The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-04-11

absolute knowledge OF essentials as utilized III
the manufacture of maple sugar. According 70
carly tradition, # we only set q hole IN inc Tree
and spout 1t into a tub, and boil It down, TINS IS
all that Is necessary. Well, this old lndiah
stylc Of work will result In an ordinary quaiity
Of sugar, but higher grades are now demanded
with prices accordingly.
Moro knowledge on this subject Is absoluteiy
necessary to success. This is obtained by study,
observation and experiment. l have studied
| the maple. and experimental with 1t for fifteen
wears. l have drawn its sap from circumief-
| ence to centre, and from ffteen ieet peiow 'no
| stump or bottom of the tree to the top, or among
| the limbs thirty-six feet high. | have iouna
| that sap varies in three respects In oil parts OF
every tree. 1t differs in color, sweetness ana
density. From any ordinary sized tree can
draw seven varieties of sap, and from q very,
large tree | can take ten varieties, when snail
be SO distinct one from another That no TWO pcr-
| sons can mistake their difference.
7 have tested this with several individuals on
| several occasions, and always with the same re-
| suits, Two, men may bore the same sugar
| place; one will make white sugar. ana tne otner
| dark sugar, the only difference being IN the DOR
ing. s;nco
| In the ummer season, ! met an old sugar max
| er who makes very nice sugar. lie salu 70 me,
81 have made dark sugar this year, ana l 40
not know the reason, neither can any one tell
me: how can you explain the matter { re-
| did YOU not - II was sick" he answered., "at
| the time of tappign, and my hired man tapped,
| and since getting better, while helping gather, !
| nulled out several spOuts and found that ne nad
| bored considerable deeper than l am in the
habit of doing, but I did not realize before that
| such a course would account for the dark
sugar." -, ,.r,or
ia the sap and sugar. Sap near the centre or
trees Is but little better than water; 1t weighs
| the same, two pounds and one ounce per quart
by NV cup, while our ordinary and average sap
/ from our store-tubs weighs two pounds anu
/ 10 ounces. Again, the sap increases IN deh,
| sity as we 60 up the tree, until, as l nave Ioul9
| by experiment, it may weigh two pounds ana
seven ounces, taken from the top of the tree or
among the limbs. Asecond-growth sugar place,
bored half an inch deep, is capable OF making
| very nice sugar, and the trees are injured put
little.
Contrary to the common opinion, white sugar
| can be made through the entire sugar season ny
| drawing sap from the surface, when can pe
| done by moving the tub and tapping in a new
Mace. Two shallow holes will not do the in.
Jury that one deep one will incur. II one has q
second-growth sugar orchard, on dry. rocky,
| land. scattered in open country, with plenty OIL
room for sunshine between the trees, with short
bodies and low bushy tops; and II ne uses inc
double-tinned spoutS, or the Eureka, boring Oh
the south side of the trees one-half luch deep,
supplied also with the white metal tubs; and II
he has for q boiling apparatus an improved
| STYLE eyaporator, he is armed and equipped for
making a fancy article OF maple sugar:
Waterbury Centre, vt.
-[Timothy Wheeler in Cultivator.