Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-01-06
EVENING SESSION.

At the evening session the speakers
were NJ G. Thomas OF the Ohio Institute
Board of Mlnao. Ohio: V. 7. Spear of
Randolph. president OF the Vermont Ma
PIE Sugarmakers market and \ -
Iiawes of Burlington. State .fo-es.or.
There was large attendance at this
session and all, of the speakers were lis
tened 10 with much attention. 1t was an
nounced that the business meeting Of the
association would he held Ut ten O'Clock
this morning IN the parlors of the Van
Ness House.
NJ. G. Thomas OF Mngo, Ohio. spoke on
"'rhe Past. Present ana Future of the
Pile Sugar Industry" he said that as
far back as the year 1873 the Indians
broke the roots Of the NAPLES to catch
the sap. as It ran from the broken root
They boiled their vcnison in the sap and
discovered that when 1t was boiled long
enough they had a kind of sweet taffy.
The early New England people discovered
the art Of making maple sugar from the
Indians Then this knowledge gradually
grew westward The speaker aid that in
his hoyhood days farmers in Ohio cleared
their lands Of The maple trees to grow
corn. If they had let the trees remain,
more per acre.
The speaker said that he should insist
on n ing his sugar shed on a hill side:
have IT made tight so the winds could not
penetrate: have 1, shinglc roof: have
large ventilator on top and have tie
wood shed removed from the boiling
room by Il partition. He used a brick
arch with a little slope towards the back,
so tho boiling sap could run naturally TO-
wards the syrupins stage. He advised
having 4 chimney as high as the arct
was lN,k. He advised keeping tine sap
shallow in the evaporator SO tina; the steam
bubbles could easily come to the surface
10 burs,. II the sap vas hep, deep MAN.
bubbles would burst below the surface.
when part Of the work Of evaporation
would be lost for the time being. He said
that II ...e syrup weighed il pounds to
the gallon there would never he any
trouble With souring or crystals. To got
rid OF the lime or nitre ne strained
the syrup through q felt strainer. Ho
thought that the producers could not
hold tho trade unless they put up 1rst
class goods.
The spec ker ea!d tina: In Ohio last year
the sugar season was exceptionally good.
II beginning the latter part OF January
and ending the latter part OF March. He
tapped his orchard three times. AT the
first tapping he used metal spout ana
at the last two tappings he used small
cane spout or Spite. OF course. where
the seasons are as long as this all the
utensils have to be cleaned a scnlded at
least once and sometimes twice. In ohio
the product il all made into syrup and
Is marketed in quart. two quart and gal
lon cans. There liz growing demand
for the small Jars or cans OF syrup. As
| to the future the speaker said that the
man who owns a good sugar orchard
| has a small gold mine.
Mr.. Thomas's talk was followed by a
long discussion and he was asked many
| questions II seemed TO be the general
opinion that there was growing de-
mand for syrup In small cans. The email
families like TO purchase the syrup In
small quantities. for they find that In
the gallon can much of It gours or har-
dens before they can uso It, There Is
also moro profit for the producer in maxi
ing syrup. One man stated that he would
be glad to make syrup but that he
could not find a market for 1t. All OF his
customers wanted sugar
| Tho gentleman from Ohio stated that
In his State the demand for syrup was
much larger than tho supply. In fact
| the producers there could not make more
than a third enough to supply the home
consumption. He had known OF manu-
facturers there buying car loads OF Yer
mont sugar and making 1t into syrup.
Another member thought that the Yer
mont farmers had got into the habit OF
making sugar and could not leave off
the practise. Another member thought
that tho large number of Vermonters
scattered all over the country. who al
ways purchased and insisted on having
sugar, were the causes OF making sugar
instead OF syrup.
THD YEAR IN THE SUGAR MARKET
| V. l, Spear Of Randolph, president OF
tho sugarmakers market. was the mex,
speaker. He spoke on what the Maple
Sugarmakers' Market Has Been Doing In
tho Past Year" He stated that every
season has its peculiar features and that
there Ia always difference In the method
OF marketing He said that In Ohio the