The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-03-15

. spring than ours. rrnaering the trees dry
: e., the zap roi ruaning shea the tree il
. tapped The whi,e maple uill make whit
. er sngsr than Tie roek maple. but II viii
: net make a. much No sap can be Oh.
! tanned from maple while 10 leaf No
, zap can fox from the rock maple, even
! While no, 10 leaf. without frost The sap
! season " The maple i some sar mouths,
: whiie the tree is destitute Of foliage Az
l.s tbs leaves have fallen and there has
l,eca freeze. with warmth following, sap
wall fo9 II the tree Is tapped, bu. in the
fall Of the year the sap is in the top. not 10
the body low down, where We End II in the
spring Al this time Of the year the sap
lies near the ground. More sap can be
caught within taelve feet Of the ground
than in all the rest Of the tree no matter
how tall Sap varies In three respects in
all parts Of the tree. aud II varies in the
same locality IN different seasons Of these
siI months. The three variations are ooi
Or, iasis and density. 10 an open. changing
winter the sap is capable Of running. II
the tree is tapped, 10 setsiois. the whole
length Of the tree. Bnt little sap can be
obtained in the spring from tree tapped
thirty feet from the ground. The most
that I have ever been able TO obtain at this
height is eleven quarts during the entire
spring. At even ten feet from the ground
the c0lor and flsie is so marked that il is
easily observable without even a liability |
10 failure in ordinary seasons Sap
| deepens in color as We ascend and also as
We go near the heart. The saecharine
quality and density 80 with the color. The
lightest colored sap Of the whole. tree, (its
sm1tre) lies near the ground where earth
and air meet, and as We 60 toward the
heart OF the tree color increases and den
sity decreases. but as we go up both color
and density increase. / am aware that
Dr. Cutting thinks that sap lessons in
sw eeiness as we ascend, but my expert
ments lead me to the opposite conclusion.
In three successive years l have tapped
trees ten and twelve feet apart in -four
places, one directly over another. noting
the quality. quantity and collar myself and
then calling the attention OF other witness
SEES to the same facts. all coming to the
same conclusion in every particular.
had thought Of letting these experiments
settle his point in my own mind, but
since learning that SO careful student OF
nature as our state geologist has arrived at
the opposite conclusion, am tempted to
try again, though there is much labor aud
risk in the operation.
Trees standing In or near surface water :
aud in low, moist, rich or mucky land,
run much sap, but it is watery and poor,
while trees standing on dry and ledgy
ground will give us very sweet sap. In
all cases where have found trees standing
in or near cold springs. i find that those
trees run very sweet sap and large guam. :
tity. Now then. learn this lesson: That
temperature has much to do with the c
quality OF the sap; warm weather makes /
poor sap, aud cold weather makes rich sap.
Now. who is the botanist, student or nat /
uralist who will tell me why this is so? :
What is the law2 am acquainted with /
tree standing in q very cold spring on the :
farm owned by Q. W. Kellogg Of Dux bury, .
Vermont, from which was made in. the !.
spring Of 1881 thirty and three fourths :
pounds of very nice cake sugar. Two
spouts were used running into one tnb, 4
the bore being one and one half inches Z
deep. The deeper we bore our trees. the
darker our sugar will be. and the more
molasses it will contain. Shallow boring
gives us light sugar with less injury to our N
trees. Deep boring prolougs sap run m
ming. There is more sap caught in the !,
day time and sweeter than in the night q
Sugar made from second growth naples y
trees. The whittier the wood tire whittier !; =
The sugar IL is the wood that gives color b
10 the sugar in pure zap. The more scat $,
tefing the trees the inorc aad swceter ia e
I'M sap. tojuf luncafes TIE Naltie VI rug. II
ar. lhr lynd- If tubs me nsel. the o.
v oodon i'm and tie white metal buckets. a.
The latter are ialiatcrs Of heat aud rust q
proof rnd 80 hy far the most preferable, h,
but tbs la.ce viii hinder their ready aud pl
adoption. Every cub should
have cover. With these cal buckets,
cool and rust prooi. with covers, and with
The Ohio tin spouts, together with the j
Bellows Falls evaporation. with all other
utensils and appliances TO harmonize, the
sugar maker may feel that he is master OF
.he situation, and that he il at the head
II one OF the most pleasant and profitable
Industries pertaining to the farm.