Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-03-03
AGRICULTURAL.

4 NEEnJNTER oN SUGAR MAKING i have
'lt little choice between tin and well paint
-i ce-ar-tuhS, ali things considered, per
lip~, would take tin. use two kinds Of
.r0lt,- round tin which drive lust outside
ide iucisi0u, and Hat tin. \ three-eighths
l.t is large enough u bore with, never use
"edge-laped nails, * they check and in
lre tue tree rosS the bark lightly and
smoothly with a sharp hatchet or axe. Keep
i1e storage tubs under cover, that the sap
may be exposed to the sun a. little as posi-
tls gather often, and convert it into sugar
a- soon as settled. The sugar-house should
.a large enough Tor storage tubs, boiling
apparatus, wood and there should be
clean, cool room for syrup and sugar also
"a Partition between the storage tubs and
arch. A separate arch for sugaring of Is
IN absolute necessity. For boiling, Cory's
cyaporat0r is the best thing | ever used it
works on the right principle, Is easy to
manage, makes better sugar. and saves at
least one-third of the wood. The arch
should rest on a good foundation, that the
evaporation may be kept as nearly level as
possible. The sap should run through a
coarse strainer into the feeder, and from
there % the CyapOrat0r through fine one
Within two hours alter starting your FIRE,
draw Fl syrup after that. once in thirty
MINUTES; turn at into TIN cans when fairly
cooled and settled, drain off, strain through
h4nnel, aud sugar OF in small patches as
rapidly as possible. Let II cool in the pan.
stirring very little, and. when just right,
It viii turn cut without aiherlng to the
pan hut little. The longer you are sugar
ng of, the darker Will be your sugar
hence. in q common pan | would put syrup
enough for forty OF fifty pounds Of sugar,
build fire enough at the start, and in thirty
" forty minutes 1t Will be ready to take of,
nine times cut of ten. without using ladle
or sweet cream. 1t Is better to clean the pan
after each batch a; the rinsing Of the pan
and settings should be boiled by them
selves or made into vinegar. When boiling
continually. the substance called inter,
which collects IN the back end OF the evap-
orator, should be removed every thirty-six
hours, or the sugar wall be injured thereby
Clean the holders and drawing tubs often.
and. when the tubs begin to be sour, it will
pay well u rinse them out. The wood need
not be sound, OF OF best quality, but it must
be dry. 1t possible, before leaving the sugar
ward, get your wood for the next spring it
not. make IL the first business after springs
work but never wait until late fall or win
ter How often We hear the remark, " Ii
does not pay to sugar, when | can buy for
SIX or seven cents pound 1t pays me to
sugar, and generally pays the best when |
an ready to commence as soon as the sap
begins 70 run for one pound of the first Is
worth two OF three of the last. In the
spring OF 1853, while many were waiting
for the line storm, and yhat else ! cannot
say, | tapped 900 trees, and in a few days
had 600 pounds Of nice sugar sent it TO
Montpelier, and received ten cents a pound
cash, the highest price paid for maple sa-
gar up to that time. Well, the line storm
forgot to come, therefore many did not
sugar that spring. Last spring, | tapped
LOCO trees. and made 1900 pounds the
spring before | made $500 pounds from
300 trees, and for the last four OF five years
1t has averaged me about thirteen cents per
pound S. II. Foster, Of CALAIS, ".