Show law vakle A profitable industry to abo groon mountain ifon ho I 1 cr from nl for aln it it feml nine this h alio harvest timo of tho tin vermont for the maple sugar coson li at hand atul in every shop the workmen arc busy making anil repairing evaporators pans cans and other sugar tools tho but makara arc getting to use tools made only of tin or russia iron wood having been ratty much discarded owing to tho injury to tho flavor ut alio product which it almoite inevitably cauca vermont produces more maple sugar bal in the aggregate one gallon of awing alual to eight pounds of ugar llian any other state in alic union A largo run of sap is not expected this spring binco alio weather last fall was not favorable it u admitted by all competent judges that the spring weather of vermont is tho came of the allow 0 alio caplo sup tho month or more of warmish days anil frosty nights in tho spring aro in this is proved by the of alio sap alow in tho northern jal portions of alio seigar belt on this continent this i lilt cal ca l of tho blocky mountains ox antl a far as the liori of tho yu lawarnce gull anil up to tho mouth of tho nav nal to alic linail anil tier hay on lake superior alio south mi limit is in alie hills of georgia alabama alm arkail Ar kaii and northern taxa on tho Iaci lic coast tho southern limit is tho coast range north of san franciaco Fran circo its tn limit ha not bucit accurately acu yet little or no marlc bigar can be anajo in iho northern or end even in county maine alio winter breaks up 0 o late that there 1 no transition an ml annl comet on at giitl in anaila new swick ami nova scotia aro plenty of ni niilo ilc S or no bugar made for tho amo vermont froni her peculiar oil ami climate i I 1 keep tho lead in the manu of ai a i aho is in the growth of merino glieco she lia glicr arc in theo rapi acta and nho aldaya will the caplo caann i peculiarly to thu vermont farmosa far mora for tho that it comm between when tharo i nothing going on alio conduct of farms except tho clio roi tho logging and woodcutting anro over ond tho croume i not ready for cultivation aho of ugar and arup arc for cali anil they arc en to ready money with blitch to mako tho pring and tide orar until he gales of chopi in the tall the and on nd the regular hired men do the work and thero li no except for tool for an orchard of 20 trees it Is that alic bugar houi the evaporator the au garing off an tho vat ahn holder the gatherer the bucket tho pot tin C for the and the tarn for the bigar coil about COO tace inning once been obtain il will need repair and replacement from apar to year of couro alib ugar tab nd gnip caim lo 10 replaced every pring tho profit of aali nn about SW a acar dioro than riot fArni annually for their houe holl of 2000 tree aro not at nil uncommon nd tap and even arfat in tho eoanu of maple ngar leavo L ikan edaco within the axt year forty ngo tho boiling of gap in iron potash hung between log ana till common and in a few be lo callUM tho tn with an xo ran et over an arch of brick in which the uro burned lue cretal cret ll the kittles and to d iv in moat el the czapor tor original lv for the roan ut acturo of sorghum korg hum have alio llio pan tho gar place 1 one 1 t tree upon abc A hill with A bouthern kou thern exposure ark running at the loot of iho bill the of uch a arc cl that th mp ran ba cily IT mad ol 01 pout running from n idera mattered alte hAnl toto emch the are emptied to lh that the ap agn flow earlier aban in northern 3 that the water cn koloi tl bucket aid apparatus to bo an aid to the of good ugar and in aeh an the nar hon I 1 lel at iho foot ot tho hill beulo brook la tiling containing room tor ahr nd ug iring os in friio tha jd or tk tt te iho rafn ot tho an tp orator is along shallow pan of raw iron divided into several compartments connected with etch other by liola in alternate of the transverse partitions ao that the boiling sap tiac s a zigzag course as it doirs through tho evaporator is placed on ibo top of 21 brick arch twenty high which occupies all the space underneath and which contains conti ins tho first corn part of the evaporator and oula boiling proceeds slowly on it winding way through iho compartments vithold Vit hood luck it hai into the last compartment in twenty minutes from its entrance into the first and has become girup weighing cloven pounds to the gallon the standard den ity the cicat all this time hat been great sap bolls at but 3 25 0 i maintained by tho best makers in order that no ditre nitre or malate of lime tho ugar makaro gritty ab found in poor sugar may be developed ve once it was supposed that tho formation of this substance was a disagreeable gree able necessity and great pains taken to it by straining and precipitation kut it was found that the ra alato was the niata source of the delicate aronia and flavor of the products and that its removal was an injury ity repeated experiments ft wis ascertained that if the temperature was never allowed to go below the malato did not coalesce wilh alio lime and the nuisance could be avoided in tho