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Show if Girl Harvesters Save the Syrup Women who have displayed such amazing versatility J during this war have pinch-hit for men with customary efficiency in the maple sugar industry. A typical example . was the work of coeds from the University of New Hamp- ; shire who gathered sap on the farm of Samuel Smith in j GiKordj N. H. Farmer Smith and his clan of 9 children ; f v ------ 'and 13 grandchildren formed i the nucleus of the coed army j which harvested sap from j ; x ,y hundreds of maple trees. It t takes 40 gallons of sap to j f . - make one gallon of syrup. ; ; j . xXPy i New Hampshire was the! u AO f sixth ranking state in produc- ' kT1 I tion maPe syrup. These I t ? "I photos show the harvesters J " V ' " I at work. I y 'v'w"w' . - ! If i 1 1 r"- v . ss.v i If - - --- " i Oxen are still used to haul sap tanks on sleds at the Smith arm. i In the background are some members of the Smith family with a i few cf the college girls ivho helped collect the sivect liquid. I Smith shows Dorothy Keefe This is how the bucket hangs I how to tap. He bores a hole that, under spiles. It is held by hooks. ! holds a spile through which sap Hundreds of containers are hung j rupj into a bucket , by the gatherers. Top: Sap, as it comes ?'V" It" from the trees, is crystal k ', 1 t j clear. Top right: Three p ' iT T " j coeds pour their contribu fe siao&sx. ...tie bJ tions into the sap gather- ing tank. When the tank 1 1 is filled, the fluid is boiled ' - down to evaporate all but f ' ' y 'i the syrup. Right: A full - ,s ' 1 tank reaches the sugar i 1V - ( J house and its contents are ' ' y (? t ' ' j strained through cloth as l , , V I 4 the sap goes to the sugar- i - A?f t j ing house. Below: A "sug- , ) 1 .'-V,! aring off" party. Youths , i, , 4A""J sample syrup cooked into i ? f f ' 4 , a soft ball. I r K" ' - S 1 . -jy f j- j . 'u it, . t.y v . t - . y y . ' t ' ' 1 -t - y:jzi, I i,y l - v is j ' .-"" - ,t ' i . '" - .f . i ' I 'N. y-"':- ' i . .... . , - y ' j : . . I ; - ; -.' i.yy yv . " .Vi-j I ??- r?v' yy-:-,'.- ;; ; , r . I y-. V r ;: .' ; ". '. j . 1 " ..ii J j Evelyn Laraba didn't wait for the "sugaring off' parly. She j sampled the maple sugar as it came from the tree. |