Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-03-05

cts usually take their place. The practice
that some have Of resting their buckets upon
the snow or ground is wasteful one. TIE
sap lost by the ovorturning Of buckets III
saved would soon amount to enough to pro.
cure what are called the Eureka sap spouts
with bucket hangers attached, made by 9.
G. Post, Of Burlington, the most complete
and perfect article for a sap spout and buck
ct hanger ever used. My experience with
them the past three years has satisfied me
that their expense is saved every season by
the increased flow of sap over any other |
ever used, aud this is the fact generally ob.
served by all who use them. In my opinion
no one article used in the production of ma
pie sugar needs any more pains in cleanli-
ness than the sap spouts, which, in general,
have the least notice.
For gathering sap, a large tub holding
three barrels, made about three and half
feet high, three feet in diameter at the bottom,
and two feet four inches at the top, should
be used. The upper head should have hole
cut through large enough to empty into or
dip out of with pail. This hole can be cut
after the tub is made, with a key hole saw,
und should be sawed quite beveling. The
piece taken out, by fastening to it a six.inch
strip With screws to prevent splitting, will
make tight cover and by three buttons it
is secured to the tub This tub should be
made from old pine, free from sap, hoped
with iron and well painted. Near the bot
tom large molasses gate may be fitted for
drawing sap into pals. This tub firmly
fastened upon short bob-sled, to be drawn
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To make good strip or sugar, sap should be
boiled as quick as possible after it leaves
the tree, as it soon begins to deteriorate
The boiling apparatus, whatever sort is used
should be of sufficient capacity to boil as
fast as the sap will run. l find the Cook"
principle for evaporating the best and most
rapid This pan is made with channels run.
ming traDsver4ely across the pan. The par
ticulsr advantage 6nd in this pan is that a
smaller amount Of sap is over the fire at
time, aud is boiled more RAPIDLY. This gives
the sirup or sugar very clear or light COL
or, rendering it more marketable When
the ordinary pan is used, it should have
more capacity than those more generally
used The shape of the arch as well as that
of the pan has much to do with rapid boiling.
A long arch is better than wide or nearly
square one For 500 trees | would make
an arch II feet long, and about 30 or 80
inches wide, walls % inches high. The
front end should have good sized iroe door,
about II by 20 inches, and on level with
the bottom Of the door grate.bars should
extend backward about four feet, and should
be placed crosswise Of the arch. At this
point should be cross wall as high
as the CRATES; under the CRATES should be
an. ash-pit ten or twelve inches deep. Under
the door a hole sixteen inches wide should
be left for draft and for raking out the ashes
No draft should be left open through tn,
door above. The space back of the CRATES to
the chimney should be left open for air as
low down as the bottom of the arch ; never
fill in with anything. An arch so construct
ed will cause sap in the back end of the par
TO boil quite as rapidly as in the front end
To save fuel and heat damper should al.
ways be placed at the bottom of the smok,
pipe or chimney. The length of wood fol
an arch SO constructed should be about tire,
feet. 1t is economy to have the arch in {
good sugar house, and for fuel plenty OF dry
wood in store. Place the sugar house upor
side hill where it is convenient; by Thu
arrangement the sap may be run in spou
from the gathering-tub into the store anC
feeding-tub and save much dipping and car.
rying with pals. Heavy tin makes the bes
gathering pals. They should be made larg.
est at the bottom and with q three-eightt
inch fiange to proven slipping
The practice that some have of stirring
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is poor one, as it breaks the crystals, anC
makes fine, salvy-grained sugar, when, il
they would use proper fixtures, aud be lit.
tie more particular to have everything clean
and convert the sap into sugar quickly, they
would have no cause for this. Ii is more
profitable to make strip than sugar. l find
a ready market for sirup-eieven pounds t.
the gallon-at prices paying equally as vel
as twenty cents per pound for sugar.-COr
Ne,o York Times.