The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-07

where his tired helpers were sleeping. Under
a blact birch tree bel ond tho shanty. where
for cold storage. he espied an animal and con-
cluded that IL was q dog. The intruder. wa
whS,cbh Saa ne beam 10 b = p , o oy p'I from The farm Ar
the day before. Wilcox quietly stole into the
shanty and got his gun. in a moment he was
aiming the wenLon from the shanty door way
at the head Of the animal. which. be now had
made. out to be . red fox. and a big one. too.
his gun carried 1--WE we'll Yn' He bislsd gay. The
FOX whirled round aud round In the moonliRht,
then gathered itself together. and. ran,diroctly
head with the butt OF his gun. and the hand:
some creature lag dead on the snow. one OF
the fGIs c eyes was VI, ,s as blue as q soe,ns % SgE;
is more PARTICULAR than,many Of hio neiehbors
to plug up the sap holes closely, so that the
taps a tree during successive years in the same
place. Sometimes he finds that IL a tree ~ an ex-
cept'onally large and thrifty one several borings
may be made In " In one season without ap'
parent injury TO IT,.
Levi Alden, another OF tho Kingdoms sugar
mysteries. In telling why tho sap finally
stops. running into the pals. he says;
The, reason the sap flows SO freely at this
summer is because It has got n good deal Of
sork.to do In a short time. TO run all over y tree
drawing It up days and the frost driving It
back nights make n very full and rapid circu-
lation. Al this time. II YOU bored a NAPLES
ANhn ~ u tou N'uhH oAVNt ~ w 49,
very quickly. Now. when the frosty nights
cease and the around stops freezing. the sap
runs uD into thc'trec steadily. by night as well
as by day, and settles down to It's regular. nor
nal circulation. The sap is well up into thu
tree by that time. too. and the. wounded wood
about the hole sears over and drips very little.
The hole finally fills up. even u not plugged.
",of course. the sap caught by me sugar
makers comes only from such pores OF the tree
40 are cut 10y the boring auger. The branches
on the side OF the tree fed by these pores Will
plainly show for some time. by their lack Of
luxuriant foliage. that their life fluid has been
taken away from them.
'Comrnde says It's Tan trees or bust eh."
laughed Mr.. Alden. well. that Is an old
tent. A maple or a birch will burst during the
rsp'fowing season under favorable conditions.
IL tue tree Ia n full blooded one - and the maple.
you know. Yields more sap than most ~trees..if
4 stands In n sheltered place where IL IL not la
bic TO injury OF any kind. and IL q very warm
day has drawn the san up into the trunk with
full fo:te, then n sudden drop In the tempora-
turc and a night of intense cold will be liable to
cause II 10 freeze and burst open. Such trees Are
quite commonly seen. But most trees are 20
exposed TO falling ice and snow and 70 heavy
gales that thelr.branches are broken here and
there. and their ARK lacerHted. These wounds
Will furnish outlet FOR the rushing SAD to get
all the vent needed. so that II such a tree does
hapnen to he frozen solid II remains unburst.
The sudden checking OF the flowing OF the
sap by a chilly srring sou'wcster. or a nor
wester. too. for that matter" concluded MIR.
Alden. rs an effect similar 10 that caused by
the frosis OF nlghttall. The cold impaired by
the wind chills the tree, which Is very sonsi-
tive to heat and cold at this time. and drives
the san bacs from the buds and down to tho
roots. out OF the reach OF the zap seekers