456 



TIIK C.UDK TO NATURE 



. Jim- 



w 



OUTDOOR WORLD 



Maple Sugar Time. 



BY HARRY G. PHISTER, VERNON. N. Y. 



Maple sugar time ! How the words 

 call up memories of happy hours spent 

 in the woods at this time of the year. 



The whole operation of sugar mak- 

 ing, from the tapping of the trees to 

 sugaring off, furnishes good subjects 

 for the camera, as the surroundings are 

 usually of the most picturesque kind. 

 Many of the sugar camps have a shanty 

 built over the pan for protection in 

 stormy weather, but I have been for- 

 tunate enough to discover several 



where the boiling is done in the open. 

 These are the only ones which it is pos- 

 sible to photograph satisfactorily, as 

 when the sap is boiled in a shanty the 

 steam so fills the interior that it is im- 

 possible to get even a flashlight. 



The accompanying illustrations will 

 give the reader an idea of the process. 



No. i shows the gathering of the sap 

 with team and mud boat. It is then 

 taken to the boiling place and strained 

 into a tub which is set up at one end of 

 the pan. A faucet at the bottom allows 

 a small stream to run into the evapor- 

 ating pan, the syrup being drawn off at 





'■^vte-"-*?^ "■ 



•< Q**:- 



' '■■ m^gSesL 



NO. 1— GATHERING THE SAP WITH TEAM AND MUD BOAT, 



