The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-11-14
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The Secretary of State, Mr.. Gu,
W. Bailey has completed recent,
some interesting data on the mapl
sugar industry of the state. 1t i
interesting reading in this section
for we pride ourselves on mapl,
sugar products. There is some fooC
for thought for the farmers in Or
ange county in the fact that this
country is allowing source of in,
come to lie neglected. More maple
trees in this county are not tapped
than are tapped. Cambridge
Montgomery and Greensboro are
the three towns in the state making
the most sugar. According to this
census we have 4,S0S,947 maple
trees available which are not tapped
and 5,076,375 maple trees tapped.
From these trees we make 6 1852, 063
pounds of sugar and 455, 403 gallons
of maple syrup. Orleans county
makes the most maple sugar and
Windham county the most syrup.
Orange and Franklin counties ma e
more than one million pounds of
sugar while the five counties of
Orleans, Franklin, Lamoille, Gale
donia and Washington make from
100000 to 100000 pounds of
sugar. Orange county has as COM
pany Addison, Bennington, Grand
Isle, Rutland and Washington
counties, which are not tapping
half the available trees. Isn't it
time that Orange county took her
rightful place nearer the head in
the production of maple sugar. We
know that our quality is A. /, and
our quantity could be the same if
our owners of sugar groves went at
the matter as they would do if they
were told they had gold mine
hidden in the same orchard. This
is day when speciality farming
pays and the sugar crop comes at a
season when no other crops are in
sight.
1t is very easy to become pro-
vincial. We in America say that is
what is the trouble with the English
and some of the English diagnose
the case the same way. Early this
fall an English actress and an Eng
fish jockey came over as man and
wife, but it developed that they
merely had been living together as
such for five years, without going
through the necessary formalities
to make the marriage. They were
debarred from entering as undesir-
ables under our immigration laws
but were later admitted under
bonds. The Pail Mall Gazette
commenting sarcasticalIy, said,
Zone can only hope that the ex-
cessive propriety which governs the
for the admission of
aliens to America corresponds with
the daily life Of the citizens within
its discreet borders" This is hold
ing up the mirror to our failings
with a vengeance and shows us to
be akin to the rest of the world in
virtues and vices. Let us hope
that this country may some day
come nearer living up to the stand
ards of morality as We progress
along other lines.
Saskatchewan has a law which |
might be effective in Vermont and |
make the taking of life by shooting
accidents less frequent. A man
mistook a cap for an animal the
other day and blazed away found
himself arrested, fined five hundred
dollars and also that he was de-
barred from hunting for ten years.
The taking away of the hunting
license ought to work a reform the
lime it is in operation at least.
The University of Vermont has
AIKEN its stand against the tango
md other rag dances. When coll
eye men tire of a fad, it is a good
for the end, since fads are
kelly to be early taken up in col
eyes. 1t is to the credit of college
men, however, that the undesira-
'ility of this freak dancing is appre-
lated and stand taken against it.
The postmasters and the carriers
re looking forward TO their first
christmas under the parcel post
ystem. This post feature has been
D much of a success that it is in
anger of overworking the post
flee department. 1t is one of the
laces where the " people " spelled
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