The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-04-07
Maine Matters.


NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
THE SPRING SUPPLY OF swEETENING.
One of orr reDorters while on his roun5s Tnes-
dav n,ornlnp nntioad veb;c1o ,o,,r,,,lnIr aIII .
buck board. pulled up BY the side Of Main St
The gentleman was apparently in the maple
sugar business and the boxes under the barrels
filled with the sweet hearts and squares that
crumble and melt so delicieuslv in ones mouth
He interviewed by the reporter He was
Mr.. |. B. Bearce OF Hebron Said Mr. b Il
brought down 200 pounds Of sugar this morning
and I've sold out all but fifty pounds | came from
Hebron. That's where lots of vour syrup comes
from. Most of the maple sugar in this market now
came from Hebron lis a great maple country.
I'm getting H. and Is cents pound for the sugar
at wholesale to-day Its the pure stuff We
generally make more yrup than sugar but syrup
is a drug il The market this wear and don't bring
nothing. scarcely. we're sugaring il Off
How many trees have YOU 2"
I've tapped 80 trees have made about i50
pounds OF sugar and don't know how lnuch more
| shall make. this wear
How much syrup do Won USUALLY make in a
season, from $50 trees
Take II year in and year out make about 100
gallons season One gallon OF syrup will make
eight pounds of sugar-aul that's SOD pounds |
have made 1000 pounds in season but that's an
extra good wear
y on call this favorable ear DO Won not !"
Yes pretty fair wear. Its baen cold nights.
last two or three DAYS it hasn't run much of any
but before that We had all we could d. 20 attend Ia
the sap'
Il suppose there are 4 great many NAPLES in
Hebron Z!
Goodness YES There are two or three thou
sand trees running within half mile of my house.
There's " l.. Gurney-he'S cot the most-he's
got 800 trees He don't ret much more svrup from
them than do from my 30 because his trees are
thicker together than mine Ahial Bowman has
got 100 trees Fred Farris has got iua ,rees
Charles II George has cot IJp trees or more
There can't begin to tell them There are thirty
or forty farmers right in our neighbJrbood Who
will make On an average 10 gallons OF syrn- ,n-eca
this year-some more and some less
How much does tree of average size. and in a
fair location generally Weld in = GOOD sets,,, q"
About II gallons from real good tree / should
say We calculate it takes / gallons nt the clear
sap to make a pound of sugar
w all Of US have sugar camrs and we have
them rigged much more convenient Than We rsao
TO- When We had to hojl orr st-, il, ,ots ana
kettles. we used to have to work NIGHTS Now We
have large galvanized iron syrup rans to boil me
sap it, They're seven or eight inches deem ana
will hold about barrel at IAN auipre
Does il nav vou nrettv wall j.
Yes | calcu1ate ia pet ahont -loD o,.t ot It
every wear. at time when co,,jin-r 10 ml,cb
also >
Another Hebron gentleman t,ld orr ronor,or
that his san ran 50 fast Ln no1la1,t oa+cb IN
it until last Saturday rioht Mr. 4usfin Of Farm.
iDgton. buvs ereat paTf Of tbe san mad. in his
yicini+,- Ua "a sor+ ,I,,,,+ tnln IN :. + -
istop alone This season Tarmi,,foT has f1r1;s
ed the most of our syrnp and He6rlr tin mast If
our sngar Uawist0n fonrTa1 -'-> '''''' ~
T. ti ~ I 5 hl-hl l Al- LIAM VIEWS
,bs ro ~ a d, .. 'thti VI 'S"s'd'
nus eAplesseu HIulael on the temperance 4NtS
rIoH oenteutn OF inc boafu- Wish You and
~! ~" I'l%eHs d. we'll 20 :" oath WIN !he 10
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