evaporators alone Is made it is drawn kofl from the last compartment through n strainer and if the is to end there Is set aside to cool and then put up generally in gallon cina if it is to bo mado into sugar it should bo transferred boiling hot into a sugar ingon ing on pan in which 1 heat of nearly iwa is maintained and will soon bo transformed into saccharine crystals the greatest care is taken to prevent scorching the sugar is made into cakes or packed in tin cans each holding about lifty pounds the sugar makers talk during the season is one of almost incessant labor but there is a rollicking of the wilderness tind camp life about it that makes it very attractive the sap must be boiled as soon after its how as or it will ferment and sour it is gathered frequently quent ly anil when the run is largo alio boiling is kept up night and day A sugar place in operation by tho dim light of an april moon is a weird sight alio fires are red liot the furnaces with dry wood which sends streams of smoke lurid with ecat sparks up the chimney alio tanner and his are dancing around renewing the fuel the toiling sap with alie watching the governor which controls iho low of sap from the reservoir and tooth lomo product for market no place or adlo hands body mast be pry at such times or the enterprise will bo a failure and the farmers high reputation as a sugar and ni lie has been years in building up will bo lost an ordinary sugar season lasts belwyn three and four weeks beginning gay the last of march and ending about the of april A tree average about three of sugar are many orchard however carefully attended to trimmed out go that the sunlight lias free accas s and in gome cases annually wood ashes where five pounds of sugar are made from each tree and there arc trees make much more than that A famous old tree in duxbury has produced thirty pound of augar in a spring and generally makes fifteen its sap Is varv rich six quarts making a pound of sugar ordinarily it tikes sixteen quarts of sap to make n pound of sugar the birst run of gap Is considered iho best alio tendency nowadays Is to bore smaller holes than formerly ever more than half an inch in diameter and sometimes not leoro than a quarter iu arter of an inch and penetrating not moro than two inches and a halt it has been found that second growth trees produce more and sweeter sap than the trees of the primeval and the feasibility of setting out maple orchards in selected localities ii being strongly advocated in the farmers in fifteen years they would bo fit for tapping the best spouts aro pipes tho boat pails of tin and furnished with covers the best holder and vats of wood covered and tin lined the coverings prevent the ingres of droppings drippings drip pings dt and bark from the trees particularly during rain storms which discolor the sugar and the best sugar Is light brown aud the best imp in amber color there are fosti belonging tr lh engar season by which the farmers prout if their labors in the sugar orchards do not allow them to participate the young people of the surrounding villages make parties to the sugar places and indulge in the luxury of breh ugar cither cooked to A daiy ubi tinco on snow or grained hot by stirring the girup tirup in a saucer should there ba a butler or checa factory near by a dance i generally and the good time prolonged to the hour of the morning A large tharo of tho in the state have their foundation in the courting for which an opportunity Is given by tewo sugar partle A pretty girl never look more bewitching than when she is helping her beau to dish of steaming just drawn from tha evaporator ler face lightened by tho farac fires of the hous or when she if coyly tasting the an in the bucket which her gaiu gallantly raises to her red lips under tho maple ano by the light of the moon the churches too have learned to turn an honest enny out of the enticing and numerous aro the in the sunday school rooms in which new ugar on snow Is the great attraction clapie seigar and arup are like trout which never KO well M jut afar they aro caught there Is a flavor to tho sugar and imp fantt hajlo which thay never have again and no one appreciates the fuu stant of their who hu not aada them in a agar houe almost at tha litant of their the 0 tarup U proper tiona tely increasing upon is caused by abo growing ain ol 01 the a a condiment for buckwheat cakes oatmeal and various kind of pudding careful bottle it airtight keep it in a cool place anil it i cooil for years in fact a large liaro of the is is barup by adding a little water to a portion and melting it ns required for tho able alio market i every year ono of tho larff cst marketa to dav is alio west and quantities anro to chicago cleveland denver sail francisco and portland ore wherever they can not do without maple and and their neighbors catali the craving rani them a consumer always a consumer tho delicious never palla upon tho appetite but the ing increases alic more it sa indulged in alic manufacture of sugar and arup I 1 K a year to vrr leont now and will oon bo worth cor tribune |