Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-02

i''s f"r th' month "r February wrrr
$I"Cia.
| T.. ~. Lowell "f i:ani..l"y. one of th.
Wrll-hunwn guide of ti,- STAT. MAS III
t"Uu saturday. nu business crmr-civI
with hc cuIiniSyinn ur inland fisheries
| s.nd EIm-. Mr.. I.uW..ll is nur nT tnc
Ear!"Is ia th" employ ur Ih,. commits
ion. and mas b,-''l employed during tho
| Winter "a th" northwestern frontier.
| In conversation with Chairman carrie
| ton r'gariing The winters work. Mr.
| Lowell spoke very Interestingly on th,.
| subject rt The maple sugar ami syrup
| OPERATIONS which ar. carried on III The
| townships where. a.. MAS stationed. th,.
| annual work "r which WAS just begin
| ming as he came away
This industry IN that section of The
state Is carried on wholly hy French
| Canadians. who come from -. Francis
| and other places in that part Of the
| Provinces. = good idea Of thr extent To-
" hirh the sap gathering industry
! Is carried on NAV be hLi from tlIc
statement 10y Mr.. Lowell that in the
| thl'" toHuShipS where he was th"r,.
| ar" about 80 sugar camps, and that th,.
| men Of each camp tap anywhere from
|
| l.,Go 10 1000 trees.
| The crew of Il camp consist Of from
tx" To six men and one to six horses.
and the scenes around the camps i'll
| tn season i 4 busy nnr. The men
cam IItu III" camps about two weeks
aG" for thc purpose of getting out the
W""d for the nest season. The wood
| which viii fc used under tl.r &au boil
| It.
der that II nigh: have plenty "f tin.o
to season. and the custom is fIiiuly.r:
year after year.
| TIE season, said Mr. Lowell, is lust
| about commencing, ana Will continue
| until the first Of May. Last year, how
| ever Was an exceptionally good one.
| and the yield WAS three pounds to a
| Tree.
| Although all the sugar is secured in
| Maine, not n pound of il comes into The
| state in that way. The sugar secured
during the season is all taken tn St
Francis where it is delivered 10 an
az, ut. and is by him sold in bond into
Vermont. from which state it is iistrih-
| ut"d all over the Union as "Nrrmont
maple sugar"
| of inland fisheries and gam,.. has re-
cciv"i from Game Warden Austin of
Fort Kent Il very rare specimen III the
Snai,,' Of :, pair Of moose antlerS which
We're found just after they had bce.!
shed by Il bull moose up i'll ArOostook
county. 1t is rarely that moose or
deer aitlers are found at all after hay
ing Leon shed. as they soon fan a prey
| to mice ANA other roicnts nf the wo"ds
and the set in question iS a VIludh"
| find. one antlcr of a set was found by
one nf the warhcnS some time ago ana
sent to Mr.. Carleton. and on il was Il
Ilac" which showed where the mice
had cuaWed il, but the set which has
Just been received is perfect. Th, ant
'rrs We're found 10y the warden near
Eagle lake, on Dimick brook, which
| flows into the lake. ana in addition 60
securing them he had the rare oppor-
tmity Of seeing the moose when he
Shed them. Mr.. Austin ran across th,
moo<. on one Of his trips in the woods
ana while he was watching the animal
he VAS surprised to 81" one of the ant
| ,ers fan off. Thinking that the other
would soon follow. he traied along ar
ter the moose. and on going through
a thick piece of woods found the mate
| to the one first secured where it had
| been Knocked Oft by striking a tree or
bushes He carried the antirrS ont Of
the woods and sent them to Augusta
| where they will be given a place of
honor in the department.. The antlers
have a spread Of II inches ana bear y
points. and the web is over a foot
wide.
Hon. A. w. Gilman. commissioner Of
agriculture was at the Capitol for 4
few hours Saturday. on the way from
Portland to his home in FoXcroft. Mr.
Gilman has just completed the series.
of farmers institutes for Cumberland
county. having held the last at Inter-
vale Friday, ana reports that those