. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Possibilities of a Modern Maple View of Inside of Sugar House, Maple Glen Reserve. journev- With"a line of barb wire, so as to be easily taken up after the season is over and stored in the cabin, all long haiilint; of sap is obviated. The collector of sap. with a neck yoke and two pails, gathers the sap from tree to tree, and empties it at pleasure into the near- est pipe by means of a connecting; hopper. The sap flows direct to tlie storage tank, and the collector Avastes no time in needless ings to the stor
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. Possibilities of a Modern Maple View of Inside of Sugar House, Maple Glen Reserve. journev- With"a line of barb wire, so as to be easily taken up after the season is over and stored in the cabin, all long haiilint; of sap is obviated. The collector of sap. with a neck yoke and two pails, gathers the sap from tree to tree, and empties it at pleasure into the near- est pipe by means of a connecting; hopper. The sap flows direct to tlie storage tank, and the collector Avastes no time in needless ings to the storage tank. complete line of piping, it is nevei' necessary for a collector to travel more than a few yards before empty- ing his load. A good man should be able to gather all the sap from 600 to 800 trees each day in this way. It is very important that the evaporating outfit should be ami)le for the size of the sugar orchard. We see all too frequently small evapor- ating accommodation, necessitating much overtime work. The largest evaporator at the present time on the market is a 6 ft. x 24 ft. This is not at all unwieldly, and can be ojjerated by one man with little more trouble than one of one-fourth the area. In most sugar orchards this size should be ample for an orchard of 4,000 trees, by providing a night shift for boiling. The next point is to provide large buckets, covers, and satisfac- tory sj)Outs to give the best possible returns from each tree tapped. It is a frequent observation that small buckets waste one-half of the sap Avhich flows, and that uncoveretl buckets in rainy weather waste yearly all the sap. It has been estimated that about 9% of the sugar content of the maple tree is obtained fi'om a single tap- ping. It is also an opuiion of ex- perts that if 207t could be obtained no damage would be done to the tree. If some Avay is devised by w'hich an increased flow could be obtained it would increase the commercial re- turns materially. In administei'ing a sugar
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