| Show girl harvesters save the syrup women who have displayed such amazing versatility during this war have pinch hit for men with customary I 1 efficiency in the maple sugar industry A typical example was the work of coeds from the university of new hampshire who gathered sap on the farm of samuel smith in gilford Gilfor N H farmer smith and his clan of 9 children 13 13 grandchildren n formed the nucleus of the coed army which harvested sap from hundreds of maple trees it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup bew hampshire w a s the 44 e sixth ranking state in production of maple syrup these 41 photos show the harvesters 1 at work t 4 oxen are arc still used to haul sap tanks on sleds at the smith farm in the background are some members of the smith family aith a few of the college girls who helped collect the sweet liquid vu w asi j A V smith shows dorothy keefe this is how the booket hangs how to tap he bores a hole that under it is held by hooks holds a spile through which sap hundreds of containers are hung runs into a bucket by the gatherers Z top sapp sap as it comes from the trees is crystal clear top right three coeds pour their contributions into the sap gather gat fier ing tank when the tank is filled the fluid is boiled down doun to evaporate all but the syrup right A full tank reaches the sugar house and its contents are strained through cloth as the sap goes to the sugaring house below A sug aring off of party youths sample syrup cooked into a soft ball 4 X P x I 1 M all 4 evelyn laraba dedret wait for the sugaring of party sho sampled the maple sugar as it came from the tree |
