. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, March, ig20 107 where the maple already exists in the stand and natural reproduction can be secured.' Let us examine this problem of a maple orchard ideal in location, ar- rangement and outfit for producing maple sugar of the highest quality at the lowest possible cost. To produce an article economically is, of course, to produce it in fairly large quanti- ties. It is, therefore probably wise to develop as large an area as pos- sible in one sugar orchard. The chief expense in administering a sug
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Canadian Forestry Journal, March, ig20 107 where the maple already exists in the stand and natural reproduction can be secured.' Let us examine this problem of a maple orchard ideal in location, ar- rangement and outfit for producing maple sugar of the highest quality at the lowest possible cost. To produce an article economically is, of course, to produce it in fairly large quanti- ties. It is, therefore probably wise to develop as large an area as pos- sible in one sugar orchard. The chief expense in administering a sugar orchard is in gathering the sap from tree to tree. The quickest and most economical method of doing this is by gravity through a system of pipe lines. The orchard preferably should be placed around a sloping hillside, not too rough or steep for the neces- sary road where teaming is needed, and this entire slope should focus at some point lower down, where the sugar cabin and storage tanks should be placed. It is not difl^icult to find in this Province of Quebec many suitable areas in which more than 30 or 40 acres of hillside are tributary to a suitable point for a sugar cabin. If we take, then, for illustration, a unit of thirty acres, sloping preferably to the east or southeast, we would in time be able, by proper planting, to vhae an orchard of 4,000 trees or more, estimating 133 trees per acre. This should mean 4,000 buckets, or, perhaps more if some trees are large enough to permit of more than one bucket. If this area contains maple trees already, it simplifies the under- taking very much, as it will not be necessary for the owner to wait twenty-five years for the full matur- ity of his orchard. If the other varie- ties of wood are first cleared out, and the vacant ])laces filled by plant- ing young ma])les where necessary, the orchard will go on imi)roving year by year. In considering the economical ad- ministration, small subsidiary cabins should be built at convenie
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