The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-02-21
Xxx, NO. 80.
r .,cCrsTIONS FOR SUGAR
MAX ERS.

stpp required Is lildt tiit
~, N readiness, This means
approach OF the sugar
nr buckets, spouts, tanks,
u IN fact, ali the parapher,
tn.s,lN must be rinscd in hot
I'M kcpt scrupulously clean
I'M the season.
I,,ensil with which sap comes
mist be made of metal. II
impossihilitA to obtain the
,ns when sap comes in con
~ood. unless the wood be
r coatcd with paint. An
+dyantagc is that il the paint
| that the sap will penetrate
| If tbc wood, the sap will
t,rr thus preventing the pro,
n nigh grade article at the
IN, no mater how skillful the
kuror may be.
Sntc your buckets, and II the
h. spout is used, bore a hole
Emeter Of three-eighths of an
/ tbe tree to the depth of an
onr half. Carefully remove
bayings from the bore. The
frc driven in. suspend the
[cm it either by a wire or by
|bole punched into the side of
hi to i'll the spout. The latter
1 preferable as the bucket is
/ 10 fin forward. Under no
knres should a nail be driven
krpa. II causes rust. and rust
e. is supplied with sap only
Loots. it is better to begin to
bb IN the trunk and for each
e season it is best to bore
|gt either side Of the aperture
ce3i previous. The bore
brpr BE- made where the bark
/ indication Of decay, for
4 .liscolor sap, and discolored
Il never be gathered. One
iroorcd sap will destroy ten
nurc sap. Bore, therefore,
| bark shows the most thrift.
he spout is removed from the
le end Of the season, the hole
plugged either with cork or
rs preventing the wood from
The wound in the maple
led, will heal over in two
The new growth of bark be-
fo of the tree, as the advan-
gained is easily apparent.
ment the sap leaves the tree.
) to detei'ioratc in quality
it Is imperative that sap be
aud converted into syrup as
cssible.
re stated, all utensils en-
ould be made of meta, from
ring pail TO the gathering
n the gathering tank to the
nix and then distributed in
body over the evaporation,
uld also be made of tin.
d iron or copper should never
IS either metal will impart a
dor to the syrup.
it'll Z brisk fire. So that the
e. converted into syrup frorl
Dters the evaporation. to the
apartment without mixing. |
which will arise at this
must be entirely removed. !
atu which is especially con
o that the scum will be de- |
a compartment into which |
ST enters, is of indispensable |
c, Scum allowed to inter
tn crude sap will not be as
rs il allowed to be deposited |
cmi sweet; and at this point
lie siphon is simply inyalua
its use no scum can possibly |
d where it will become in
II one barrel of sap will |
gallon Of syrup, and the
has Il capacity of three
: hour you will notice that a
sap is not exposed TO the
10 eyaporator longer than
lutes
+ syrup may be obtained by
depth of a half inch,
p color Is regulated largely
ii Of sap is increased, or is
osed 10 the heating surface
DOrator.
raj color Of maple syrup is
is by no means an uncom-
renee, and undoubtedly you
ed syrup on the top of a
ket Of sap, which had the
Of the finest quality of hon
you have ever tasted maple
produced by congelation,
ecall the exquisite maple
is alone is positive proof
in pure maple syrup is
lard color Of maple syrup as
10Y the Vermont Sugar
ISOLATION is Il light amber.
h a standard color it was
'isablc to take The average
extremes Of color from a
to an extremely light am
reason that it is almost
To make the average syrup
lYiHg more or less color
ic fact that the sap, semi
'yrup come in contact with
al during the progress OF
ton. OF course there are
rs why dark colorcd syrup