Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-06
SUGAR MAKERS.
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die aged man can plant a sugar orchard
ana, under the ordinary life expectation
i've to enjoy its profits for many years;
and the older men, by planting, can make
good investment for their children. n
plantation of saplings will become produc-
tive and profitable in twenty years, and
1T will prove to he a good investment a.
timber land also, even If the trees are
never tapped.
You have three species OF maple in YER
mont, not including the two bush naples
which do not attain Il size that would
entitle them to be called trees The three
species referred to are the sugar tree,
known also as the hard or rock maple:
and the two soft naples. one of which
is called white or silver maple. while the
other Is known as the red or swamp ma
pie. Tho black maple. which exces all
others AS n producer s only variety OF
the hard maple and 80 | include 1t with
that spccics. The white maple Is the
fastest grower of any native species in the
New England or Middle states. whether
| hard woods or soft woods; but the two
soft naples. for reasons well known to
you, produce an inferior article of sugar,
There is another tree. an allied epccies,
the one known as the ash-leaVrd maple,
box elder. or negundo, from which sugar
can he made, and which has been planted
to some extent in Canada on account OF
its rapid growth; but It also is inferior in
duct. Hence, in making a plantation tho
selection of trees should be confined to
the hard maple.
BY setting out the young plants twenty
feet apart there would be five hundred and
iifty trees on five acres; or eleven hundred
trees on ten acres. The trees would do
well even If planted closer; and there would
still be ample room for the driveways nee
essary for the team gathering tub. The
saplings having been set out the under
brush should be allowed to grow for few
wears in order that the falling leaves may
enrich the soil and retain the moisture
needed for rapid and thrifty growth.
Now. in making a plantation for timber
trees. white pine for instances. the skllful
forester sets his young seedlings closer.
beginning with spaces of four feet. or 200
plants to the acre, and making Trimmings
from time to time. But. whatever thin
nings may be made, the forester always
seeks to preserve a somewhat crowded
condition, so that the trees will shed their
lower limbs and thereby make timber as
free from knots as possible; also, to force
the trees to take on height at first instead
of diameter and to secure a tall, slightly
tapering shaft with a small crown.
But in starting a plantation Of naples
for sugar making different object Is to
be obtained and a different meth
cd should be pursued The trees must be
wider apart and crowded conditions must
be avoided Thinning will not he neccs-
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