Show agriculture in industry by FLORENCE C WEED maple products nearly one third of the annual yield of maple syrup in the united states is puffed in cigarette and pipe tobacco manufacturers have discovered that by holding moisture it gives proper burning qualities to tobacco syrup grades that are not up to fixed color standards are used for flavoring chewing tobacco the sugar belt runs from maine to Alinne minnesota sota from canada south to maryland west to arkansas and nearly every farmer raises sugar for home use vermont tops the nation in the amount of maple products and has earned the reputation for producing the best it is no secret that a large amount of syrup from elsewhere is shipped into vermont and processed and sold under vermont labels the eastern states produce nearly all the maple products sold commercially merci ally some sugar groves are years old and are still paying payin taxes on farms for the grandchildren of the men who planted plante id them sugar trees do not reach top form until they have lived 50 years old time open kettle methods were used in sugar making until 1875 when modern machinery appeared and the picturesque quality of the busin business ess disappeared now there are sterilizing hydrometers evaporators and streamlined sugar inoff ingoff ing in off pans in some camps where khz the contour of the land is right an elaborate pipeline system colle collects cis sap and conveys it by gravity to the sugar house |