Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-05
SUGAR-M MAklNG. "a "a
OLD-TlME METHODS OF MAPLE MAN
UFACTURE IN HOOSIeRDOM.
Scenes in and About all Old ashton ed
Sugar-CamP in Indiana Tapping
the Trees - sugar Troughs"
Work, Fun and FroliC.
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of undifTus,d supar that yarippated the
Iasrr of cake too gaudily In m0lasses if
was host and /, = >tiII unmatched for
nsncakr, and frjrtrrS npd all table use
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tious but they cant fool The tongue that
has been taught in the cradle the taste of
the csscur, Of dew distilled through 10
900 900 tub,s in the sugar tree.
When the sugar >,.ason-~a movable
feast like Easicr-ramr on sometimes
early in February. sometimes early in
March but usually between the two. the
owner of a sugar taIup some few IN
tutorcd OF oycrturorei noodles call il
sugar brush ~- he would with the Gus
iomary wa>tcfuIne>> of hackwoods habits.
20 out with his aN aud chop fresh cuts in
old trees and new cuts in fresh trees. to
collect the water in Onc primitive fash
ion was 10 slope a cut four or five inches
into the body ui the tree a foot OF more
up. and >Coupcd Al the bottom into a rude
little trough from which the water was
dipped a. fast ~ II gathered SUI CiCntlv 10
he reached This WAS waStCful every
way, and sensible farmers. after
cutting little notch, would bore
a hole ,ru2lc of inches or SO
deep and drive in splc of elder with
the pilh punched Uut In time though.
the notch was abandoned, and the hole
bored directly through the bark. and tin
tubes substituted IN some cases for the
elder SpllcA sugar trOughs made of a
cat TWO OF three feet long. OF a log a foot
or more il diameter, split in half some
times and followed out to hold a couple
of gallon, ur 80. were in general use. but
they Were was rtui, ami those who could
afford money better than muscle bought
crooks AID buckets. Thes" were emp lticd
and sometimes 10y hand, sometimes by
sleds or wagons carrying tubs. the water
was taken To the kettles AT rounds made
at regular intervals.
The primitive furnace long remained
probably in many places yet remains in
Use. and that was couple of big logs n
dozen 1cct long, and foot or two in di
amelcr laid parallel and far enough apart
10 make room for a fair pile of fuel he
tween them. On these the kettle-sOme
times two or three OF more, owing to the
number OF trees tapped-were set, and the
water boiled down, added 10 it. it went
down and sIIll boiled down till il grew
thick and slab, and then the fragrance
that was on the passing breeze through
the grove could have discounted ~nard
and casSla Ia my smells. lungent in
viting, suggestive. il i the bouquet
OF our baCkwOOdS nectar. ana
commonly surrounded by blooming
hebes OF the cabin and the kitchen The
tittul flashes of fire tempered TO the bub-
bling of the kettles, which. unguarded,
sometimes boiled over, liz up the woods
streakS of snow. tie bare bouChs of the
trees, the gray trunks and the brown
leaves at their roots sort Of diahoIical
CORY look. as if gleam of pandemonium