Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-12-05
A BOOM FOR MAPLE SUGAR.


BUT ONLY THE HIGHEST QUALITY MAPLE
SUGAR WILL GET THIS BONUs.-HOw
TO PRODUCE SUCH sUGAR.-THE LAT
EST IMPROVED METHODs.-BEGIN NOW
TO GET READY, OR you MAY LOSE THE
EXTRA BOUNTY.
A tremendous impetus will be given to
the production of maple sugar by the
bounty of IL cents and two cents per
pound which is to be paid from the
United States treasury for all maple
sugar hereafter produced in this country.
This is one of the features of the agri-
cultural part of the new tariff law. 1t
has been doubted whether this bounty
would apply to next springs crop of
maple sugar.
The sugar bounty law, Section 24l,
reads:
That the provisions of this act provid-
Ing terms for the admission of imported
sugars and moasses, and for the pay
ment of a bounty on sugars of domestic
production shall take effect on the lst
day of April, 1891.
Therefore all maple sugar made next
spring in conformity with the law will
get the bounty. In order to draw the
bounty, the producer must before April
LIST get license from the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, and must make not
less than 500 pounds.
If the sugar makers product is less
than 500 pounds they should cooperate
and have their syrup carried to one cen
trail 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 SUI
gar, or a greater amount and are too lazy
to apply for a 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 COM
ply with the above regulations. This is
not serious matter. 1t INVOLVES only
the simplest kind of IL record of what APP
paratus you use and the amount and
quality of your sugar. Full information
with the necessary blanks to fill out in
order to get a license that will entitle you
to the bounty, will be sent to you free
of cost if you write a letter as follows
addressed to the collector of interna
revenue, St. Adams.
Sir: Please send all necessary paper;
and blanks for me to fill out in order tC
make application to you for license tt
manufacture maple sugar and get thu
bounty offered therefor. Respectfully
> yours. Sign with your name in full
your post-oflice, county and state.
,, This request should be made at once
To make sure that you get the papers
5 fill them out, have them accepted, and re
S ceive the official license long before
April |. Remember also that thous
, ands of applications will be made, tina
r many will rush in the last moment, tina
; official business is always slow, and tina
as licenses will be issued in the order o
| application it will be first come, frs
= served. If you don't get your license be
fore sugaring begins, you can't get tn
bounty. Write the above request IA
e once, aud you will be all ready for tn
, extra two cents long before April /. Tn
4 extra two cents will be paid on ever,
a pound of maple sugar made in the Unite,
S States in conformity to the law.
o But maple sugar must be good to ge
y either extra bounty or fetch profitabl
:, price in market. The best sugar vii
; test mot less than ninety degrees by tn
polariscope,'' and will therefore be Ell
+ titled to the full bounty of two cents pc
4 ID. But large amount of the maple 81
It gar as commonly made will test mot les
than so degrees and such will get onl
y II cents per 10. bounty. In fact. tn
g bulk of maple sugar in market will ties
y 81 70 Sc degrees by the polariscope, an
IS thus get only the Il cents bounty. BIZ
u sides this large quantity of low grad
y sugar has heretofore been sold that won
Ie test even 80 degrees, and such stuff won
t get any bounty. Now by the use of til
-, latest improved methods and appliance
d the lowest grade sugar can be so impro'
n ed as to test over so degrees and get I'll
d II cents bounty. But, more importar
=, still, by the use of the Williams evapor;
d tor and good management the great bul
n of the crop can be brought up to test
and over, and thus be entitled to the flu
> bounty of two cents per pound. Not oil
n ly can maple sugar thus be made to g
Is the bounty, but the cost of producin
y such sugar may by this system be grea
n ly reduced.
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