Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-25
THE MAPLE SUGAR BOUNTY.


Interesting Facts Gathered Ia COnver-
sntiOn with Special Agent Mcintyre.
DIR. Ii. II. Mcintyre of West Randolph,
the special agent of the treasury depart
ment for Vermont to have charge of the
proceedings under the sugar bounty law,
was i'm town Yesterday. DR.. Mcintyre re-
turned last Friday from Washington, where
he went on business connected with the
bounty on maple sugar. In conversation
he rave many interesting facts which are
of interest to Vermont sugar makers. 1t
has all along been evident that the Wash
ington officials having this matter in charge
have made all the rules and proceedings
very much too cumbersome. Having no
acquaintance with the class of people with
which the new law would deal they had at
tempted to make the regulations just as
stringent, complicated and binding as If ap-
piled to the distillatiOn of spirituous liquors.
! Tpon arrival in Washington the matter
was talked over freely with these officials
and the Vermont delegation in Congress,
and it was readily agreed, when the case
was at once understood by the officials,
that the regulations. both as to the bonds re-
! duired from producers, and the weighing
and examination of the sugar, should be
greatly simplifed. New regulations drawn
! up by DIR. Mcintyre were accepted with
! slight notifications, and will hereafter be
! in force.
Weighers will be appointed at all the
central points where maple sugar is made
In Windham county these points will he at
| Brattleboro, Rockingham, SO. Londonder-
nv. Jamaica or Townshend, and 1t may be
found necessary to name one or Two other
places. During the time of maple sugar
making these weighers will remain at these
central places to examine the sugar pre-
scented. sample and weigh it. At the close
of the season they will visit all individual
makers who have applied for the bounty,
and who give notice that they nave oOO
pounds or more on hand for examinations
From each lot presented for the bounty,
which seems to be uniform IN quallty, a
three-ounce sample will be taken, placed
i'm tin box provided for the purpose, ana
sent to the testing laboratory which VIII De
established at Montpelier. Ihls laboratory
will be the testing point for all OF New
ENGLAND. very little sugar being made in
the New England section outside OF YER
mont and New Hampshire.
The indications now are that all sugar
that is fairly well made will test up to 81
degrees and be entitled to bounty OF one
and three-fourths cents, if presented in lots
of 500 pounds or more from any one maker
who has duly applied for the bounty. The
sugar must be well grained and made rea :,
so1ably dry. As matter OF business II
will not nav to attempt to carry the stand
ard of maple sugar up to 80 degrees, so as
TO secure the bounty of two cents pound,
as, the loss in weight by boiling away al
the moisture would not compensate Tor th me
Gain of one-fourth cent per pound All
sugar makers, who apply for the bounty,
DR.. Mcintyre said, need especially to De b,
cautioned against including the late runs OF
SAP. after the buds begin to start on the
trees, in their general crop, as TINS woulu
surely lower the standard of the whole
The whole number OF sugar makers WIZ !,
have applied for the bounty in Vermont !,
bout 5525. Orleans county leads with 5ol
annlications. Caledonia follows with ~
Franklin has 3S7, Washington l99' VINO a,
ham 140. Bennington county has only q
and this number tapers down to one iron iron
Grand Isle. The Windham county appli
cations by towns are as follows: