The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1890-11-14
A BOON FOR MAPLE SUGAR,
A Bounty OF Two Cents Per
Found Offered by the Fed
eral Government.

| TouHu OIIefeo by the Fed
eral Government.
But Only the Highest Quality Maple gu
gar will get this Bonus.-How to Pro
ouce such Sugar.-The Latest Improved
Aethods. Begin now itol get Ready, o,
you may Lose the Extra Bounty.
A tremendous impetus will be given to
the production of maple sugar by the boun,
ty OF ~ cents and two cents per pound
which Is to be paid from the United States
treasury for all maple sugar hereafter pro.
duced In this country. This is one of the
features OF the agricultural part of the new
tariff law. 1t has been doubted whether
this bounty would apply to next spring
crop of maple sugar.
Inc sugar bounty law, Section 24l, reads
That the provisions of this act pro.
vldlng terms FOR the admission of imported
sugars and m0lasses, and for the pai,ment
q DONMty ON sugars OF domestic pTOduc-
tt0n shall take effect on the LIST day of APRIL,
1891. f''
Therefore all maple sugar made next
spring in conformity with the law will get
bounty. In order to draw the bounty, the
producer must, before April lst, get H.
cense from the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue, and must make not less than 500
pounds.
II the surgar makers product is less than
500 pounds, they should cooperate and have
the syrup carried to one central point and
there made into sugar on the same plan as
the Cooley cooperative cream gathering
butter factories now work, and thus save
the bounty.
The law applies only to those who ex-
pect to get the bounty. Farmers who make
less than 500 pounds of maple sugar, or a
greater amount and are too lazy to apply
for license, can make all the sugar they
wish to without being in any way liable
under this law. But if you want to get the
bounty, you must comply with the above
regulations. This is not a serious matter.
1t involves only the simplest kind of a rec
ord OF what apparatus you use and the
amount and quality of your sugar. Full
information, with the necessary blanks to
fill out in order to get license that will en-
title you to the bounty, will be sent to you
free of cost If you write letter as follows:
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
Washington, ID. e. Sir: Please to send all
necessary paper and blanks for me to fill
out In order to make application to you for
a license to manufacture maple sugar and
get the bounty offered therefor. Respect
fully yours. [Sign with your name in full,
your post office, county and state.
This request should be made at once.
TO make sure that you get the papers, fill
them out, have them accepted, and receive
the official license long before April LIST.
also that thousands of applica-
lions will be made, that many will rush in
vt the last moment, that official business
s always slow, and that as licenses will be
ssued in order of application, it will be
irst come, first served. If you don't get
7our license before sugaring begins, you
ant get the bounty. Write the above re-
luest at once, and you will be all ready for
he extra two cents long before April 1st
The extra two cents will be paid Oh every |
'ound of maple sugar made in the United |
tates in conformity to the law.
But maple sugar must be good to get |
ither the extra bounty or fetch profitable
rice in market. The best sugar will test
not less than ninety degrees by the polari-
COPE" and will therefore be entitled to the
nll bounty of two cents per pound. But
urge amount of the maple sugar as COM
lOnly made will test mot less than 80 de-
rees," and such will get only ~ cents per
Ound bounty. In fact, the bulk of maple
ngar in market will test "a to So degrees ty
he polariscope and thus get only II cents
ounty. Besides this, large quantity of
wv grade sugar has heretofore been sold
lat wont test even so degrees, and such
tutf won't get any bounty. Now by the
Sc of the latest improved methods and APP
liances, the lowest grade sugar can be i'm
roved as to test over so and get the IL
ents bounty. But. more important still,
Y the use of the Williams evaporation and
ood management the great bulk of the
rop can be brought up to test 30 and over,
nd thus be entitled to the null bounty of
yo cents per pound. Not only can maple
lgar thus be made to get the bounty, but
re cost of producing such sugar is by this
1Stem greatly reduced.