throp. Il is vel
known that light ana air, both exert unisVof-
s5.s influences upon snEsr solutions Whatever
t1e.- density. and MIR Northrop's remark about
he -ecetsity Of boiling sap as soon 81 il runs =
trus Of the solution IN every stage Of the manu-
fscture The sooner IL j. made, the more crystal
liable sugar can be mSie from the sap and the
less uucrystalizatle sugar drains out n the form
of strong m1lasses. Our syrup flows from the
evsroraior ia a snail steady stream upon
saee, o. thick flannel, through which II perco-
lster into the settling tub, lesviug upon the
strsiuer most OF the substance 81 ken OF as
nitre. 90 -1e remainder Of which will settle a.
vel IN one night as 10 one year. Unlike Nj.
T.. we have quite uniformly been so.e to make
1u- s7rur ~ nice that there would lot be-
blaca, gritty sediment s. the bottom after set
ting Asuitsb.e time, AM there % jas, where
;he evAporato- has 81 advantage, though - 20
means the greatest, over the pans.
But ! SCI I an slreaiy asking to- much Of
your space, snd with word about this '' HI're ''
I vii close.
Sewers. years ago. Mr.. o. S. blss, Of Georgia,
sent samples Of thst substance, ani tEo cans u
zap taken from our sugar estAbishment, 90 The
Cheu-is, Of tie Department Of Agriculture, a.
Warrington. who pronounced the euhf'anee
t1-f-ais 1t I1t. sui furnished specific dire
tous icr treating the sap, 50 Sc to cause Us pre-
oipi,A,iou That report WAS published by VIZ.
Blss 10 several @. ;he State papers, including
v-urovu Il. ALLEN S0CLE
FAIRFIELD, VI, Fee . 49,