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taken in tapping the trees so as not to injure tliem, an orchard 

 will last for a great length of time, yielding a very large product. 

 The high price of sugar at the present time, with a prospect of its 

 continuance, will arouse our farmers to the importance of manu- 

 facturing as extensively as* possible, and also to produce a first 

 rate article. 



The samples at the fair were excellent; and Ave give the state- 

 ment of A. J. & A. Dike, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., which is 

 very brief, and which will secure a very fine quality of sugar. 



METHOD OF MANUFACTURE. 



First, all vessels used are kept sweet and clean. The sap is 

 gathered and boiled as soon as possible after it comes from the 

 trees, which prevents any unpleasant flavor which might be impar- 

 ted to it by its being permitted to stand in the buckets. When it 

 is boiled down to the consistency of thin syrup, it is strained 

 through flannel and set aside to settle for at least twelve hours, 

 when the pure portion is turised off and one-half pint of milk is 

 added to syrup sufficient to make 50 lbs. of sugar, and put over 

 a slow fire. When nearly boiling hot, the scum which rises is 

 speedily removed with a skimmer, (as this if allowed to boil in 

 again and mix with the sugar, will give it a darker color.) When 

 boiled to the consistency of tub sugar, it is turned into a vessel 

 shaped like an inverted cone, with an apertui*e in the bottom 

 secured with a cork. When thoroughly cooled the cork is removed, 

 and four thicknesses of flannel are moistened with cold water and 

 spread on the top of the sugar, which are kept moist for about ten 

 days, when the sugar will be sufficiently bleached. 



CARROTS. 



First Premium — 1610 bushels per acre. 



Adams, December 31, 1856. 



I hereby certify that on the second day of June last, at the 

 request of John Brodie, I surveyed for him the piece of land 

 containing one acre, as herein described, to wit. : Beginning 

 at a stake in or near the margin of a field, running thence 

 south, 17 1^ west, 9 rods and 8 links to a stake; thence south, 

 77 i^ east, 8 rods and 11 links to a stake; thence south, 17-^-^ 



