Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-03-22
THE SUGAR MAPLE.
A Glory In Summer nnd the sssrec .
n Dcijsions tuSury- sbnrS that Tree.

On. Of the leading maple sugar makers
Of .iInmJsbire county claims that but very
few productions In the entire system OF
New England agriculture, realize to the
farmer so largo n profit rs the man MAC
iu,' Of that commodity. As prices have
averaged for the past ten years, II Is GER
ininly feature Of home industry well
worthy of consideration. Many Of the
farmers on the hills, who own and utilize
large sugsr orchards, have become con-
WINGED by practical experience that 1t is
ore of their very hest paying barvests, to-
bacco alone yielding, perhaps, n larger
bot profit. Nature has appointed this har-
vest ni a season when the farmer CAN no.
complish but little other labor to advan-
lage, and, unless he is engaged in tn Is oc-
cupation, his time and efforts will yield
him but little remuneration; yet, without
taking this point into account, even did
the work come at any other time in the
yenr, it would pay grandly. Maple sy
rup md sugar hold n high price in the
market, and without doubt will sustain
their persent rates, with probabilities {
advance in the future.
somewhat h matter Of mystery why a
large proportion of our farmers should
manifest such an utter Indifference TO the
preservation and perpetuiiy of sugar ma
pie. In no other part of the country does
it flourish go naturally and vigorously as
among the Green mountains; and wherev-
err its delicious sweets are extracted, It
repays the owner ihree-fold for the labor
Still our maple groves and forests are rap
idly disappearing, and nj the present rate
of decrease, another half century will wit
ness their almost utter humiliation.
The process of making maple-sugar If
evidently destined TO become one of the
lost arts unless some special ih'erposl-
ton stays this work Of destruction. The
demand for broom handles and other ar
ticies Of utility into which this wood j.
converted Is Unsuitable. Thousands OF ou'
grand old cmerald-crowned monarchs o.
the forest are sacrificed TO this demand
annually, and of course the aggregate
amount of sugar manufactured must de-
crease in ratio with The decrease of thu
ma terial from which 1t is derived. II
will soon become luxury in the market
commanding price that must teach eve
ry shrewd and sensible owner Of maple
orchards the expediency, even in pecun
larry sense, of preserving this beautifu
feature of our New England landscape.
by all means, then, let our maple forests
escape the invasion of that dire energy
and cupidity, which are so rapidly ant
recklessly dismanting our lovely hillsanf
valleys of their primitive grandeur ant
luxnr ance. The maple grove, once des
,royed, caanot easily be replaced. l'sre
production is the slow, lingering work o
time; and IT behooves the lumberman It
remember this important fact when hi
puts the AK to its root The perpetuity OF
tie delicious luxury obtained from the su
gar maple is not the onty incentive to tn
preservation of that tree. In pretoria
sense alone, with its wealth of nnparallel
ed greenness and verdure in summer, ant
its marvellous mosaic of leafy glory in au
tnmn, it is worthy of a woodland immor
tality.- Sprinfield Republican.